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	'''Olanchery Rajagopal''' (born 15 September 1929) is an Indian politician, former [[Union Council of Ministers of India\|Union]] [[Minister of State]], and the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom]] and the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member & BJP's floor leader in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly\|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]].<ref name="career">{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/live-updates/kerala-election-results-2016-1886323\|publisher=zeenews.india.com\|title=Kerala Assembly Results 2016: As it happened \| Zee News\|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> One of the major leaders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways.<ref name="k2k4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627170313/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042806331200.htm Candidate Watch - 'O. Rajagopal, BJP candidate, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat'] [[The Hindu]] - 28 April 2004</ref> Rajagopal was a two-time MP in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011031/edit.htm Diluting MLAs’ rights] The Tribune, Chandigarh - 31 October 2001</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130125200130/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061004751100.htm 18 outsiders in Rajya Sabha] [[The Hindu]] - 10 June 2004</ref> O.Rajagopal was also a member of [[Government of Kerala]]'s Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.		'''Olanchery Rajagopal''' (born 15 September 1929) is an Indian politician, former [[Union Council of Ministers of India\|Union]] [[Minister of State]], and the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom]] and the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member & BJP's floor leader in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly\|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]].<ref name="career">{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/live-updates/kerala-election-results-2016-1886323\|publisher=zeenews.india.com\|title=Kerala Assembly Results 2016: As it happened \| Zee News\|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> One of the major leaders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways.<ref name="k2k4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627170313/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042806331200.htm Candidate Watch - 'O. Rajagopal, BJP candidate, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat'] [[The Hindu]] - 28 April 2004</ref> Rajagopal was a two-time MP in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011031/edit.htm Diluting MLAs’ rights] The Tribune, Chandigarh - 31 October 2001</ref><ref>{{usurped\|[https://archive.today/20130125200130/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061004751100.htm 18 outsiders in Rajya Sabha]}} [[The Hindu]] - 10 June 2004</ref> O.Rajagopal was also a member of [[Government of Kerala]]'s Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.

	In addition, he was the first BJP Central Minister from Kerala and was also served as the [[BJP]] parliamentary party deputy leader in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. Rajagopal was also the former BJP national vice president & state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala\|BJP in Kerala]]. Rajagopal lost the 2014 Loksabha elections in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency by a narrow margin of 13000 votes after a close fight. He has also lost few assembly elections by a low margin {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}.		In addition, he was the first BJP Central Minister from Kerala and was also served as the [[BJP]] parliamentary party deputy leader in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. Rajagopal was also the former BJP national vice president & state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala\|BJP in Kerala]]. Rajagopal lost the 2014 Loksabha elections in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency by a narrow margin of 13000 votes after a close fight. He has also lost few assembly elections by a low margin {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}.

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	'''Olanchery Rajagopal''' (born 15 September 1929) is an Indian politician, former [[Union Council of Ministers of India\|Union]] [[Minister of State]], and the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom]] and the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly\|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]].<ref name="career">{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/live-updates/kerala-election-results-2016-1886323\|publisher=zeenews.india.com\|title=Kerala Assembly Results 2016: As it happened \| Zee News\|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> One of the major leaders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways.<ref name="k2k4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627170313/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042806331200.htm Candidate Watch - 'O. Rajagopal, BJP candidate, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat'] [[The Hindu]] - 28 April 2004</ref> Rajagopal was a two-time MP in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011031/edit.htm Diluting MLAs’ rights] The Tribune, Chandigarh - 31 October 2001</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061004751100.htm 18 outsiders in Rajya Sabha] [[The Hindu]] - 10 June 2004</ref> O.Rajagopal was also a member of [[Government of Kerala]]'s Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.		'''Olanchery Rajagopal''' (born 15 September 1929) is an Indian politician, former [[Union Council of Ministers of India\|Union]] [[Minister of State]], and the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)\|Nemom]] and the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member & BJP's floor leader in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly\|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]].<ref name="career">{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/live-updates/kerala-election-results-2016-1886323\|publisher=zeenews.india.com\|title=Kerala Assembly Results 2016: As it happened \| Zee News\|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> One of the major leaders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways.<ref name="k2k4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627170313/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042806331200.htm Candidate Watch - 'O. Rajagopal, BJP candidate, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat'] [[The Hindu]] - 28 April 2004</ref> Rajagopal was a two-time MP in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011031/edit.htm Diluting MLAs’ rights] The Tribune, Chandigarh - 31 October 2001</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130125200130/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061004751100.htm 18 outsiders in Rajya Sabha] [[The Hindu]] - 10 June 2004</ref> O.Rajagopal was also a member of [[Government of Kerala]]'s Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.

	In addition, he was the first BJP Central Minister from Kerala and was also served as the [[BJP]] parliamentary party deputy leader in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. Rajagopal was also the former BJP national vice president & state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala\|BJP in Kerala]]. Rajagopal lost the 2014 Loksabha elections in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency by a narrow margin of 13000 votes after a close fight. He has also lost few assembly elections by a low margin {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}.		In addition, he was the first BJP Central Minister from Kerala and was also served as the [[BJP]] parliamentary party deputy leader in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. Rajagopal was also the former BJP national vice president & state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala\|BJP in Kerala]]. Rajagopal lost the 2014 Loksabha elections in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency by a narrow margin of 13000 votes after a close fight. He has also lost few assembly elections by a low margin {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}.

	Union Government planned to make O Rajagopal as the next State Governor of [[Goa]] after his term ends as an MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in May 2021 {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}. But he give away the offer later by Central govt that allows another Kerala BJP leader PS Sreedharan Pillai who is then ~~Governer~~ of Mizoram is transferred to Goa as the new ~~Governer~~.		Union Government planned to make O Rajagopal as the next State Governor of [[Goa]] after his term ends as an MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in May 2021 {{Citation needed\|date=April 2021}}. But he give away the offer later by Central govt that allows another Kerala BJP leader PS Sreedharan Pillai who is then Governor of Mizoram is transferred to Goa as the new Governor.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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| name = Dr. O Rajagopal
| native_name = ഒ രാജഗോപാൽ
| image = O. Rajagopal on NTV.png
| alt = Dr. O Rajagopal
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 19 May 2016
| term_end1 = 2 May 2021
| constituency1 = [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom]]
| parliament1 = Indian
| predecessor1 = [[V. Sivankutty]]
| successor1 = [[V. Sivankutty]]
| office2 = [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Minister of State for Defence and Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Railways]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start2 = {{Start date|1999|10|13|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|2004|05|22|df=yes}}
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| term_end3 = {{End date|2004||}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1929|09|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />(present day [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India)
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| residence = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date =
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Dr. Shantha Kumari
| children = 2 (incl. [[Shyamaprasad]])
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'''Olanchery Rajagopal''' (born 15 September 1929) is an Indian politician, former [[Union Council of Ministers of India|Union]] [[Minister of State]], and the former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)|Nemom]] and the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]].<ref name="career">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/live-updates/kerala-election-results-2016-1886323|publisher=zeenews.india.com|title=Kerala Assembly Results 2016: As it happened | Zee News|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> One of the major leaders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways.<ref name="k2k4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627170313/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042806331200.htm Candidate Watch - 'O. Rajagopal, BJP candidate, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat'] [[The Hindu]] - 28 April 2004</ref> Rajagopal was a two-time MP in [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011031/edit.htm Diluting MLAs’ rights] The Tribune, Chandigarh - 31 October 2001</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061004751100.htm 18 outsiders in Rajya Sabha] [[The Hindu]] - 10 June 2004</ref> O.Rajagopal was also a member of [[Government of Kerala]]'s Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.

In addition, he was the first BJP Central Minister from Kerala and was also served as the [[BJP]] parliamentary party deputy leader in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. Rajagopal was also the former BJP national vice president & state president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala|BJP in Kerala]]. Rajagopal lost the 2014 Loksabha elections in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency by a narrow margin of 13000 votes after a close fight. He has also lost few assembly elections by a low margin {{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}.

Union Government planned to make O Rajagopal as the next State Governor of [[Goa]] after his term ends as an MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in May 2021 {{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}. But he give away the offer later by Central govt that allows another Kerala BJP leader PS Sreedharan Pillai who is then Governer of Mizoram is transferred to Goa as the new Governer.

==Early life==
He was born on 15 September 1929 to Pandalam Kunnathu Madhavan Nair and O. Konhikkavu Amma of Olanchery Veedu in Pudukkode Panchayath in [[Palakkad]]. He is the eldest of the six children born to his parents. His early education took place in Kanakkannoor elementary school and Manjapra Upper Primary school and later went to [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad]].

His Law education was undertaken in [[Chennai|Madras]] and after he completed his studies in law, he began practicing law in 1956 at the Palakkad District Court.<ref name="bio">[http://www.keral.com/celebrities/rajagopal/life&career.htm Life & Career] - Keral.com</ref>

==Jana Sangh work==
He was inspired by [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]] and began working in the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], shortly after completing his studies. The death of Upadhyaya in 1968 spurred Rajagopal to pursue his public career more deeply. He was the State General Secretary of Jana Sangh until 1974. That same year, he was promoted to the post of President, a post he held until 1977.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="list">[http://www.keral.com/celebrities/rajagopal/positionsheld.htm Positions Held] - Keral.com</ref>

During the Emergency period he was jailed with V. Velankutty, who was the Palakkad District President of Jana Sangh in [[Central Prison, Viyyur|Viyyur Central Jail]]. After the [[Indian Emergency (1975–1977)|Indian Emergency]], the Jana Sangh merged with the [[Janata Party]]. During this period of time Rajagopal served as the State General Secretary for the Jana Sangh.

==BJP work==
In 1980, the Janata Party split and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) was formed. Rajagopal then served as its Kerala president until 1985. After 1985 he occupied a number of positions, including the All India Secretary, General Secretary, and the Vice-President of BJP.<ref name="bio" /> In 1989 he ran for a [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Manjeri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Manjeri]] but lost. Two years later, he contested in [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] seat and lost again. His next run took place in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He was elected in 1992 and 1998 to the [[Rajya Sabha]]. In 1999 he attempted a second run from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] but failed again.<ref name="k2k4" /> However, he got a total of 1,58,221 votes (20.9%) and came second in one assembly segment out of seven.<ref name="indiavotes">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/detail/6306/28/13|publisher=indiavotes.com|title=IndiaVotes PC: Trivandrum 1999|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> The total number of votes he secured was much higher than that for the previous BJP candidate in 1998 (94,303 votes, 12.3%) <ref name="indiavotes2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/detail/5763/28/12|publisher=indiavotes.com|title=IndiaVotes PC: Trivandrum 1998|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> and 1996 (74,904, 10.4%) Lok Sabha elections.<ref name="indiavotes3">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/detail/5220/28/11|publisher=indiavotes.com|title=IndiaVotes PC: Trivandrum 1996|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

In 2004 Lok Sabha election, he contested for the third time from Thiruvananthapuram and finished third yet again, behind INC candidate V. S Shivakumar and CPI candidate P. K. Vasudevan Nair. He secured a total of 2,28,052 votes (29.9%) which was the highest votes secured by a BJP candidate in Kerala.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

In the 2011 Assembly elections he contested from the Nemom constituency in Thiruvananthapuram, but eventually lost by a margin of 6,400 votes. He lost the by-election from [[Neyyattinkara (State Assembly constituency)|Neyyattinkara]], which was held on 2 June 2012. However, he increased the BJP votes from 6,730 (2011 Assembly Election) to 30,507; an almost five-fold increase within a span of a year.<ref name="keralaassembly">{{cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/bypoll/Neyyattinkara2012.html|publisher=keralaassembly.org|title=Result of by-election from Neyyattinkara Assemblyconstiutency, Kerala|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> The BJP vote share also significantly increased from 6.0% in the [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011 election]] to 23.2%. He contested from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] for the fourth time in [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] and finished second position, behind INC candidate [[Shashi Tharoor]] who was former UPA Minister at the central government.<ref name="indiavotes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/acwisedetails/28/7959/16|publisher=indiavotes.com|title=IndiaVotes AC Wise Candidates information for PC: Thiruvananthapuram 2014|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> Rajagopal secured a total of 2,82,336 votes (32.3%) and lost by a margin of 15,470 votes (1.8%) against Tharoor, who had secured 2,97,806 votes.<ref name="indiavotes.com"/>

He contested in [[Aruvikkara (State Assembly constituency)|Aruvikkara]] by-election and finished third, although his personal influence ensured that in the contest [[BJP]] increased votes from 7,694 to 34,145 causing division of anti-incumbency vote resulting in the victory of UDF.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-30|title=In Aruvikkara, BJP produces five-fold increase in vote share at the cost of CPI(M)|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/in-aruvikkara-bjp-produces-five-fold-increase-in-vote-share-at-the-cost-of-cpim/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
In the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly elections]] he contested from Nemom and defeated the sitting MLA [[V. Sivankutty]], by a margin of 8,671 votes, thereby entering Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time at the age of 87.

== Lok Sabha Elections ==

===2014 Lok Sabha Election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Shashi Tharoor]]|votes=2,97,806|percentage=37.45|change={{gain}}1.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''2,82,336'''|percentage=33.53|change={{gain}}22.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Bennet Abraham]]|party=Communist Party of India|votes=2,48,202|percentage=29.53|change={{loss}}1.2}}
{{Election box end}}

===2004 Lok Sabha Election===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=P. K. Vasudevan Nair|votes=2,86,057|percentage=37.45|change={{gain}}1.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=V. S. Sivakumar|party=Indian National Congress|votes=2,31,454|percentage=30.30|change={{loss}}7.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''2,28,052'''|percentage=29.86|change={{gain}}8.93}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1999 Lok Sabha Election ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Thiruvananthapuram]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/poll.php4?year=1999&no=20 |title=Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1999 |publisher=Keralaassembly.org |access-date=2013-10-20}}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=V. S. Sivakumar|party=Indian National Congress|votes=288,390|percentage=38.15|change={{loss}}5.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Kaniyapuram Ramachandran|votes=273,905|percentage=36.23|change={{loss}}5.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=O. Rajagopal|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=158,221|percentage=20.93|change={{gain}}7.78}}
{{Election box end}}

== Kerala Assembly Elections ==
<ref name="kerala">{{cite web|url=http://trend.kerala.gov.in/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513114743/http://trend.kerala.gov.in/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-05-13|author=National Informatics Centre - Kerala State Unit - 5461|publisher=trend.kerala.gov.in|title=Kerala Election Results 2016 - Trend of counting by Election Department|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>

=== Assembly election 2016 ===
{{Election box begin | title=Nemom Assembly constituency }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''67,813'''|percentage=47.46%|change={{gain}}10.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=V. Sivankutty|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=59,142|percentage=41.39%|change={{loss}}1.55}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[V. Surendran Pillai]]|votes=13,860|percentage=9.70%|change={{loss}}7.66}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Aruvikkara by-election 2015 ===

{{Election box begin | title=Aruvikkara by-election 2015: }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. S. Sabarinathan|votes=56,448|percentage=39.61|change={{loss}}10.47}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=M Vijayakumar|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=46,320|percentage=32.50|change={{loss}}7.11}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''34,145'''|percentage=23.90|change={{gain}}17.29}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Neyyattinkara By-Election 2012 ===
{{Election box begin | title=Neyyattinkara By Election 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Selvaraj|votes=52,528|percentage=39.96|change={{loss}}3.02}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=F. Lawrence|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=46,194|percentage=35.14|change={{loss}}13.84}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''30,507'''|percentage=23.21|change={{gain}}17.18}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly election 2011 ===
{{Election box begin | title=Nemom Assembly constituency }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=V Sivan Kutty|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=50,076|percentage=42.99%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''43,661'''|percentage=37.49%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist_Janata_(Democratic)|candidate=Charupara Ravi|votes=20,248|percentage=17.38%|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly election 2006 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[Palakkad (State Assembly constituency)]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. K. Divakaran|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=41,166|percentage=36.97%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. V. Gopinathan|votes=39,822|percentage=35.76%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes='''27,667'''|percentage=24.85%|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly election 1970 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[Palakkad (State Assembly constituency)]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=R. Krishnan|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=23,113 |percentage=40.50%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A. Chandran Nair |votes=17,653|percentage=30.93%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate='''O. Rajagopal'''|party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh|votes='''15,646 '''|percentage=27.42%|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

==References==
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Government Victoria College, Palakkad alumni]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians]]
[[Category:Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India)]]
[[Category:Hindu revivalists]]
[[Category:Activists from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Palakkad district]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Kerala politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Kerala]]