M. K. Raghavan
M.K. Raghavan | |
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| Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 31 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | M. P. Veerendra Kumar |
| Constituency | Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1952 Payyannur, Kannur |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Usha Kumari |
| Children | One son & one daughter |
| Parent(s) | Krishnan Nambiar Mundayat, Janaki Amma |
| Residence(s) | Ashoka, Madhuravanam Road, Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Website | https://mkraghavan.in/ |
M. K. Raghavan (born 21 April 1952) is an Indian Politician. He is a Member of Lok Sabha and a Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party.
He represents the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala. He belongs to INC.[1][2] He was the General Secretary of the KPCC.[3] He was born to Krishnan Nambiar and Janaki Amma on 21 April 1952 at Payyannur, Kerala.
Fielded as a strong candidate by the UDF in the LDF bastion of Kozhikode in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, M. K. Raghavan managed to wrangle victory riding on the general anti-CPI(M) wave in the state as well as the conscience votes of the CPI(M) partner JD(S) which was denied its sitting seat. However, it was noted that he won by a meagre 838 votes while three dummy candidates for his opponent P. A. Muhammad Riyas of CPI(M) bagged more votes than this winning margin.[4] However, he cemented his victory with much better margins in the subsequent Lok Sabha elections in 2014 with 16,883, 2019 with 85,225 and 2024 with 1,42,087.[5]
He has selected as Chairman, Divisional Railway Monitoring Committee of Palakkad Division.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kerala: UDF registers thumping win". The Hindu. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Congress ticket for Shashi Tharoor". The Hindu. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Move against Agreenco is political vendetta". The Hindu. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "M.K. Raghavan scrapes through in Kozhikode".
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha elections: With fourth consecutive win, Raghavan sets another record in Kozhikode". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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