Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:	LS
Wayanad
Established:	2009
Reservation:	None
Mp:	Vacant
Latest Election Year:	2024
State:	Kerala
Assembly Cons:	Mananthavady Sulthan Bathery Kalpetta Thiruvambady Eranad Nilambur Wandoor
Electors:	1,357,819 (2019)

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	Party
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		LDF Independent
36	Wandoor (SC)		A. P. Anil Kumar		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
2009	M. I. Shanavas
2014
2019	Rahul Gandhi
2024
2024^

^ indicates bypoll

Election results

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

General elections 2024

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

General elections 2009

See also

• 2019 Indian general election in Kerala

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Philip. Shaju . Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls. 31 March 2019. The Indian Express. 31 March 2019.
2. Web site: Thiruvananthapuram Election News.