Her victory marks her long-awaited debut in India’s lower house of parliament. It will also be the first time that three of the Gandhi family’s main branch sit simultaneously in the legislature (the siblings’ Italian-born mother,

Priyanka Gandhi polled 622,338 votes, beating her rivals Sathyan Mokeri of the Communist Party (211,407 votes) and Navya Haridas of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (109,939 votes). Rahul Gandhi won by a margin of 364,422 votes in the general election last May.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed gratitude to the people of Wayanad after securing a significant lead in the Lok Sabha byelection. She vowed to be their voice in Parliament and acknowledged the support of her family,

She also thanked her family for their support, "To my mother, Robert, and my two jewels—Raihan and Miraya—no gratitude is ever enough for the love and courage you give me.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday thanked the voters for Wayanad for their support, saying that she looks forward to being their voice in Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress is leading by more than 4 lakh votes in the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll in Kerala,

Priyanka Gandhi currently serves as a general secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the central decision-making body of Congress. Earlier, she served as the party’s general secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.