Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency

Wayanad
KL-4
Wayanad ; KL-4
Lok Sabha constituency
	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 Vacant
Elected year	2024

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

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	O. R. Kelu	CPI(M)
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)		I. C. Balakrishnan	INC
19	Kalpetta		T Siddique	INC
32	Thiruvambady	Kozhikode	Linto Joseph	CPI(M)
34	Eranad	Malappuram	P. K. Basheer	IUML
35	Nilambur		P. V. Anvar	IND
36	Wandoor (SC)		A. P. Anil Kumar	INC

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			59.69%
2019			64.94%
2014			41.21%
2009			49.86%

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli, resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election.

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
	NOTA	None of the above	6,999	0.65
Majority			364,422	33.59	6.09
Turnout			10,846,53	73.57	6.8
	INC hold		Swing	5.25

Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.^[2]

2019 Indian general election : Wayanad^[3]
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

2014 Indian general election : Wayanad^[4]
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

2009 Indian general election : Wayanad^[5]
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)