Wayanad Lok Sabha election 2024 outcomes: The Wayanad constituency that elected Congress chief, Rahul Gandhi, by a landslide margin of 4.3 lakh votes within the earlier Lok Sabha elections is tied up in a three-way battle this yr with BJP state president Okay Surendran and Communist Occasion of India (CPI’s) Annie Raja.
The Lok Sabha constituency, usually referred to as the hill district of Kerala, spans throughout Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts. The constituency has a various demographic composition with a predominantly rural voters. It additionally boasts an equally balanced non secular demographic of 40 per cent Hindus, 40 per cent Muslims and 20 per cent Christian inhabitants.
In the meantime, the exit polls estimated Wayanad to favour Rahul Gandhi.
WAYANAD LOK SABHA ELECTIONS: CONGRESS STRONGHOLD
Since its formation after the redrawing of constituencies in 2008, Wayanad has been a Congress stronghold. Within the 2019 Common Elections, Rahul Gandhi, the present MP from Wayanad, gained the elections by securing 706,367 votes. LDF candidate PP Suneer gained a far-second 274,597 votes and BDJ (S) chief Tushar Vellapally bought 78,816 votes.
Gandhi had secured 64.7 per cent of the vote share, and gained with the very best margin within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala.
Pitted towards Gandhi are Annie Raja and Okay Surendran. Annie Raja, spouse of CPI common secretary D Raja, and common secretary of the celebration’ Nationwide Federation of Indian Girls is contesting the election for the primary time. Surendran has fought elections twice earlier than Pathanamthitta in 2019 and from Kasargod earlier than that.
WAYANAD: GANDHI FACTOR
Wayanad’s Lok Sabha elections 2024 should even be seen within the context of Rahul Gandhi’s nomination from Raebareli constituency, which has been bestowed upon him by Congress stalwart and his mom, Sonia Gandhi. If Gandhi wins each the seats, he should quit one in all them.
But when political pundits are to be believed, Wayanad must be gained by Gandhi, but it surely may probably ship a “flawed message”. Political pundit Prashant Kishor stated, “If you don’t win in UP, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, there isn’t a profit in the event you win from Wayanad,” insisting that not combating it out in Amethi would ship the flawed message. Gandhi who had misplaced to BJP’s Smriti Irani from Amethi in 2019 gave up the seat this yr to Kishori Lal Sharma.
However Wayanad won’t be a cakewalk both, with each Left and BJP eyeing the Congress bastion. Rahul Gandhi’s novelty issue can also be anticipated to wean away this season. But when the voters’s loyalty to Congress is one thing to go by, Gandhi could be a win but once more.
