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M. Swaraj

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Adv. M. Swaraj
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
for Thrippunithura
In office
2 June 2016 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byK. Babu
Succeeded byK. Babu
Personal details
Born27 May 1979
Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala
Political partyCPI(M)

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

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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

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  1. ^ "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference", "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013
  2. ^ "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്‍റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്", REPORTER, 26 Jan 2016
  3. ^ "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"[dead link], "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005
  4. ^ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders Archived 2 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.dyfikerala.net
  5. ^ "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer", "The Hindu", 20 May 2016
  6. ^ "Thripunithura Election Result 2021 LIVE: Thripunithura MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 May 2021.