M. K. Raghavan

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M.K. Raghavan
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Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha
Assumed office
31 May 2009
ConstituencyKozhikode, Kerala
Personal details
Born21 April 1952
Payyannur, Kannur
NationalityIndia Indian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Usha Kumari
ChildrenOne son & one daughter
ResidenceKozhikode, Kerala
Websitehttps://mkraghavan.in/

M. K. Raghavan (born 1952) is an Indian Politician and a Member of 17th Lok Sabha.

He represents the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala. He belongs to Indian National Congress.[1][2] He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.[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 Janata Dal (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 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Currently he has selected as Chairman, Divisional Railway Committee of Palakkad Division.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Kerala: UDF registers thumping win". The Hindu. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Congress ticket for Shashi Tharoor". The Hindu. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Move against Agreenco is political vendetta". The Hindu. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "M.K. Raghavan scrapes through in Kozhikode".
Preceded by
M.P. Veerendra Kumar 		MP of Kozhikode
2009 – present 		Incumbent

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