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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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[edit]
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.
Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
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[edit]
^ "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.
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