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| predecessor1        = [[C. S. Sujatha]]
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| constituency1      = [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikkara, Kerala]]
| term_start2        = 1999
| term_start2        = 6 October 1999
| term_end2          = 2004
| term_end2          = 13 May 2004
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| successor2          = [[Chengara Surendran]]
| successor2          = [[Chengara Surendran]]
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| constituency2      = [[Adoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adoor, Kerala]]
| term_start3        = 1989
| term_start3        = 28 November 1989
| term_end3          = 1998
| term_end3          = 4 December 1997
| predecessor3        = K. K. Kunhambu
| predecessor3        = K. K. Kunhambu
| successor3          = [[Chengara Surendran]]
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| constituency3      = [[Adoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adoor, Kerala]]
| office4            = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment]]
| primeminister4      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| minister4          = *[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
*[[Shish Ram Ola]]
*[[Oscar Fernandes]]
| term_start4        = 28 October 2012
| term_end4          = 26 May 2014
| predecessor4        = [[Harish Rawat]]
| successor4          = [[Vishnudeo Sai]]  
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}}{{Outdated as of|year=2021|month=05|day=28}}'''Kodikunnil Suresh''' is an Indian politician and working president of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC). He was a Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour]]. He is a member of the [[17th Lok Sabha|seventeenth Lok Sabha]]<ref>[http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/biodata.php4?no=32&name=Kodikunnil%20Suresh Biodata of Kodikunnil Suresh]</ref> representing [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikara]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/kerala17.htm |title=Rediff On The NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Kerala/Adoor |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=2010-07-08}}</ref> He has been a member of [[Lok Sabha]] seven times. He is also the Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC).
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'''Kodikunnil Suresh''' (born 4 June 1962) is an Indian politician and [[Congress Working Committee]] Member (Special Invitee). He is the working-president of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC). He filed his nomination for [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Loksabha Speaker post]] as the candidate of [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]] and contested the [[2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election]].<ref name="Lok Sabha Speaker election: Kodikunnil Suresh of Congress files nomination as INDIA bloc candidate">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=25 June 2024 |title=Lok Sabha Speaker election: Kodikunnil Suresh of Congress files nomination as INDIA bloc candidate |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lok-sabha-speaker-nomination-kodikunnil-suresh-india-bloc-candidate-om-birla-nda-nominee/article68330787.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625085722/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lok-sabha-speaker-nomination-kodikunnil-suresh-india-bloc-candidate-om-birla-nda-nominee/article68330787.ece |archivedate=25 June 2024 |accessdate=25 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2024 |title=Congress' Kodikunnil Suresh files nomination for LS Speaker post, forcing first-ever contest since 1946 |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2024/06/25/kodikunnil-suresh-congress-speaker-post-election.html |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=[[Onmanorama]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=NDA candidate Om Birla elected Speaker of Lok Sabha for 2nd consecutive term |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/om-birla-ls-speaker-1.9670006 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |quote=New Delhi: Om Birla, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and Member of Parliament from Kota, Rajasthan, was elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The motion, moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was adopted through a voice vote amidst resounding 'Ayes' and 'Noes' echoing in the house. Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab officially declared Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house. Interestingly, the opposition, which had nominated K Suresh as the candidate for the INDIA bloc, chose not to press for a division vote.}}</ref> He is the [[Whip (politics)|chief Whip]] of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Congress retains Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh as Lok Sabha deputy leader, chief whip |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-retains-gaurav-gogoi-k-suresh-as-lok-sabha-deputy-leader-chief-whip-101720946537481.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the [[Lok Sabha|Eighteenth Lok Sabha]] representing [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikara]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/kerala17.htm |title=Rediff On The NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Kerala/Adoor |work=Rediff.com |access-date=2010-07-08}}</ref> He has been elected as a member of [[Lok Sabha]] eight times.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-21 |title=Kerala CM, Oppn. flay Centre for ignoring Kodikunnil for pro tem Speaker post |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cm-oppn-flay-centre-for-ignoring-kodikunnil-for-pro-tem-speaker-post/article68316988.ece |access-date=2024-06-21 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has also served as the Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC).


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
He was born in Kodikkunil, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] District to a poor family, as the youngest son of Kunjan and Thankamma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Suresh Kodikunnil {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/suresh-kodikunnil|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref>  He did his graduation and passed his LL.B from Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name=":0" />
He was born in Kodikunnil, [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] to a poor family, as the youngest son of Kunjan and Thankamma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Suresh Kodikunnil {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/suresh-kodikunnil|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref>  He did his [[Pre-university course|pre-degree]] from [[Mar Ivanios College|Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram]] and graduation in [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] from [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name=":0" />


==Political career==
==Political career==
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.<ref name=":0" />
He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] for the first time in 1989 and thereafter he won consecutively in the 1991, 1996 and 1999 General Elections to the Lok Sabha from [[Adoor Lok Sabha constituency|Adoor constituency]] for four straight terms.
He won the general election to the Lok Sabha in 2009 defeating R. S. Anil of [[Communist Party of India]] with a margin of 48,048 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralanext.com/news/2009/05/16/article126.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520171634/http://www.keralanext.com/news/2009/05/16/article126.asp |archive-date=20 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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. He has been selected as working president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on 19 September 2018.
 
However he was defeated in the 1998 and 2004 general elections.
 
Kodikunnil served as the member of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] and member of [[All India Congress Committee]].<ref name=":0" />
He also serves as Kerala Pradesh congress committee General Secretary, DCC President Kollam.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kodikunnil-to-be-kollam-dcc-working-president/article8302662.ece Kodikunnil to be Kollam DCC working president]</ref>
 
In the [[2009 Indian general election|general election to the Lok Sabha in 2009]], he contested from [[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]] and defeated R. S. Anil of the [[Communist Party of India]] with a margin of 48,048 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralanext.com/news/2009/05/16/article126.asp |title=Kodikunnil Suresh wins in Mavelikkara |access-date=2009-05-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520171634/http://www.keralanext.com/news/2009/05/16/article126.asp |archive-date=20 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
 
On 19 September 2018, he was appointed as working-president of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC).
 
He continued to win in [[2009 Indian general election]], [[2014 Indian general election]], [[2019 Indian general election]] and [[2024 Indian general election]] from [[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]]<ref>[https://hindi.asianetnews.com/national-news/congress-senior-most-mp-kodikunnil-suresh-nominated-as-18th-lok-sabha-pro-tem-speaker-dvg/articleshow-9wprpkr कांग्रेस सांसद के.सुरेश बनाए गए प्रोटेम स्पीकर, 18वीं लोकसभा के लिए नवनिर्वाचित सांसदों को दिलाएंगे शपथ!]</ref> and is currently the longest serving Lok Sabha MP as he has remained MP for 29 years, winning the elections 8 times. The position of pro tem speaker, assigned for administering the oath taking ceremony of the elected MPs, is traditionally given to the senior most member. However, this tradition was broken in 2024 after [[Bhartruhari Mahtab]] was elected as pro tem speaker. In response, the INDIA alliance nominated K. Suresh as candidate for post of speaker, triggering an election for the post for the first time since independence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/lok-sabha-speaker-election-om-birla-k-suresh-nda-bjp-jdu-tdp-jds-apna-dal-india-congress-samajwadi-party-dmk-tmc-ysr-congress-434701-2024-06-26|title=Om Birla vs K Suresh: Lok Sabha Speaker election today. Here's how the numbers stack up}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/today-in-politics-nda-om-birla-india-bloc-suresh-speaker-post-cbi-kejriwal-custody-9415380/|title=NDA's Birla vs INDIA bloc's Suresh in rare battle for Speaker post; CBI set to seek Kejriwal custody}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2024/06/25/om-birla-vs-k-suresh-lok-sabha-set-for-first-speaker-election-in-decades.html|title=Om Birla vs K. Suresh: Lok Sabha set for first Speaker election in decades}}</ref>


==Controversies==
==Controversies==
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.<ref name=election>{{cite news|title=Apex court upholds Kodikunnil Suresh's election|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/13/stories/2011051360680100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519175742/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/13/stories/2011051360680100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2011|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=Verdict>{{cite web|title=Kodikunnil Suresh @ J.Monian vs N.S.Saji Kumar|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1532276/|work=Supreme Court Records|publisher=Indian Kanoon|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref>
His victory in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]] was declared void by the [[Kerala High Court]] over the allegation that his caste certificate was fake, and that he was a [[Christianity in Kerala|Christian]]. This verdict was later reversed by the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name=election>{{cite news|title=Apex court upholds Kodikunnil Suresh's election|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/13/stories/2011051360680100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519175742/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/13/stories/2011051360680100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2011|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=Verdict>{{cite web|title=Kodikunnil Suresh @ J.Monian vs N.S.Saji Kumar|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1532276/|work=Supreme Court Records|publisher=Indian Kanoon|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref>


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Kodikunnil Suresh
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
31 May 2009 (2009-05-31)
Preceded byC. S. Sujatha
ConstituencyMavelikkara, Kerala
In office
6 October 1999 – 13 May 2004
Preceded byChengara Surendran
Succeeded byChengara Surendran
ConstituencyAdoor, Kerala
In office
28 November 1989 – 4 December 1997
Preceded byK. K. Kunhambu
Succeeded byChengara Surendran
ConstituencyAdoor, Kerala
Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Minister
Preceded byHarish Rawat
Succeeded byVishnudeo Sai
Personal details
Born (1962-06-04) 4 June 1962 (age 64)
Kodikunnil, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)
Bindu Suresh
(
m. 1994)
Children2
EducationBachelor of Laws
Alma mater

Kodikunnil Suresh (born 4 June 1962) is an Indian politician and Congress Working Committee Member (Special Invitee). He is the working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He filed his nomination for Loksabha Speaker post as the candidate of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election.[1][2][3] He is the chief Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha.[4] He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala.[5] He has been elected as a member of Lok Sabha eight times.[6] He has also served as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

He was born in Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram district to a poor family, as the youngest son of Kunjan and Thankamma.[7] He did his pre-degree from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram and graduation in LL.B from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.[7]

Political career[edit | edit source]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 and thereafter he won consecutively in the 1991, 1996 and 1999 General Elections to the Lok Sabha from Adoor constituency for four straight terms.

However he was defeated in the 1998 and 2004 general elections.

Kodikunnil served as the member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and member of All India Congress Committee.[7] He also serves as Kerala Pradesh congress committee General Secretary, DCC President Kollam.[8]

In the general election to the Lok Sabha in 2009, he contested from Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency and defeated R. S. Anil of the Communist Party of India with a margin of 48,048 votes.[9]

On 19 September 2018, he was appointed as working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

He continued to win in 2009 Indian general election, 2014 Indian general election, 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election from Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency[10] and is currently the longest serving Lok Sabha MP as he has remained MP for 29 years, winning the elections 8 times. The position of pro tem speaker, assigned for administering the oath taking ceremony of the elected MPs, is traditionally given to the senior most member. However, this tradition was broken in 2024 after Bhartruhari Mahtab was elected as pro tem speaker. In response, the INDIA alliance nominated K. Suresh as candidate for post of speaker, triggering an election for the post for the first time since independence.[11][12][13]

Controversies[edit | edit source]

His victory in the 2009 general 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 of India.[14][15]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Hindu (25 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Speaker election: Kodikunnil Suresh of Congress files nomination as INDIA bloc candidate". Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. "Congress' Kodikunnil Suresh files nomination for LS Speaker post, forcing first-ever contest since 1946". Onmanorama. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. "NDA candidate Om Birla elected Speaker of Lok Sabha for 2nd consecutive term". Mathrubhumi. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024. New Delhi: Om Birla, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and Member of Parliament from Kota, Rajasthan, was elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The motion, moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was adopted through a voice vote amidst resounding 'Ayes' and 'Noes' echoing in the house. Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab officially declared Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house. Interestingly, the opposition, which had nominated K Suresh as the candidate for the INDIA bloc, chose not to press for a division vote.
  4. "Congress retains Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh as Lok Sabha deputy leader, chief whip". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. "Rediff On The NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Kerala/Adoor". Rediff.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  6. "Kerala CM, Oppn. flay Centre for ignoring Kodikunnil for pro tem Speaker post". The Hindu. 21 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Suresh Kodikunnil | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. Kodikunnil to be Kollam DCC working president
  9. "Kodikunnil Suresh wins in Mavelikkara". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  10. कांग्रेस सांसद के.सुरेश बनाए गए प्रोटेम स्पीकर, 18वीं लोकसभा के लिए नवनिर्वाचित सांसदों को दिलाएंगे शपथ!
  11. "Om Birla vs K Suresh: Lok Sabha Speaker election today. Here's how the numbers stack up".
  12. "NDA's Birla vs INDIA bloc's Suresh in rare battle for Speaker post; CBI set to seek Kejriwal custody".
  13. "Om Birla vs K. Suresh: Lok Sabha set for first Speaker election in decades".
  14. "Apex court upholds Kodikunnil Suresh's election". The Hindu. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  15. "Kodikunnil Suresh @ J.Monian vs N.S.Saji Kumar". Supreme Court Records. Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
Preceded by
C. S. Sujatha
Member of Parliament from Mavelikara
2009 – present
Incumbent