K. Muraleedharan

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Muraleedharan
| image = K. Muralidharan.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|05|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =

| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = {{Start date|2019|05|23|df=yes}}
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]]

| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2011||}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|2019||}}
| constituency2= [[Vattiyoorkavu (State Assembly constituency)|Vattiyoorkavu]]
| successor2 = [[V. K. Prasanth]]

| office3 = [[CHAIRMAN KPCC Election CampaignCommittee]]
| term_start3 = {{start date|2018}}
| term_end3 = {{End date|incumbent||}}

| office4 = [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee#List of Kerala PCC President|President]], [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start4 = {{Start date|2001||}}
| term_end4 = {{End date|2004||}}
| predecessor4 = P. P. Thankachan
| successor4 = [[Ramesh Chennithala]]

| office5 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency5= [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
| term_start5 = {{Start date|1989||}}
| term_end5 = {{End date|1996,1999-2004||}}
| predecessor5 = [[K. G. Adiyodi]]
| successor5 = [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]
| office6 = Minister for Electricity, [[Government of Kerala]]
| term_start6 = {{Start date|2004|03|df=yes}}
| term_end6 = {{End date|2004|05|14|df=yes}}
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 = [[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse = Jyothi Muraleedharan
| children = 2
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1980's{{endash}}2005) (2011{{endash}}Present)
| otherparty = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (2005{{endash}}2011)
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Mar Ivanios College|Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram]] ([[Bachelor of Arts]])|[[Kerala Law Academy Law College|The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]] ([[Bachelor of Laws]])}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Lawyer|Social worker}}
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|[[K. Karunakaran]]|Kalyanikutty Amma}}
| website =
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'''Kannoth Muraleedharan''' (born 14 May 1957) is an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) politician from [[Kerala]], the son of eminent congress leader [[K. Karunakaran]]. He was elected as member of the [[Lok Sabha]] thrice (in 1989, 1991, and 1999) from the [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]] constituency,<ref name="ibn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090420135556/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/3462.html IBN Candidate profile: K Muraleedharan]</ref> subsequently leaving the party in 2005. For a while he had joined NCP of Sharad Pawar{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}. Then he rejoined Congress. He was elected as the Chairman of KPCC Campaign committee in September 2018. He entered 17th Lok Sabha by winning from the [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]] in 2019 general elections.

==Personal life==
Muraleedharan was born to [[K. Karunakaran]] and Kalyanikutty Amma in [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]] on 14 May 1957. His younger sister, [[Padmaja Venugopal]], who is an extant politician. Their family hails from [[Chirakkal, Kannur|Chirakkal]], [[Kannur]]. After pursuing [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Mar Ivanios College|Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram]], he qualified in law from [[Kerala Law Academy|The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="officialbiodata"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=262 |title=13th Lok Sabha: Member Profiles |access-date=29 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703140607/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=262 |archive-date=3 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Muraleedharan is married to Jyothi. They have two sons, Arun Narayanan and Sabari Nath.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140224171023/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/152777?page=0,2]</ref>

==Political career==
Muraleedharan started his political career within the Congress party as a [[Seva Dal]] worker. Thereafter, he held the posts of District chairman and State Chief of Kerala Seva Dal.<ref name="officialbiodata">[http://www.keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/biodata.php4?no=61&name=K.%20Muraleedharan Kerala Legislative Assembly: Member profile]</ref> He was elected as Member of Parliament from the Calicut (Kozhikode) constituency in the [[1989 Indian general election|General Elections of 1989]] by defeating Veteran [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[E. K. Imbichi Bava]] and winning re-election in [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] by defeating [[Janata Dal]] leader [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]].In the [[1996 Indian general election|1996 general election]], he lost his seat to [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]] and subsequently failed in [[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]] loksabha seat in his come back attempt in the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 election]], before regaining [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]<nowiki/>seat by defeating [[Janata Dal]] national leader and former Union Minister [[C. M. Ibrahim]] in [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<ref name="ibn"/> Thereafter, he held the roles of General secretary, Vice-President of [[Pradesh Congress Committee|Kerala Congress Committee]] (KPCC) and became the President of [[Pradesh Congress Committee|KPCC]] during 2001–2004.

In February 2004, Muraleedharan was appointed as Minister of Power in the [[A. K. Antony]] Ministry, though he was not a member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{usurped|[https://archive.today/20130125083351/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/12/stories/2004021202580700.htm Muraleedharan sworn in Minister]}} – ''The Hindu'', 12 February 2004</ref> He was required to win a seat within six months to continue as the minister but lost in by-election from [[Wadakkancherry]]. Subsequently, he resigned in May that year. He is the only state Minister who was never MLA and never faced the legislative assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/min01.html|title=Kerala Government: Council of Ministers (Cabinet) 2001-2006}}</ref>

In 2005, when the Karunakaran faction of the [[Indian National Congress]] party had differences with the party leadership and the [[United Democratic Front (India)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF), some members of the party quit and formed another party named [[Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)]] (DIC(K)). They allied with the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] (LDF) for the local [[Local governance in Kerala|panchayat]] elections of 2005 and had some success.

However, for the Kerala Assembly elections of 2006, DIC(K) made a pact with UDF as LDF declined to make any electoral arrangements with DIC(K). DIC(K) contested in 17 constituencies but managed to get elected only from one seat mostly because of grassroots level cross-voting by Congress. Muralidharan lost the election in Koduvally constituency to P.T.A. Rahim.

With the future of the DIC(K) party untenable, some party members of the DIC(K) returned to the Congress party whilst others, including Karunakaran and Muraleedharan, decided instead to join the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP).

Later, Karunakaran rejoined the Congress party, while his son Muraleedharan opted to stay with the NCP, decrying his father's "betrayal".<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080412023514/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2502/stories/20080201503303400.htm Return of Leader ]}} ''Frontline'', 19 January 2008</ref> Muraleedharan contested the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha polls]] from the [[Wayanad]] constituency under the NCP ticket, but came only in third place, behind the Congress party and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/poll_results.php4?year=2009&no=4|title=Indian Parliament Election Results 2009 (Lok Sabha polls 2009)- Kerala}}</ref>

In August 2009, he was expelled from the NCP and sacked as state chief of the party, as he openly expressed his desire to rejoin the Congress party.<ref name="newkerala">[http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-88125.html Kerala leader K Muraleedharan refused re-entry into Congress] – ''New Kerala''/IANS, 7 August 2009</ref> He was subsequently refused re-entry into the Congress party, the party leadership stating that the disparaging comments he had made about the party leadership whilst in opposition were too big a barrier to his re-joining.<ref name="newkerala"/><ref>"Muraleedharan meets Antony", ''[[The Hindu]]'', 21 November 2009</ref> Muraleedharan pledged that he would "wait for any length of time" for the party to change its mind and readmit him, while his father Karunakaran stated that he would take up the matter with the national leadership of the Congress party, if necessary.<ref name="newkerala"/> He was readmitted to the Congress party in February 2011, and was given a ticket to contest the Assembly election from the Vattiyurkavu Assembly constituency (former Thiruvananthapuram North Constituency). Subsequently, he won his first assembly election after he defeated ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supported independent candidate [[Cherian Philip]] by a margin of over 16,167 votes on 14 May 2011.<ref>http://expressbuzz.com/polls2011/Muraleedharan-wins-his-first-assembly-poll/274096.html{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was re-elected for the second time in 2016 defeating Kummanam Rajasekharan of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by a margin of 7622 votes.

In [[2019 Indian general election|Indian general election 2019]] he has been elected from [[Vatakara]] with a tremendous margin by defeating [[P. Jayarajan]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] by a margin of 84663 votes.He was the official candidate of [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] in [[Nemom (State Assembly constituency)#:~:text=Nemom State assembly constituency is,Rajagopal of BJP|Nemom Constituency]] for [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly Elections]],but lost against LDF candidate, V Sivankutty.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Congress fields giantkiller K Muraleedharan to 'win back' Nemom from BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/kerala/congress-fields-k-muraleedharan-to-win-back-nemom-from-bjp/articleshow/81496022.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala assembly polls: Congress releases list of 86 candidates, Oommen Chandy to contest Puthuppally|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/mar/14/kerala-assembly-polls-congress-releases-list-of-86-candidatesoommen-chandy-to-contest-puthuppally-2276552.html|access-date=2021-03-23|website=The New Indian Express}}

===Positions held===
* [[1989 Indian general election|1989]] – Member of Parliament from [[Kozhikode]] – by defeating [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[E. K. Imbichi Bava]]
* [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] – Member of Parliament from [[Kozhikode]] – by defeating Janata Dal leader [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar|M.P. Veerendra Kumar]]
* [[1999 Indian general election|1999]] – Member of Parliament from [[Kozhikode]] – by defeating Janata Dal leader M.P. Veerendra Kumar
* [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] – Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Vattiyoorkavu]] – by defeating left independent leader [[Cherian Philip]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] – Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Vattiyoorkavu]] – by defeating [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]]
* [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] – Member of Parliament from [[Vatakara]] – by defeating [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[P. Jayarajan]] by a margin of 84663 votes and resigned from Kerala Legislative Assembly.

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