P. Karunakaran (born 20 April 1945) is an Indian communist politician and a member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

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. He represented the

Kasargod Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kerala and ...

constituency of

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and is a member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

(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) The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

candidate. He was the leader of the Loksabha for CPI(M) in the 16th Loksabha. His wife Laila, is daughter of the communist leader

A. K. Gopalan Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan (1 October 1904 – 22 March 1977), popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician. He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952. Later he beca ...

and

Susheela Gopalan Susheela Gopalan (29 December 1929, at Muhamma, in Alappuzha, Kerala – 19 December 2001, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) was an Indian Communist leader and one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Life She wa ...

. He holds an M.A degree from

Kerala University University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chit ...

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Books Published

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

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* http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampdetail.php?mpcode=4178 - Parliament of India website Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Living people 1945 births India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Kerala India MPs 2014–2019 People from Kasaragod district Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub

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