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18th Lok Sabha; member-specific question register
Kodikunnil Suresh is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Mavelikkara, Kerala.
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Read the source ↗LLB from Govt. Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala in year 1989
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 343,672 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 327,066 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 351,872 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 316,292 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 337,003 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 277,682 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 397,211 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 402,432 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Lok Sabha · Kerala · INC · 440,415 recorded votes. This event comes from the matched historical general-election archive.
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Read the source ↗Parliamentary question: Status of ROBs and RUBs in Kerala This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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| Election | Seat & party | Outcome | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Won | 343,672 |
| 1991 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Won | 327,066 |
| 1996 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Won | 351,872 |
| 1998 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Position 2 | 316,292 |
| 1999 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Won | 337,003 |
| 2004 · Lok Sabha ↗ | ADOORKerala · INC | Position 2 | 277,682 |
| 2009 · Lok Sabha ↗ | MAVELIKKARAKerala · INC | Won | 397,211 |
| 2014 · Lok Sabha ↗ | MAVELIKKARAKerala · INC | Won | 402,432 |
| 2019 · Lok Sabha ↗ | MAVELIKKARAKerala · INC | Won | 440,415 |
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The cited biography records Kodikunnil Suresh’s date of birth as 4 June 1962. The birthplace is recorded as Kodikunnil, Distt. Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala).
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: Higher Secondary, LL.B. Educated at Govt-Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The professional background is listed as POLITICAL AND SOCIAL WORKER.
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1989-91: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare. A later recorded entry is 25 Feb 2026 Onwards: President, India– Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
President, (i) KRL Employees Association; (ii) Kerala Students Union Trivandrum* City Committee, 1981-83; and (iii) L.I.C. Employees Congress, Trivandrum* Division; Vice-President, Kerala Students Union, State Committee, 1983-97; General-Secretary, Kerala Students Union, 1987-90; Chairman, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Legal Studies, Trivandrum; Member, (i) Central Board of Fisheries, 1991-96; (ii) Telecom Advisory Committee, Kerala Circle, 1991-96; Convenor, Congress MPs of Kerala, 2009 - till date; Vice-Chairman, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan 2005 - 2008; Secretary, All India Congress Committee; General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and All India Youth Congress; Office bearer of several Trade Unions * Now Thiruvananthapuram
President, India– Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group
Source ↗Member of committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing
Source ↗Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Source ↗Member, Business Advisory Committee
Source ↗Member, House Committee
Source ↗Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill
Source ↗Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
Source ↗Member, Committee of Privileges
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Railways
Source ↗Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
Source ↗Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (7th term)
Source ↗Member, National Monitoring Committee for the Education of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Persons with Disabilities
Source ↗Member, National Shipping Board
Source ↗Member, National Monitoring Committee for the Education of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Persons With Disabilities
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Labour
Source ↗Member, Committee on Petitions
Source ↗Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)
Source ↗Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment
Source ↗Chairman, Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
Source ↗Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
Source ↗Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development
Source ↗Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010)
Source ↗Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP)
Source ↗Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Source ↗Member, Committee on Estimates
Source ↗Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution
Source ↗Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Fertilizers
Source ↗Member, Railway Convention Committee
Source ↗Member, A.I.C.C.
Source ↗Member, P.C.C., Kerala
Source ↗General Secretary, I.Y.C.
Source ↗Executive Member, C.P.P.
Source ↗Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Source ↗Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Source ↗Member, Estimates Committee
Source ↗Member, Standing Committee on Communications
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
Source ↗Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Source ↗Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare
Source ↗Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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| 2024 | 44 | 16 |
| 2025 | 61 | 26 |
| 2026 | 49 | 8 |
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The cited biography records 4 June 1962.
Read the supporting source ↗Kodikunnil, Distt. Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala).
Read the supporting source ↗Higher Secondary, LL.B. Educated at Govt-Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Read the supporting source ↗POLITICAL AND SOCIAL WORKER.
Read the supporting source ↗1989-91: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Read the supporting source ↗Kodikunnil Suresh is listed as Lok Sabha MP for Mavelikkara, Kerala.
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