In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and then sitting MP M.I. Shanavas had secured a comfortable lead in the Wandoor assembly segment over his nearest Communist party of India (CPI) rival Sathyan Mokeri. The BJP had secured polled 10,571 votes in 2014, a sharp rise from 2,885 votes polled by the party in the 2011 Assembly elections
Sitting Congress MLA and Tourism Minister of Kerala, A.P. Anil Kumar, has again nominated by the party to contest the Wandoor assembly seat fourth time in 2016 assembly polls. CPI (M)’s K. Nishant is the nominee of the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
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