Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took her oath as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha on November 28, marking her electoral debut. With her victory in the Wayanad bypoll, all three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family—Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka—are now serving in Parliament.

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• Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath as a Lok Sabha MP on November 28, 2024, marking her electoral debut.
• With her victory, all three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family (Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka) are now in Parliament.
• Priyanka Gandhi won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 4,10,931 votes.
• The Wayanad seat was vacated by Rahul Gandhi, who resigned after winning both Wayanad and Rae Bareli constituencies.
• The Wayanad bypoll was necessitated after Rahul Gandhi retained Rae Bareli and vacated Wayanad.
• Priyanka Gandhi contested the seat as part of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
• The bypolls were held alongside the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections in 2024.
• Priyanka Gandhi defeated BJP’s Navya Haridas and CPI’s Sathyan Mokeri in a triangular contest.
• Despite a low voter turnout, Priyanka’s victory margin of 410,931 votes surpassed Rahul’s lead of 364,422 votes in the 2024 elections.
• Her mother, Sonia Gandhi, continues to serve in Rajya Sabha as a member from Rajasthan.