New Loksabhsd Assembly segment

It has been formed by bringing together Chaliyar panchayat in Nilambur taluk and Areacode, Edavanna, Kavannoor, Kozhuparamba, Urangattiri and Kozhimanna panchayats in Ernakad taluk.

Mananthavadi was earlier North Wayanad Assembly segment and part of Kannur Lok Sabha seat.

Of the Assembly segment that now is part of Wayanad, Thiruvambadi which is in Kozhikode district, had been known as a UDF stronghold until the last two Assembly elections when LDF candidates won. Thiruvamabadi had usually given huge leads to UDF candidate in the past Lok Sabha polls.

Ernad, Nilambur and Wandoor, which form part of Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, fall in Malappuram district where the UDF had been posting comfortable wins until the last Assembly election.

P.M. Mohammed, who had a long innings as CPI(M) district secretary of Wayanad till he stepped down recently, expects “a tight fight” (between the LDF and the UDF) in the next Lok Sabha election in Wayanad but is quick to add “it is too early to predict the election result.” He also points out that the electoral outcome will depend a lot on the political mood among the electorate at the time of the poll. Mohammed is also not sure whether the coalitions will be in the same form when Wayanad goes to its first parliamentary poll. He made veiled references to the problems its constituent Janata Dal (S) has run into of late while speaking about the future of the CPI(M)-led coalition. It is also not known on which side the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will be when the first Lok Sabha poll from Wayanad is held.