<p>The Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala was declared vacant on Friday after its MP <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-lok-sabha-mp-after-conviction-1203066.html" target="_blank">Rahul Gandhi was disqualified</a> from Parliament after he was sentenced to a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case.</p>.<p>The Lok Sabha secretariat issued a notification disqualifying Gandhi as a member of the Lower House of Parliament following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.</p>.<p>The <a href="https://loksabha.nic.in/" target="_blank">Lok Sabha website</a> now shows three vacant seats – Jalandhar, Lakshadweep and Wayanad.</p>.<p>The Jalandhar seat fell vacant after the demise of Congress member Santokh Singh Chaudhary.</p>.<p>The Lakshadweep seat fell vacant after the disqualification of NCP member Mohammad Faizal P P after his conviction in an attempt to murder case in which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.</p>.<p>Gandhi represented the Amethi parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2019. BJP leader Smriti Irani defeated Gandhi in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>Gandhi won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, the second seat he had contested.</p>
<p>The Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala was declared vacant on Friday after its MP <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-lok-sabha-mp-after-conviction-1203066.html" target="_blank">Rahul Gandhi was disqualified</a> from Parliament after he was sentenced to a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case.</p>.<p>The Lok Sabha secretariat issued a notification disqualifying Gandhi as a member of the Lower House of Parliament following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.</p>.<p>The <a href="https://loksabha.nic.in/" target="_blank">Lok Sabha website</a> now shows three vacant seats – Jalandhar, Lakshadweep and Wayanad.</p>.<p>The Jalandhar seat fell vacant after the demise of Congress member Santokh Singh Chaudhary.</p>.<p>The Lakshadweep seat fell vacant after the disqualification of NCP member Mohammad Faizal P P after his conviction in an attempt to murder case in which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.</p>.<p>Gandhi represented the Amethi parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2019. BJP leader Smriti Irani defeated Gandhi in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>Gandhi won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, the second seat he had contested.</p>