P. Karunakaran

P. Karunakaran (born 20 April 1945) is an Indian communist politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kasargod constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (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) candidate. He was the leader of the Loksabha for CPI(M) in the 16th Loksabha.[1]

P. Karunakaran
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Kasaragod
In office
2004–2019
Preceded byT. Govindan
Succeeded byRajmohan Unnithan
ConstituencyKasaragod
Personal details
Born (1945-04-20) 20 April 1945
Kasaragod, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Kerala, India)
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)Laila
Children1 daughter
ResidenceTrivandrum, Kerala, India
As of 23 September, 2006
Source:

His wife Laila, is daughter of the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and Susheela Gopalan.[2] He holds an M.A degree from Kerala University.[3]

References
  1. "CPI(M) Office Bearers in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha". 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. "KASARGOD PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. prsindia
Preceded by
T. Govindan		 Member of Parliament from Kasargod
2004 - 2019		 Succeeded by
Rajmohan Unnithan
Preceded by
Basudeb Acharia		 Leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Party in the Lok Sabha
2014–2019		 Succeeded by
A. M. Ariff


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