Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala: Full list of candidates, polling dates

A Congress stronghold, the Lok Sabha constituency of Wayanad is a recently-formed parliamentary seat in the southern state of Kerala. It was formed after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.

Wayanad registered 80.28 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 7 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1357819 while the total voter turnout is 1090072. While in 2014, the constituency registered 73.28 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1247326 while the total voter's turnout was 914015.

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency (Constituency no 4) is composed of seven assembly segments including Balusseri (SC), Elathur, Kozhikode, North Mananthavady (ST), Sulthan Bathery (ST), Kalpetta, Thiruvambady, Eranad, Nilambur and Wandoor (SC).

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, PP Suneer of the CPI, PK Mohamed of the BSP, Usha K from CPI(M-L) are among the prominent candidates contesting from this seat. 

Here's the full list of candidates contesting from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala -

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1	Mohamed P K	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress
3	P.P. Suneer	Communist Party of India
4	Usha K	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
5	John P P	Secular Democratic Congress
6	Thushar Vellappally	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
7	Babu Mani	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA
8	Raghul Gandhi K S/o Krishnan P	Agila India Makkal Kazhagam
9	K M Sivaprasad Gandhi	Indian Gandhiyan Party
10	Narukara Gopi	Independent
11	Thrissur Nazeer	Independent
12	Dr. K Padmarajan	Independent
13	Praveen K P	Independent
14	Biju Kakkathode	Independent
15	Mujeeb Rahman	Independent
16	Adv. Sreejith P R	Independent
17	Shijo M Varghese	Independent
18	Siby Vayalil	Independent
19	Sebastian Wayanad	Independent

Also read: Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency

The election here was conducted on April 23, 2019, as per the Phase III schedule announced by the ECI.

MI Shanavas of the INC had won from this seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The seat held by Shanavas has been lying vacant since his death in 2018.  

He received 377035 votes and defeated Sathyan Mokeri of the CPI.