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	\| name = Adv. M. Swaraj		\| name = Adv. M. Swaraj
	\| image = ~~M Swaraj in Karuvarakundu~~.jpg		\| image = File:എം_സ്വരാജ്.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Swaraj in a public event at [[Karuvarakundu]] (2021)~~		\| caption =
	\| constituency_AM = [[Thrippunithura]]		\| constituency_AM = [[Thrippunithura]]
	\| assembly = Kerala Legislative		\| assembly = Kerala Legislative
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	\| term_end = 2 May 2021		\| term_end = 2 May 2021
	\| predecessor = [[K. Babu]]		\| predecessor = [[K. Babu]]
	~~\| father = Muralidharan Nair~~
	\| successor = [[K. Babu]]		\| successor = [[K. Babu]]
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPI(M)]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPI(M)]]
	\| ~~spouse~~ = ~~Saritha Menon(m. 2008)~~		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=y\|1979\|5\|27}}
	\| ~~children~~ =
	\| ~~birth_date =~~ 27 ~~May 1979~~
	\| birth_place = [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]]		\| birth_place = [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]]
	\| ~~residence = MKK Nagar, [[Thrippunithura]]~~		\| spouse = Saritha
	~~\| alma_mater = [[University of Calicut]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]])<br />[[University of Kerala]] ([[Bachelor of Laws\|LLB]])<br />[[Annamalai University]] ([[Master of Arts\|MA]])~~
	~~\| death_date~~ =
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
	\| website =		\| website =
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	~~\| Mother = P.R. Sumangi Amma~~
	}}		}}

	'''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 State Assembly\|Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He ~~was the~~ former Kerala State Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]].<ref>[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2013/0616_pd/06162013_17.html "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference"], "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013</ref> ~~He is also a member of the [[CPI(M)]] Kerala State Committee.~~		'''M Swaraj''' (born 1979) is an Indian politician of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and a former representative of [[Thripunithura]] constituency in the [[Kerala State Assembly\|Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He is also a former Kerala State Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]].<ref>[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2013/0616_pd/06162013_17.html "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference"], "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013</ref>

	==~~Personal~~ life ~~and Education~~==		==Early life==
	M. Swaraj was born at Pathar, [[Malappuram district~~\|Malappuram~~]] ~~District~~. He attended ~~SVHSS Palemad~~, [[Edakkara~~]] for his Secondary education~~. He completed his [[~~Bachelor of Arts\|BA~~]] in Economics from [[Mar Thoma College, Chungathara]] ~~under the [[University of Calicut]] in 2000~~. He later pursued an [[~~Bachelor of Laws\|LLB~~]] degree from [[Kerala Law Academy ~~Law College~~]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] ~~in 2004~~ and a ~~[[Master~~'s degree]] from [[Annamalai University]] ~~in 2007.<ref>[http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3kerala2016/168/M%20SWARAJ.PDF "Election affidavit 2016"]</ref>~~		Swaraj was born at Pathar in the Nilambur taluk of [[Malappuram district]] to P. N. Muraleedharan and Sumangi Amma. He attended Sree Vivekananda School, Edakkara. He then completed his [[B.A.]] degree in Economics from [[Mar Thoma College, Chungathara]]. He later pursued an [[LL.B.]] degree from [[Kerala Law Academy]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], and a master's degree from [[Annamalai University]].
	~~Swaraj has been married to Saritha Menon, an [[Human Resources\|HR]] professional, since 2008~~.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the [[Calicut University]] Students' Union in 1999<ref>[http://www.reporterlive.com/2016/01/26/235172.html "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്‍റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്"], ''REPORTER'', 26 Jan 2016</ref> and rose to be the Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India\|SFI]] the [[Kerala]] State Committee in 2005.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/13/stories/2005111306170400.htm "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"]{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202154131/http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ \|date=2 December 2017 }}, www.dyfikerala.net</ref> In 2013 and 2016 he was elected as the DYFI Kerala state Secretary.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/rajesh-to-head-dyfi-state-unit/article4745001.ece "Rajesh to head DYFI State unit"], "The Hindu", 24 May 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040316/a-n-shamsser-elected-new-dyfi-state-president.html "A N Shamsser elected new DYFI state president"], ''Deccan Chronicle'', 4 March 2016</ref> He was elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Thripunithura]] assembly constituency in [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating ~~congress~~ veteran ~~and Excise Minister~~ [[K. Babu]] by a margin of 4,467 votes.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/swaraj-emerges-a-giant-killer/article8623451.ece "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer"], "The Hindu", 20 May 2016</ref> But in 2021 ~~swaraj~~ lost ~~against same~~ K.Babu by a margin ~~of1232~~ votes.		Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the [[Calicut University]] Students' Union in 1999<ref>[http://www.reporterlive.com/2016/01/26/235172.html "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്‍റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്"], ''REPORTER'', 26 Jan 2016</ref> and rose to be the Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India\|SFI]] the Kerala State Committee in 2005.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/13/stories/2005111306170400.htm "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"]{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202154131/http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ \|date=2 December 2017 }}, www.dyfikerala.net</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/swaraj-emerges-a-giant-killer/article8623451.ece "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer"], "The Hindu", 20 May 2016</ref> But in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election\|2021 elections]], Swaraj lost to K.Babu by a margin of 992 votes. Later, he contested in the by elections from Nilambur constituency (his hometown) in 2025, in which he lost to Aryadan Shoukath by a margin of 11,077 votes.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Back-to-back defeats for M Swaraj as UDF wins Nilambur seat \|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/back-to-back-defeats-for-m-swaraj-as-udf-wins-nilambur-seat-kwd6xor5 \|access-date=2025-06-28 \|website=@mathrubhumi \|language=en}}</ref>
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election		\|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
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	\|Thripunithura		\|Thripunithura
	\|K. Babu ([[Indian National Congress\|INC]])		\|K. Babu ([[Indian National Congress\|INC]])
	\|~~1232~~		\|992
	\|Lost<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Election Commission of India\|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1181.htm?ac=81~~\|access-date=2021-05-07\|website=results.eci.gov.in~~}}</ref>		\|Lost<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Election Commission of India\|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1181.htm?ac=81}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2025
			\|Nilambur
			\|Aryadan Shoukath ([[Indian National Congress\|INC]])
			\|11077
			\|Lost
	\|}		\|}

	==~~Positions held~~==		== No Award Stance ==
	*2005-2009 - Secretary, [[Students' Federation of India]] Kerala State Committee<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Sindhu-Joy-and-Swaraj-re-elected/article14759801.ece "Sindhu Joy and Swaraj ~~re-elected"], "The Hindu", 6 May 2007</ref>~~		Swaraj had won the Sibi Kumar Endowment Award (2024) by Kerala Sahitya Akademi in the essay category for his book ‘Pookkalude Pusthakam’. He declined the award stating his long standing personal stance, through a Facebook post, of not accepting an award.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CPI(M)'s M Swaraj Declines Sahitya Akademi Award, Reaffirms No-Awards Stance \|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala/cpim-leader-swaraj-declines-sahitya-akademi-award-3604612 \|access-date=2025-06-28 \|website=Deccan Herald \|language=en}}</ref>
	*2007-2015 - Member, CPI(M)~~, Malappuram District Committee<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/CPIM-Malappuram-district-committee-has-three-new-faces/article14893503~~.~~ece "CPI(M) Malappuram district committee has three new faces"]~~, ~~"The Hindu"~~, ~~13 December 2007</ref>~~
	*2011-2013 - President, [[Democratic Youth Federation of ~~India]], Kerala State Committee~~
	*2013 - 2018 - Secretary, [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]], Kerala State Committee
	*2015 - present - Member, CPI(M), Kerala State Committee
	*2016 - 2021 - [[Kerala Legislative Assembly\|MLA]] for [[Thrippunithura]]

	~~== Literary works ==~~

	* Cuba Jeevikkunnu<ref>{{Cite web\|title=~~Amazon.in\|url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-~~M~~-Swaraj/~~s~~?rh=n:976389031,p_27:~~M.+Swaraj~~\|access-date=2021-05-07\|website=www.amazon.in\|language=en~~-~~in}}</ref>~~
	* Pookkalude Pusthakam<ref>{{Cite web\|title=You are being redirected...\|url=https://~~dcbookstore~~.com/~~authors~~/m-swaraj~~\|access~~-~~date=2021~~-05-~~07\|website=dcbookstore.com}}</ref>~~
	* Karupu Oru Niramella
	* Pithrushoonyam: Sabhyavum Asabhyavum
	* Venal Pakshi ( Co- ~~Writer)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Welcome to Kerala Legislature\|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/~~\|access-date=~~2021~~-05-07\|website=~~www.niyamasabha.org~~}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:~~People~~ from Malappuram district]]		[[Category:Politicians from Malappuram district]]
	[[Category:1979 births]]		[[Category:1979 births]]

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adv. M. Swaraj
| image = M Swaraj in Karuvarakundu.jpg
| caption = Swaraj in a public event at [[Karuvarakundu]] (2021)
| constituency_AM = [[Thrippunithura]]
| assembly = Kerala Legislative
| term_start = 2 June 2016
| term_end = 2 May 2021
| predecessor = [[K. Babu]]
| father = Muralidharan Nair
| successor = [[K. Babu]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| spouse = Saritha Menon(m. 2008)
| children =
| birth_date = 27 May 1979
| birth_place = [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]]
| residence = MKK Nagar, [[Thrippunithura]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calicut]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Kerala]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br />[[Annamalai University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source =
| Mother = P.R. Sumangi Amma
}}

'''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 State Assembly|Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]].<ref>[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2013/0616_pd/06162013_17.html "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference"], "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013</ref> He is also a member of the [[CPI(M)]] Kerala State Committee.

==Personal life and Education==
M. Swaraj was born at Pathar, [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]] District. He attended SVHSS Palemad, [[Edakkara]] for his Secondary education. He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in Economics from [[Mar Thoma College, Chungathara]] under the [[University of Calicut]] in 2000. He later pursued an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] degree from [[Kerala Law Academy Law College]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 2004 and a [[Master's degree]] from [[Annamalai University]] in 2007.<ref>[http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3kerala2016/168/M%20SWARAJ.PDF "Election affidavit 2016"]</ref>
Swaraj has been married to Saritha Menon, an [[Human Resources|HR]] professional, since 2008.

==Political career==
Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the [[Calicut University]] Students' Union in 1999<ref>[http://www.reporterlive.com/2016/01/26/235172.html "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്‍റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്"], ''REPORTER'', 26 Jan 2016</ref> and rose to be the Secretary of [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] the [[Kerala]] State Committee in 2005.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/13/stories/2005111306170400.htm "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202154131/http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ |date=2 December 2017 }}, www.dyfikerala.net</ref> In 2013 and 2016 he was elected as the DYFI Kerala state Secretary.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/rajesh-to-head-dyfi-state-unit/article4745001.ece "Rajesh to head DYFI State unit"], "The Hindu", 24 May 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040316/a-n-shamsser-elected-new-dyfi-state-president.html "A N Shamsser elected new DYFI state president"], ''Deccan Chronicle'', 4 March 2016</ref> He was elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Thripunithura]] assembly constituency in [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating congress veteran and Excise Minister [[K. Babu]] by a margin of 4,467 votes.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/swaraj-emerges-a-giant-killer/article8623451.ece "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer"], "The Hindu", 20 May 2016</ref> But in 2021 swaraj lost against same K.Babu by a margin of1232 votes.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
!Year
!Constituency
!Closest Rival
!Majority
(Votes)
!Won/Lost
|-
|2016
|Thripunithura
|K. Babu ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|4467
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thripunithura Election Result 2021 LIVE: Thripunithura MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/thripunithura-assembly-elections-kl-81/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|Thripunithura
|K. Babu ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|1232
|Lost<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1181.htm?ac=81|access-date=2021-05-07|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|}

==Positions held==
*2005-2009 - Secretary, [[Students' Federation of India]] Kerala State Committee<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Sindhu-Joy-and-Swaraj-re-elected/article14759801.ece "Sindhu Joy and Swaraj re-elected"], "The Hindu", 6 May 2007</ref>
*2007-2015 - Member, CPI(M), Malappuram District Committee<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/CPIM-Malappuram-district-committee-has-three-new-faces/article14893503.ece "CPI(M) Malappuram district committee has three new faces"], "The Hindu", 13 December 2007</ref>
*2011-2013 - President, [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]], Kerala State Committee
*2013 - 2018 - Secretary, [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]], Kerala State Committee
*2015 - present - Member, CPI(M), Kerala State Committee
*2016 - 2021 - [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Thrippunithura]]

== Literary works ==

* Cuba Jeevikkunnu<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amazon.in|url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-M-Swaraj/s?rh=n:976389031,p_27:M.+Swaraj|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.amazon.in|language=en-in}}</ref>
* Pookkalude Pusthakam<ref>{{Cite web|title=You are being redirected...|url=https://dcbookstore.com/authors/m-swaraj|access-date=2021-05-07|website=dcbookstore.com}}</ref>
* Karupu Oru Niramella
* Pithrushoonyam: Sabhyavum Asabhyavum
* Venal Pakshi ( Co- Writer)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1979 births]]