Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency

Wayanad
Wayanad
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Mananthavady; Sulthan Bathery; Kalpetta; Thiruvambady; Eranad; Nilambur; Wandoor;
Established	2009
Total electors	1,357,819 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rahul Gandhi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the twenty Parliamentary Constituencies (Lok Sabha) in Kerala State in southern India. ^[1]

On 23 March 2023, the sitting MP Rahul Gandhi's membership of Parliament was disqualified following his conviction and sentencing by a local court in Surat. On 4th August 2023, the Supreme Court restored his status as a member of parliament ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Assembly segments

Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency is composed of the following Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies:^[5]

No	Name	District	Member
17	Mananthavady (ST)	Wayanad	O. R. Kelu	CPIM
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)		I. C. Balakrishnan	INC
19	Kalpetta		T Siddique	INC
32	Thiruvambady	Kozhikode	Linto Joseph	CPIM
34	Eranad	Malappuram	P. K. Basheer	IUML
35	Nilambur		P. V. Anvar	LDF Ind
36	Wandoor (SC)		A. P. Anil Kumar	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
2009	M. I. Shanavas	Indian National Congress
2014	M. I. Shanavas
2019	Rahul Gandhi

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			64.94%
2014			41.21%
2009			49.86%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Wayanad^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Gandhi	706,367	64.94%	23.73%
	CPI	P. P. Suneer	2,74,597	25.24%	−13.68%
	BDJS	Thushar Vellappally	78,816	7.25%
	SDPI	Babu Mani	5,426	0.50%	−1.07%
Margin of victory			4,31,770	39.69%	37.41%
Turnout			10,87,783	80.37%	6.77%
Registered electors			13,59,679		8.82%
	INC hold		Swing	23.73%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Wayanad^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. I. Shanavas	377,035	41.21%	−8.66%
	CPI	Sathyan Mokeri	3,56,165	38.92%	7.69%
	BJP	P. R. Rasmilnath	80,752	8.83%	4.98%
	Independent	P. V. Anvar	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	5,476	0.60%
Margin of victory			20,870	2.28%	-16.35%
Turnout			9,15,006	73.25%	−1.50%
Registered electors			12,49,420		13.37%
	INC hold		Swing	-8.66%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Wayanad^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. I. Shanavas	410,703	49.86%
	CPI	M. Rahmathulla	2,57,264	31.23%
	NCP	K. Muraleedharan	99,663	12.10%
	BJP	C. Vasudevan Master	31,687	3.85%
	Independent	Rahmathulla Pooladan	6,459	0.78%
	Independent	Shanavas Malappuram	4,015	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,53,439	18.63%
Turnout			8,23,694	74.76%
Registered electors			11,02,097
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
↑ "Rahul Gandhi disqualified: What this means, what happens next?". The Indian Express. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ "Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP, can't contest polls for 8 years if conviction not stayed". The Times of India. 25 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ "Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP after conviction in defamation case". BBC News. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
↑ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
↑ "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[2] "Rahul Gandhi disqualified: What this means, what happens next?". The Indian Express. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[3] "Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP, can't contest polls for 8 years if conviction not stayed". The Times of India. 25 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[4] "Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP after conviction in defamation case". BBC News. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[wyd-5] Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

[election2019-6] "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2014-7] "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2009-8] "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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