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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. K. Rema
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Vadakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vadakara]]
| term_start = {{Start date|2021|05|25|df=yes}}
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| predecessor = [[C. K. Nanu]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|08|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Naduvannur]], [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[Malabar Christian College|Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode]]
| party = [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[T. P. Chandrasekharan]]|1994|2012|end=died}}
| children = Abhinand Chandrasekharan
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'''K. K. Rema''' (born 10 August 1970) is an activist-turned-politician associated with the [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]]. She is the widow of [[Revolutionary Marxist Party]] founder late [[T. P. Chandrasekharan]].<ref name="gn" /><ref>''Mathrubhumi''. ''[https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kk-rema-wins-from-vatakara-historic-victory-for-udf-kerala-1.5635467 KK Rema wins from Vatakara, historic victory for UDF]''</ref> She has contested from [[Vadakara Assembly constituency|Vadakara constituency]] in Kerala during the state assembly elections of 2021 and won with a margin of 7491 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rmps-kk-rema-vadakara-win-honours-her-slain-husbands-legacy/articleshow/82428102.cms | title=She took revenge by defeating Left in its stronghold | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Disney Tom | date=7 May 2021 | accessdate=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jayanth|first=A. s|date=2021-05-02|title=Rema creates history in Vadakara|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rema-creates-history-in-vadakara/article34465463.ece|access-date=2021-05-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=RMP's KK Rema wins from Vadakkara, dedicates victory to TP Chandrasekharan|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rmp-s-kk-rema-wins-vadakkara-dedicates-victory-tp-chandrasekharan-148186|access-date=2021-05-06|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Rema was born in [[Naduvannur]] village of [[Kozhikode district]] in [[Kerala]] to K. K. Madhavan and Dakshayani Amma.{{fact|date=December 2025}} She did her primary schooling from Kavumthara AUP School and completed pre-degree from [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College|Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode]]. Subsequently, she earned B.A. in History degree from [[Malabar Christian College]]. She managed to complete the JDC course while being actively part of the communist movement. Her marriage to [[T. P. Chandrasekharan]] was arranged within the party outlook which took place on 16 October 1994.{{fact|date=December 2025}} Later on, she joined the Vadakara Cooperative Rural Bank<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bcrbltd.com/|title=Badagara Co-operative Rural Bank Ltd|website=bcrbltd.com}}</ref> and was serving as the branch manager while the state assembly polls of 2021 were due.

== Political activism ==
She served as the state vice president of [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] and was a state committee member in the 90s.{{fact|date=December 2025}} Rema has been active in the local party activities in and around Vadakara, where she has been married till 2012. She has been a crusader against murder and rape in Kerala and a strong voice in favor of women's rights in the last decade.{{fact|date=December 2025}}

Her husband, [[T. P. Chandrasekharan]] was killed on 4 May 2012 for being a vocal critic and a fighting force against the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Following her husband's death, she contested the Vadakara seat in the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Kerala Legislative assembly election]]<ref name="gn">''GulfNews''. ''[https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/kerala-elections-2021-candidate-watch-kk-rema-the-reluctant-candidate-out-to-avenge-her-husbands-murder-1.1617197821966 Kerala Elections 2021 Candidate Watch: KK Rema, the reluctant candidate out to avenge her husband's murder]''</ref> but she had to finish at third position with a vote share of more than 20000 votes.

Meanwhile, RMP and different political organisations in other states came together and established the [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|RMPI]], which was registered with the election commission in 2017.{{fact|date=December 2025}} In 2021, K K Rema faced the assembly elections from Vadakara constituency supported by the [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] and became the first [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|RMPI]]. She is the first female to win from the constituency. She is the sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Vadakara Assembly constituency|Vatakara Constituency]] in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1120.htm?ac=20|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujefbcBpNk വടകരയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള സ്വപ്നങ്ങൾ പങ്കുവെച്ച് കെ കെ രമ]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmlv_v9ajw Point Blank (Interviews) 2014 – Asking the right questions – K K Rema (Part 1)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_afoRsSf4 Point Blank (Interviews) 2014 – Asking the right questions – K K Rema (Part 2)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmgIHxThfs Interview with K K Rema | Nethavinoppam | 30 Oct 2015]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODCF_NzCHI ടി പി ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ വധം വീണ്ടും ചർച്ചയാകുന്നു | ജനകീയ കോടതി | കെ.കെ രമ]

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