Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Voting for the by-election was held on November 13 for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, which fell vacant following the resignation of Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi. The results will be announced today. In the initial trends, Congress leader and Rahul’s sister Priyanka Gandhi is leading. At the same time, the Communist Party is in second place, while the BJP is lagging behind in third place.
As of writing the news, Priyanka Gandhi leads Wayanad by 48239 votes. Rahul Gandhi had won from this seat for the second consecutive time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He defeated CPI(M) candidate Annie Raja by over 3 lakh 64 thousand votes. However, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, apart from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi also contested from the seat of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. After winning both seats, Rahul decided to leave the Wayanad seat and Priyanka Gandhi contested the by-election from here.
16 candidates in Wayanad
This time, 16 candidates are in the fray in Wayanad. Priyanka is in the electoral race for the first time. The Marxist Communist Party-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fielded Satyan Mokeri and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded Navya Haridas.
What will be the results of the 2024 elections?
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 73.57 per cent voting took place in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. At that time, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had polled a total of 6,47,445 votes, while his closest rival Annie Raja was limited to 2,83,023 votes. Similarly, BJP candidate K Surendran, who stood third, got only 141,045 votes.
Did Rahul Gandhi win in 2019?
The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala has been a high-profile seat in south India. In 2019, after losing the elections in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi contested the elections from here and reached Parliament after winning. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi contested from this seat and got a total of 7,06,367 votes. According to Election Commission data, Rahul Gandhi secured a total of 64.94 per cent votes. At that time, CPI (Marxist) PP Suneer, who was in second place, got only 2,74,597 votes. Late Congress leader MI Shanavas was elected MP from this seat in 2009 and 2014. After his unfortunate demise in 2018. Rahul Gandhi had filed his nomination for this seat in the 2019 elections.
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