P. Karunakaran

Indian politician

P. Karunakaran


Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2 June 2004 – 17 June 2019
Preceded by	T. Govindan
Succeeded by	Rajmohan Unnithan
Constituency	Kasaragod
Leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
In office 2014 - 2019
Preceded by	Basudev Acharia
Succeeded by	P. R. Natarajan

Personal details
Born	(1945-04-20) 20 April 1945 (age 79) Kasaragod, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Kerala, India)
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Laila (m. 1978)
Children	1 daughter
Parents	N. Koran (father) P. Chirutha (mother)
Relatives	A. K. Gopalan (Father-in-law) Susheela Gopalan (Mother-in-law)
Residence(s)	Trivandrum, Kerala, India
As of 23 September, 2006 Source: [1]

P. Karunakaran (born 20 April 1945) is an Indian communist politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kasargod constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party. He was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time in 2004 general election. He won the second term in 2009 Lok Sabha election. He got 385,522 votes against 321,095 of the Congress(I) candidate. He was the leader of the Loksabha for CPI(M) in the 16th Loksabha.^[1]

His wife Laila, is daughter of the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and Susheela Gopalan.^[2] He holds an M.A degree from Kerala University.^[3]

Books Published

Memories of Vietnam
Indian Politics - Inside and Outside Parliament
Suppression and Resistance
Indian Politics - Outside and Inside Parliament (Second Part)
Olimangaroormakal

References

^ "CPI(M) Office Bearers in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha". 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
^ "KASARGOD PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
^ prsindia

External links

http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=4178 - Parliament of India website

Preceded by

T. Govindan

Member of Parliament from Kasargod
2004 - 2019

Succeeded by

Rajmohan Unnithan

Preceded by

Basudeb Acharia

Leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Party in the Lok Sabha
2014–2019

Succeeded by

A. M. Ariff

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State

GE 2014

Bye-elections
2017

PK Kunhalikutty
- Pre-bye poll: E. Ahamed - death

15th LS members

17th LS members

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from

States: AP; AR; AS; BR; CT; GA; GJ; HR; HP; JH; KA; KL; MP; MH; ML; MN; MZ; NL; OR; PB; RJ; SK; TG; TN; TR; UP; UT; WB

Union territories: AN; CH; DH; DL; JK; LA; LD; PY

v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2009	P. Karunakaran K. Sudhakaran Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas M. K. Raghavan E. Ahammed E. T. Muhammed Basheer M. B. Rajesh P. K. Biju P. C. Chacko K. P. Dhanapalan K. V. Thomas P. T. Thomas Jose K Mani K. C. Venugopal Kodikunnil Suresh Anto Antony N. Peethambara Kurup A. Sampath Shashi Tharoor
14th LS members 16th LS members Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2004	P. Karunakaran A. P. Abdullakutty P. Satheedevi M. P. Veerendra Kumar T. K. Hamza E. Ahammed N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar C. K. Chandrappan Lonappan Nambadan Sebastian Paul P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George K. S. Manoj C. S. Sujatha Chengara Surendran P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Bye-elections 2005	Pannyan Raveendran Pre-bye poll: P. K. Vasudevan Nair - death
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY