Sulthan Bathery
Part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat.
I. C. Balakrishnan (Indian National Congress) won Sulthan Bathery in 2026, 16,597 votes ahead of M S Viswanathan.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
78,936 votes · 44.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MVCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
62,339 votes · 35.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KSBharatiya Janta Party
31,308 votes · 17.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PVAam Aadmi Party
1,781 votes · 1.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BBahujan Samaj Party
447 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- VRSocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
275 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BEIndependent
212 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RMIndependent
198 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
18 · Sulthan Bathery
Scheduled Tribe2,25,780 registered voters · 8 candidates · 16,597 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
I. C. Balakrishnan
INC · Male · 78,936 votes (44.61%) · 16,597 ahead of M S Viswanathan
- 78.45%
- Turnout
- 1,77,120
- Votes cast
- 1,75,496
- Valid votes
- 1,442
- None of the above
- 1,15,801
- Women electors
83,618 men and 90,356 women voted in person, plus 3,145 postal ballots. 182 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 451.
- INC78,9361,363 postal44.61%
- M S ViswanathanMale
CPI(M)62,3391,083 postal35.23% - Kavitha A SFemale
BJP31,308435 postal17.69% 
AAP1,78129 postal1.01%- None of the aboveNOTA1,4420.81%
- BenadictMale
BSP44714 postal0.25% - V.a RamesanMaleSUCIBattery Torch2756 postal0.16%
- INDBat2123 postal0.12%
- Rajesh R MMaleINDTelevision1986 postal0.11%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.