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Vadakara Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Vadakara? — Shafi Parambil (INC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 1,14,506 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Shafi Parambil

INC
Margin: 1,14,506Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Vadakara

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Shafi ParambilINCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated K.K. Shailaja Teacher (CPI(M))Margin1,14,506
  2. 2019May 2019K. MuraleedharanINCLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated P.Jayarajan (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star)Margin84,663

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Shafi Parambil

INCComfortable win

votes

5,57,528

Margin

1,14,506(10.2%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Shafi Parambil · INCK.K. Shailaja Teacher · CPI(M)
5,57,5284,43,022
Candidate (11)votes
  1. 1Shafi Parambil✓ WinnerINC5,57,52849.65%
  2. 2K.K. Shailaja TeacherCPI(M)4,43,02239.45%
  3. 3Praphul KrishnanBJPDeposit lost1,11,9799.97%
  4. 4Shafi T.P. S/o Abdul Rahman T.P.INDDeposit lost3,7640.34%
  5. 5NOTA2,9090.26%
  6. 6K.K. Shylaja W/o RajanINDDeposit lost1,1790.1%
See all candidates (+5)
  1. 7Kunhikannan PayyoliINDDeposit lost8690.08%
  2. 8Shylaja W/o JayakrishnanINDDeposit lost6800.06%
  3. 9Shafi S/o MoideenINDDeposit lost4220.04%
  4. 10Sylaja P. W/o KunjiramanINDDeposit lost3260.03%
  5. 11MuralidharanINDDeposit lost2690.02%
Total votes11,22,947

Deposit lost: 8 of 10 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
14,24,792

incl. service voters

Votes cast
11,29,256

incl. 14,459 postal

Turnout
79.26%
Polling stations
1,201

Turnout of men and women

Women82%

6,07,286 of 7,40,347 voted on EVMs

Men73.9%

5,05,935 of 6,84,423 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 22; 4 voted.

  • Candidates10 (4 women)
  • Lost deposit8
  • NOTA2,909
  • Valid votes11,20,038

Women candidates: K.K. Shailaja Teacher, K.K. Shylaja W/o Rajan, Shylaja W/o Jayakrishnan, Sylaja P. W/o Kunjiraman

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: K. Muraleedharan (INC)Full result ▾
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1K. Muraleedharan✓ WinnerINC5,26,75549.43%
  2. 2P.JayarajanCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star4,42,09241.49%
  3. 3Adv.V.K.SajeevanBJPDeposit lost80,1287.52%
See all candidates (+10)
  1. 4Musthafa KommeriSOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIADeposit lost5,5440.52%
  2. 5NOTA3,4150.32%
  3. 6Jatheesh.A.PNational Labour PartyDeposit lost2,8330.27%
  4. 7Santhosh KumarINDDeposit lost1,2950.12%
  5. 8Muraleedharan.K SandramINDDeposit lost9100.09%
  6. 9Jayarajan PandaraparambilINDDeposit lost6900.06%
  7. 10C.O.T. NaseerINDDeposit lost6120.06%
  8. 11Muraleedharan.K Kuttiyil VeeduINDDeposit lost5970.06%
  9. 12Advocate K.SudhakaranCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarDeposit lost5070.05%
  10. 13Aluva AneeshINDDeposit lost2410.02%
Total votes10,65,619

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Vadakara?

Shafi Parambil (INC) won Vadakara in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 5,57,528 votes.

What was the winning margin in Vadakara?

Shafi Parambil defeated K.K. Shailaja Teacher (CPI(M)) by 1,14,506 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Vadakara?

2019: K. Muraleedharan (INC)

What was the turnout in Vadakara in 2024?

79.26% — 11,29,256 of 14,24,792 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 82%, men's 73.9%.

How many voters does Vadakara have?

14,24,792 electors at the 2024 election — 6,84,423 men, 7,40,347 women, 22 third gender (service voters included), and 1,201 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer