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|successor3=[[K. K. Shailaja]]
|successor3=[[K. K. Shailaja]]
|term_start4=1991
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|predecessor4=[[M. V. Raghavan]]
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|constituency4=[[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
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|successor4=T. K. Balan
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==Political career==
==Political career==
He was the first All India President of D.Y.F.I. ([[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]) and was the General Manager of the CPI(M) party mouthpiece ''[[Deshabhimani]]''. He was the President of Kerala Karshaka Sangham and Central Committee Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri. E. P.Jayarajan - Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/e_p_jayarajan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
He was the first All India President of D.Y.F.I. ([[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]) and was the General Manager of the CPI(M) party mouthpiece ''[[Deshabhimani]]''. He was the President of Kerala Karshaka Sangham and Central Committee Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri. E. P.Jayarajan - Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/members/e_p_jayarajan.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116154556/http://www.niyamasabha.org:80/codes/13kla/members/e_p_jayarajan.htm |archive-date=16 November 2019 }}</ref>


He was a Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1996 and 2011 to 2021. On 25 May 2016, he took oath as the '''Minister for Industries and Sports''' under the new Kerala Cabinet led by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/live-pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm/article8645207.ece|title=Pinarayi Vijayan swearing-in: As it happened|date=2016-05-25|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref> On 14 October 2016, he resigned over [[nepotism]] following allegations that he appointed his own family members as heads of public sector undertakings in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerala-minister-ep-jayarajan-facing-charges-of-nepotism-resigns-from-cabinet-3051496.html|title=Kerala minister EP Jayarajan, facing charges of nepotism, resigns from cabinet|date=14 October 2016|publisher=Firstpost|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> In September 2017, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) acquitted Jayarajan in the nepotism case and sought to close the case.<ref>[http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/nepotism-case-vigilance-report-acquits-ep-jayarajan-vacb-1.2264191 "Nepotism case: Vigilance report acquits EP Jayarajan"]. ''Mathrubhumi''. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.</ref>
He was a Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1996 and 2011 to 2021. On 25 May 2016, he took oath as the '''Minister for Industries and Sports''' under the new Kerala Cabinet led by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/live-pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm/article8645207.ece|title=Pinarayi Vijayan swearing-in: As it happened|date=2016-05-25|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref> On 14 October 2016, he resigned over [[nepotism]] following allegations that he appointed his own family members as heads of public sector undertakings in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerala-minister-ep-jayarajan-facing-charges-of-nepotism-resigns-from-cabinet-3051496.html|title=Kerala minister EP Jayarajan, facing charges of nepotism, resigns from cabinet|date=14 October 2016|publisher=Firstpost|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> In September 2017, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) acquitted Jayarajan in the nepotism case and sought to close the case.<ref>[http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/nepotism-case-vigilance-report-acquits-ep-jayarajan-vacb-1.2264191 "Nepotism case: Vigilance report acquits EP Jayarajan"]. ''Mathrubhumi''. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.</ref>
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(Votes)
(Votes)
!Won/Lost
!Won/Lost
|-
|1987
|Azhikode
|MV Raghavan (UDF Independent)
|1389
|Lost<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1991|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1987-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1991
|1991
|Azhikode
|Azhikode
|C.P. Moosankutty CPM(K)
|C.P. Moosankutty (CMP)
|7709
|7709
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1991|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1991|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>