Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Wayanad
Wayanad
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Map of Wayanad Parliament Constituency
Incumbent	Rahul Gandhi
Parliamentary Party	INC
Elected Year	2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established	2009–present
Reservation	None
State	Kerala
Total Electors	13,57,819 (2019)
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (3 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Mananthavady; Sulthan Bathery; Kalpetta; Thiruvambady; Eranad; Nilambur ; Wandoor

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: വയനാട് ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
17	Mananthavady	ST	Wayanad
18	Sulthan Bathery	ST	Wayanad
19	Kalpetta	None	Wayanad
32	Thiruvambady	None	Kozhikode
34	Eranad	None	Malappuram
35	Nilambur	None	Malappuram
36	Wandoor	SC	Malappuram

Members of Parliament

Key

INC

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
2009	15th	M. I. Shanavas	INC	2009-2014
2014	16th	M. I. Shanavas		2014-2018
2019	17th	Rahul Gandhi		2019-Incumbent

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election : Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Gandhi	706,367	64.67	+23.47
	CPI	P. P. Suneer	213,597	25.14	−13.78
	BDJS	Thushar Vellapally	59,816	7.22	−1.22
	SDPI	Babu Mani Karuvarakundu	5456	0.5	−1.07
	Independent	Shijo M. Varghese	4211	0.38
	Independent	Mujeeb Rahman	2,697	0.25
	BSP	P. K. Muhammed	2,691	0.25
	Independent	Rahul Gandhi K. E.	2,189	0.2
	Independent	Sibi Vayalil	2,164	0.2
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,155	0.2	−1.37
	Independent	Biju Kakkathod	2,090	0.19
	Independent	Dr. K. Padmarajan	1,885	0.17
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Usha K.	1,409	0.13
	Independent	Sreejith P. R.	1,206	0.11
	Independent	K. P. Praveen	1,101	0.1
	Independent	Raghul Gandhi K.	623	0.08
	Independent	Sebastian Wayanad	546	0.05
	Secular Democratic Congress	John P. P.	544	0.05
	Independent	Thrissur Naseer	522	0.05
	Independent	Narukara Gopi	485	0.04
	Independent	K. M. Sivaprasad Gandhi	132	0.03
Margin of victory			431,770	39.53
Turnout			1,092,759	80.37
	INC hold		Swing	+18.62

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election : Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. I. Shanavas	377,035	41.20	−8.66
	CPI	Sathyan Mokeri	356,165	38.92	+7.69
	BJP	P. R. Rasmilnath	80,752	8.82	+4.97
	Independent	P. V. Anwar	37,123	4.06
	SDPI	Jaleel Neelambra	14,327	1.57
	WPOI	Ramla Mampad	12,645	1.38
	NOTA	None of the above	10,735	1.17
	AAP	P. P. A. Sageer	10,684	1.17
	Independent	Sathyan Thazhemangad	5476	0.60
	Independent	Sathyan Puthanveettil	2855	0.31
	Independent	Cletus	1517	0.17
	BSP	Vappan	1317	0.14
	Independent	Abraham Benhur	1308	0.14
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Sam P. Mathew	1222	0.13
	Independent	Sinoj A. C.	1104	0.12
	AITC	Satheesh Chandran	741	0.08
Margin of victory			20,870	2.28%
Turnout			915,006	73.25
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election : Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. I. Shanavas	410,703	49.86
	CPI	M. Rahmathulla	257,264	31.23
	NCP	K. Muraleedharan	99,663	12.10
	BJP	C. Vasudevan Master	31,687	3.85
	Independent	Rahmathulla Pooladan	6459	0.78
	Independent	Shanavas Malappuram	4015	0.49
	Independent	Shanavas Manakulangara Parambil	3223	0.39
	Independent	Kallangodan Abdul Latheef	2228	0.27
	BSP	Rajeev Joseph	2036	0.25
	Independent	M. P. Rahmath	2020	0.25
	Independent	Sunny Ponnamattom	1581	0.19
	Independent	Nalla Thampy Thera	1485	0.18
	Independent	Cletus	1330	0.16
Margin of victory			153,439	18.6
Turnout			823,694
	INC hold		Swing

References

↑ Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

External links

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[wyd-1] Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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