Kodikunnil Suresh
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Kodikunnil Suresh MP |
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| Minister of State, Ministry of Labour | |
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In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Harish Rawat |
| Constituency | Mavelikara |
| Majority | 48048 votes |
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4 June 1962 Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram District |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Bindu Suresh |
| Children | one son& one daughter |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | http://www.kodikunnilsuresh.com |
Kodikunnil Suresh is an Indian politician who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour. He is a member of the fifteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara Constituency in Kerala. This is the fifth time he is being elected to the Lok Sabha. He is also the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
He was born in Kodikkunil, Thiruvananthapuram District to a poor family, as the youngest son of Kunjan and Thankamma. He did his graduation and passed his LL.B from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 and thereafter in the 1991,1996, 1999 General Elections to the Lok Sabha from Adoor Constituency. He was defeated in the 1998, 2004 elections. He served as the member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and member of AICC. He won the general election to the Lok Sabha in 2009 defeating R.S.Anil of Communist Party of India with a margin of 48048 votes. In 2014 he won the Lok Sabha elections defeating Chengara Surendran of Communist Party of India and is the present Member of Parliament from Mavelikkara constituency.
His victory in the 2009 election was declared void by the Kerala High Court over the allegation that his caste certificate was fake, and that he was a Christian.This verdict was later reversed by the Supreme Court.
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