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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| birth_place = Indian
| office =[[Second Vijayan ministry|Minister of Ports, Museum, Archeology & Archives]]<br>[[Government of Kerala]]
| party = [[Indian National League]]
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| termstart = 20 May 2021
| termend =
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor = [[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]]
| predecessor1 = [[M. K. Muneer]]
| otherparty = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]]
| constituency1 = [[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]]
| termstart1 = 2021
| native_name_lang = Ml
| native_name = അഹമ്മദ് ദേവർകോവിൽ
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'''Ahammad Devarkovil''' is an Indian politician from [[Indian National League]]. He is currently serving as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]] constituency since May 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1128.htm?ac=28|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref> He is the Minister of Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archive in Second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-05-21 |archive-date=2021-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521145347/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Daily|first=Keralakaumudi|title=Antony Raju and Ahamed Devarkovil ministers port and museums kerala assembly |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=550305&u=antony-raju-and-ahamed-devarkovil-to-be-ministers-in-first-term|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Keralakaumudi Daily|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=മന്ത്രിസ്ഥാനം ഉറപ്പ് കിട്ടിയെന്ന് അഹമ്മദ് ദേവര്‍കോവില്‍; റിയാസും പട്ടികയിൽ?|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2021/05/17/kerala-cabinet-talks-ahammad-devarkovil-inl.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref>

== Life ==
In 1977, he was tenth standard student at Kuttyadi High School.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=നിയുക്തമന്ത്രിയുടെ ഓർമയിലുണ്ട്, അടിയന്തരാവസ്ഥയിലെ ആ അറസ്റ്റ്|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/ahamed-devarkovil-recollects-his-school-life-1.5674010|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref> He was the school leader as well. He was arrested for writing an essay in a school magazine against the internal emergency.<ref name=":1" /> It was only in 1980, he could finish his tenth standard education, but from Govt. High School, Kalliyadu.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahammad Devarkovil(Indian National League):Constituency- KOZHIKODE SOUTH(KOZHIKODE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/Kerala2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=369|access-date=2021-05-17|website=myneta.info}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Ahammad Devarkovil started his political life in the [[Kerala State Muslim Students Federation|Muslim Students Federation]] during his school days.<ref name=":1" /> He was once the district secretary of MSF in Kozhikode district.<ref name=":1" /> He was active in Indian Union Muslim League as well. Later, he joined [[Indian National League]].

In 2021 Kerala Assembly Election, Ahammad Devarkovil defeated IUML's Adv. Noorbeena Rasheed by a margin of 12,459 votes at [[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]] assembly constituency.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Constituency: [[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]]
!O.S.N.
!Candidate
!Party
!Total Votes
!% of Votes
|-
|1
|Ahammad Devarkovil
|[[Indian National League]]
|52,557
|44.15
|-
|2
|Adv. Noorbeena Rasheed
|Indian Union Muslim League
|40,098
|33.68
|-
|3
|Navya Haridas
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|24,873
|20.89
|-
|4
|P. Hareendranath
|Democratic Social Justice Party
|410
|0.34
|-
|5
|Adv. Mubeena
|Independent
|513
|0.43
|-
|6
|NOTA
|
|603
|0.51
|-
|
|Total
|
|1,19,054
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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