Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election was held on 13 November 2024. In the previous election held months prior, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli. Indian law states that while one can contest multiple seats in an election, they can only remain an MP for one. Thus, Gandhi resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election. His sister, Priyanka Gandhi, is making a long-awaited electoral debut in the seat^{[citation needed]}, making the election notable. With the results being released on 23 November, she won the seat with a large margin - but below the 5 lakh target set by the Congress.

In the 2024 general elections, Rahul Gandhi contested from two Lok Sabha constituencies, Wayanad and Rae Bareli. He won both the seats by more than 3.5 lakh votes. Rahul announced that he would remain a member of the Lok Sabha from Rae Bareilly and resigned from Wayanad.^[1][2] On 21 October 2024, Election Commission of India announced the schedule for Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections and various state assembly by-elections were announced on the same day.

2024 Wayanad by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyanka Gandhi	622,338	64.99	5.3
	CPI	Sathyan Mokeri	2,11,407	22.08	4.01
	BJP	Navya Haridas	1,09,939	11.48	1.51
	NOTA	None of the above	5,406	0.57	0.5
Majority			4,10,931	42.9	9.32
Turnout			9,57,571	64.22	9.35
	INC hold		Swing

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.^[3]

• 2024 elections in India