Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency

Wayanad
KL-4
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
	Incumbent Priyanka Gandhi
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It comprises parts of Kozhikode, Malappuram, and the entire Wayanad district.

Assembly segments

Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency is composed of 56 LSG segments of the following Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
17	Mananthavady(ST)	Wayanad	Usha Vijayan	INC	INC
18	Sulthan Bathery(ST)		I. C. Balakrishnan
19	Kalpetta		T. Siddique
32	Thiruvambady	Kozhikode	C. K. Kasim	IUML
34	Eranad	Malappuram	P. K. Basheer	IUML
35	Nilambur		Aryadan Shoukath	INC
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
2024	Rahul Gandhi
2024^[a]	Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024 (By-Poll)			64.99%
2024			59.69%
2019			64.94%
2014			41.21%
2009			49.86%

General Elections 2029

2029 Indian general election: Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC
	LDF
	NDA
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

2024 by-election

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]

2024 by-election: Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyanka Gandhi	622,338	64.99	5.3
	CPI	Sathyan Mokeri	211,407	22.08	4.01
	BJP	Navya Haridas	109,939	11.48	1.51
	NOTA	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

By Assembly Segments (2024)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
17	Mananthavady	INC	42,773
18	Sulthan Bathery	INC	54,263
19	Kalpetta	INC	58,090
32	Thiruvambady	INC	50,298
34	Eranad	INC	64,204
35	Nilambur	INC	65,132
36	Wandoor (SC)	INC	73,276

General elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Wayanad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Gandhi	647,445	59.69	5.25
	CPI	Annie Raja	283,023	26.09	0.85
	BJP	K. Surendran	141,045	13.00	6.75
	BSP	P. R. Krishnankutty	1,973	0.18
	Independent	K. P. Sathyan	1,059	0.10
	Independent	A. C. Sinoj	903	0.08
	Independent	Praseetha Azhikode	840	0.08
	Independent	Ajeeb Muhammed	804	0.07
	Independent	P. Radhakrishnan	562	0.05
	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

By Assembly Segments
No.	Status (Assembly Constituency)	Votes			Lead

		Rahul Gandhi	Annie Raja	K. Surendran
17	Mananthavady (ST)	79,026	40,305	25,503	38,721
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)	84,439	40,458	35,709	43,981
19	Kalpetta	88,786	39,129	24,431	49,657
32	Thiruvambady	83,219	36,663	13,374	46,556
34	Eranad	95,194	37,451	9,723	57,743
35	Nilambur	99,325	42,962	17,520	56,363
36	Wandoor (SC)	112,310	43,626	13,608	68,684

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	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			431,770	39.69	37.41
Turnout			1,087,783	80.37	6.77
Registered electors			1,359,679		8.82
	INC hold		Swing	23.73

By Assembly Segments (2019)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
17	Mananthavady	INC	54,631
18	Sulthan Bathery	INC	70,465
19	Kalpetta	INC	63,754
32	Thiruvambady	INC	54,471
34	Eranad	INC	56,527
35	Nilambur	INC	61,660
36	Wandoor (SC)	INC	69,555

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	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			915,006	73.25	1.50
Registered electors			1,249,420		13.37
	INC hold		Swing	8.66

By Assembly Segments (2014)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
17	Mananthavady	CPI	8666
18	Sulthan Bathery	CPI	8983
19	Kalpetta	INC	1880
32	Thiruvambady	INC	2385
34	Eranad	INC	18838
35	Nilambur	INC	3266
36	Wandoor (SC)	INC	12267

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Wayanad^[8]
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			153,439	18.63
Turnout			823,694	74.76	New
Registered electors			1,102,097
	INC win (new seat)

By Assembly Segments (2009)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
17	Mananthavady	INC	19,403
18	Sulthan Bathery	INC	19,140
19	Kalpetta	INC	24,049
32	Thiruvambady	INC	21,414
34	Eranad	INC	22,105
35	Nilambur	INC	21,267
36	Wandoor (SC)	INC	25,690

Notes

↑ By-election.^[2]

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.
↑ "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 Malayalam). 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.
↑ "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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[3] By-election.^[2]

[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.

[2] "Priyanka Gandhi posts thumping maiden election win from Wayanad". The Hindu. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[4] "Wayanad Election Results". Wayanad Election Results (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[Priyanka_wins_Wayanad_Lok_Sabha_seat_by_huge_margin,_Congress_retains_Nanded_too-5] 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.

[Wayanad_bypoll_Result_2024-6] Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Wayanad bypoll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

[election2019-7] "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2014-8] "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2009-9] "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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