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Indian politician (born 1952)

M.K. Raghavan
Member of Parliament
SECRATARY CONGRESS PARLIAMENTARY PARTY
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 September 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 May 2009
Preceded byM. P. Veerendra Kumar
ConstituencyKozhikode, Kerala
Personal details
Born (1952-04-21) 21 April 1952 (age 72)
Payyannur, Kannur
NationalityIndia Indian
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseUsha Kumari
Children2
Residence(s)Ashoka, Madhuravanam Road, Kozhikode, Kerala
Websitemkraghavan.in

M. K. Raghavan (born 21 April 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Lok Sabha and a Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party.

He represents the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala. He belongs to INC. He was the General Secretary of the KPCC. 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 by defeating then National President, DYFI and the current Minister for Public Works Department & Tourism, Kerala P. A. Muhammad Riyas. He won the 2009 election by a meagre 838 vote margin.

However, he cemented his victory with much better margins in the 2014 Lok Sabha with 16,883 votes by defeating former CPIM State Secretary & Polit Bureau Member A. Vijayaraghavan. For the third term, M K Raghavan was fielded again from Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and won by record lead with 85,225 votes by defeating CPIM's strong candidate and sitting MLA A. Pradeepkumar. It is noted that he retained this seat under extreme conditions, even facing some false allegations during the election period.

In his fourth term, he won from the Kozhikode constituency with a lead of 1,42,087 votes, defeating the strong candidate Elamaram Kareem, former Minister of Kerala, then Rajya Sabha MP, floor leader of CPIM in Rajya Sabha and CPIM's Trade Union (CITU) leader. This was a historical victory of M K Raghavan and historical defeat of CPIM in the constituency since its inception.

Currently he is serving as Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party, which is a Parliamentary board of Indian National Congress Headed by Sonia Gandhi. He is also a Member of Political Affairs Committee of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, the apex body of Indian National Congress in the state Kerala.

References

  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.
Preceded byM.P. Veerendra Kumar MP of Kozhikode
2009 – present 		Incumbent
Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2019
  1. A. M. Ariff
  2. Adoor Prakash
  3. Anto Antony
  4. Benny Behanan
  5. Dean Kuriakose
  6. E. T. Muhammed Basheer
  7. Hibi Eden
  8. K. Muraleedharan
  9. K. Sudhakaran
  10. Kodikkunnil Suresh
  11. M. K. Raghavan
  12. N. K. Premachandran
  13. P. K. Kunhalikutty
  14. Rahul Gandhi
  15. Rajmohan Unnithan
  16. Ramya Haridas
  17. Shashi Tharoor
  18. T. N. Prathapan
  19. Thomas Chazhikadan
  20. V. K. Sreekandan
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Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2014
  1. K. C. Venugopal
  2. P. K. Biju
  3. A. Sampath
  4. Innocent
  5. K. V. Thomas
  6. Joice George
  7. P. K. Sreemathy
  8. P. Karunakaran
  9. N. K. Premachandran
  10. Jose K. Mani
  11. M. K. Raghavan
  12. E. Ahamed
  13. Kodikunnil Suresh
  14. M. B. Rajesh
  15. Anto Antony
  16. E. T. Mohammed Basheer
  17. Shashi Tharoor
  18. C. N. Jayadevan
  19. Mullappally Ramachandran
  20. M. I. Shanavas
Bye-elections
2017
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