P. Karunakaran

P. Karunakaran
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	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
	Source: [[1][2]]

P. Karunakaran (born 20 April 1945) is an Indian communist politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India.^[1] 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 Lok Sabha for CPI(M) in the 16th Loksabha.^[2]

His wife Laila, is daughter of the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and Susheela Gopalan.^[3] He holds an M.A degree from Kerala University.^[4]^[5]

Books Published

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

References

^ The Times of India (4 June 2024). "P KARUNAKARAN : Bio, Political life". Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "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
^ ThePrint (21 March 2019). "MY543 Kerala-Kasaragod". Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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

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[P_KARUNAKARAN_:_Bio,_Political_life-1] The Times of India (4 June 2024). "P KARUNAKARAN : Bio, Political life". Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[2] "CPI(M) Office Bearers in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha". 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[3] "KASARGOD PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[4] rsindia

[MY543_Kerala-Kasaragod-5] ThePrint (21 March 2019). "MY543 Kerala-Kasaragod". Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2014	K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju A. Sampath Innocent K. V. Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K. Mani M. K. Raghavan E. Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M. B. Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas
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

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
Source: [[1][2]]

P. Karunakaran

Books Published

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References

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