| Wayanad KL-4 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Wayanad was established by 2008 Delimitation. [citation needed]
Before, Mananthavady was included in Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency. Kalpetta,Thiruvambady, Sulthan Bathery was included in Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency and Nilambur,Wandoor, and Eranad was included in Manjeri Lok Sabha Constituency
Assembly segments[edit | edit source]
Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency is composed of 56 LSG segments of the following Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies:[1]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Mananthavady | Wayanad | O. R. Kelu | CPI (M) | INC | ||
| 18 | Sulthan Bathery | I. C. Balakrishnan | INC | ||||
| 19 | Kalpetta | T Siddique | |||||
| 32 | Thiruvambady | Kozhikode | Linto Joseph | CPI (M) | |||
| 34 | Eranad | Malappuram | P. K. Basheer | IUML | |||
| 35 | Nilambur | Aryadan Shoukath | INC | ||||
| 36 | Wandoor | A. P. Anil Kumar | |||||
Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | M. I. Shanavas | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Rahul Gandhi | ||
| 2024 | |||
| 2024[lower-alpha 1] | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra | ||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2024 by-election[edit | edit source]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli, resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election.[3] Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had won by a margin of 4,10,931 votes.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Priyanka Gandhi | 622,338 | 64.99 |  5.3
| |
| CPI | Sathyan Mokeri | 2,11,407 | 22.08 |  4.01
| |
| BJP | Navya Haridas | 1,09,939 | 11.48 | 1.51
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 5,406 | 0.57 | 0.5
| |
| Majority | 4,10,931 | 42.9 | 9.32
| ||
| Turnout | 9,57,571 | 64.22 | 9.35
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.3
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General elections 2024[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 647,445 | 59.69 | 5.25
| |
| CPI | Annie Raja | 2,83,023 | 26.09 | 0.85
| |
| BJP | K. Surendran | 1,41,045 | 13.00 | 6.75
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,999 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 3,64,422 | 33.59 | 7.09
| ||
| Turnout | 10,86,459 | 74.19 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.25
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Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[6]
General elections 2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 706,367 | 64.94 | 23.73
| |
| CPI | P. P. Suneer | 274,597 | 25.24 | 13.68
| |
| BDJS | Thushar Vellappally | 78,816 | 7.25 | N/A | |
| 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
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General elections 2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. I. Shanavas | 377,035 | 41.21 | 8.66
| |
| CPI | Sathyan Mokeri | 356,165 | 38.92 | 7.69
| |
| BJP | P. R. Rasmilnath | 80,752 | 8.83 | 4.98
| |
| Independent | P. V. Anvar | 37,123 | 4.06 | N/A | |
| SDPI | Jaleel Neelambra | 14,327 | 1.57 | New | |
| WPOI | Ramla Mampad | 12,645 | 1.38 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,735 | 1.17 | N/A | |
| AAP | P. P. A. Sageer | 10,684 | 1.17 | New | |
| Independent | Sathyan Thazhemangad | 5,476 | 0.60 | N/A | |
| 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
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General elections 2009[edit | edit source]
| 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 | 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 | New | ||
| Registered electors | 11,02,097 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi posts thumping maiden election win from Wayanad". The Hindu. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Wayanad Election Results". Wayanad Election Results (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ↑ The Hindu (23 November 2024). "Priyanka wins Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by huge margin, Congress retains Nanded too". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ↑ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Wayanad bypoll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024".
- ↑ "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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