T. V. Rajesh (born 11 January 1974) is an Indian politician from the state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of

. He represented the

Kalliasseri Kalliasseri is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Kalliaseri Panchayat comprises two villages: Kalliasseri and Irinave. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Kalliasseri had a population of 31,122 of which males const ...

constituency of

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)). Rajesh was the president of the DYFI Kerala state committee, and also a state committee member of the CPI(M).

Early life

T. V. Rajesh was born to Chandukutty and Madhavi at Kulapuram, Kannur district. He did his schooling in Cheruthazham High School and subsequently completed his pre-degree and bachelor's degree in Political Science from Payyanur College,

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

. He completed his master's degree in law from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Political career

T. V. Rajesh entered into politics as a

Students' Federation of India The Students' Federation of India (abbreviated as SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation politically aligned to the ideologies of Independence, Democracy and Socialism. Currently, V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All ...

(SFI) activist. Later he moved onto

Democratic Youth Federation of India Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is a youth organisation in India. It was founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in Ludhiana, Punjab. DYFI identifies itself to be an i ...

and actively took part in various strikes and movements. He was the president of the DYFI Kerala state committee. His political activism saw him lead student struggles right from his days as a high school student. He has been part of many different struggles against various United Democratic Front governments in Kerala. His struggles have been brutally repressed in the past, which made him spend 87 days behind the bars. He was elected as the state secretary of SFI in 2002 and as the National Joint Secretary in 2003. He was elected as the member of the Legislative Assembly of

from his constituency in May 2011 with a margin of nearly 30,000 votes. In 2012 Kerala state conference of CPI(M), he was elected as a member of the state committee of the party. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 2016 with a margin of more than 42,000 votes.

2016 Kalliasseri election results

There were 1,77,121 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2011 Kalliasseri election results

There were 1,57,384 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

Positions held

* SFI Cheruthazham unit secretary in 1996 * SFI Madayi area president in 1998 * SFI Kannur district president in 1999 * Calicut University union counselor in 2000 * SFI Kannur district secretary in 2000 * SFI Kerala state secretary in 2002 * Calicut University senate member * DYFI Kannur district president in 2006 * DYFI Kerala state joint secretary in 2006 * DYFI Kerala state secretary in 2007 * CPI(M) Kannur district committee member in 2007 * Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2011 * CPI(M) Kerala State committee member in 2012

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajesh, T. V. 1974 births Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Politicians from Kannur Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni