Adv. M. Swaraj | |
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![]() Swaraj in a public event at
Karuvarakundu (2021) | |
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]
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 |
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2016 | Thripunithura | K. Babu ( INC) | 4467 | Won [6] |
2021 | Thripunithura | K. Babu ( INC) | 1232 | Lost [7] |