R. Rajesh is an Indian politician of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represents Mavelikkara constituency of

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

Personal life

Rajesh was born (15 April 1981) at Kollakadavu to A. T. Raghavan and Santha Raghavan at Kollakadavu in

Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Indi ...

District. He holds a master's degree in science. Rajesh is married to Remya Remanan.

Political career

He was first elected to

from Mavelikkara assembly constituency in 2011 Kerala assembly elections by defeating K.K. Shaju of J.S.S (UDF) by a margin of 5149 votes. He was re-elected for the second time in 2016 defeating Baiju Kalasala of Indian National Congress by a margin of 31542 votes.LDF score is eight out of nine
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Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala 1981 births Living people People from Alappuzha district Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub