M. Swaraj
Adv. M. Swaraj | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for Thrippunithura | |
| In office 2 June 2016 – 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | K. Babu |
| Succeeded by | K. Babu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1979 Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala |
| Political party | CPI(M) |
M Swaraj (born 1979) is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was a representative of Thripunithura constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India.[1]
Political career
Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the Calicut University Students' Union in 1999[2] and rose to be the Secretary of SFI the Kerala State Committee in 2005.[3] Later he became active in Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of CPI(M), and was made President of its Kerala Unit in 2011.[4] He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Thripunithura assembly constituency in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating Congress veteran K. Babu by a margin of 4,467 votes.[5] But in 2021 Swaraj lost in a rematch to K.Babu by a margin of 1,232 votes.
| Year | Constituency | Closest Rival | Majority
(Votes) |
Won/Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Thripunithura | K. Babu (INC) | 4467 | Won[6] |
| 2021 | Thripunithura | K. Babu (INC) | 1232 | Lost[7] |
References
- ^ "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference", "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013
- ^ "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്", REPORTER, 26 Jan 2016
- ^ "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"[dead link], "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005
- ^ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders Archived 2 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.dyfikerala.net
- ^ "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer", "The Hindu", 20 May 2016
- ^ "Thripunithura Election Result 2021 LIVE: Thripunithura MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 May 2021.