M. Swaraj
Adv. M. Swaraj | |
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| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for Thrippunithura | |
| In office 2 June 2016 – 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | K. Babu |
| Succeeded by | K. Babu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1979 Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala |
| Political party | CPI(M) |
| Spouse | Saritha |
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 Legislative Assembly. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India.[1]
Early life
[edit]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.
Political career
[edit]Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the Calicut University Students' Union in 1999[2] and rose to be the Secretary of SFI the Kerala State Committee in 2005.[3] Later he became active in DYFI, the youth wing of CPI(M), and was made President of its Kerala Unit in 2011.[4] 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.[5] But in the 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.[6]
| Year | Constituency | Closest Rival | Majority
(Votes) |
Won/Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Thripunithura | K. Babu (INC) | 4467 | Won[7] |
| 2021 | Thripunithura | K. Babu (INC) | 992 | Lost[8] |
| 2025 | Nilambur | Aryadan Shoukath (INC) | 11077 | Lost |
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.
References
[edit]- ^ "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference", "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013
- ^ "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്", REPORTER, 26 Jan 2016
- ^ "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"[dead link], "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005
- ^ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders Archived 2 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.dyfikerala.net
- ^ "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer", "The Hindu", 20 May 2016
- ^ "Back-to-back defeats for M Swaraj as UDF wins Nilambur seat". @mathrubhumi. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Thripunithura Election Result 2021 LIVE: Thripunithura MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India".
- ^ "CPI(M)'s M Swaraj Declines Sahitya Akademi Award, Reaffirms No-Awards Stance". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2025.