P. Karunakaran

P. Karunakaran (born 20 April 1945) is an Indian communist politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India.^[1] He represented the Kasargod constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party. He was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time in 2004 general election. He won the second term in 2009 Lok Sabha election. He got 385,522 votes against 321,095 of the Congress(I) candidate. He was the leader of the Lok Sabha for CPI(M) in the 16th Loksabha.^[2]

P. Karunakaran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2 June 2004 – 17 June 2019
Preceded by	T. Govindan
Succeeded by	Rajmohan Unnithan
Constituency	Kasaragod
Leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
In office 2014 - 2019
Preceded by	Basudev Acharia
Succeeded by	P. R. Natarajan
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-20) 20 April 1945 (age 80) Kasaragod, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Kerala, India)
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Laila ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	1 daughter
Parents	N. Koran (father) P. Chirutha (mother)
Relatives	A. K. Gopalan (Father-in-law) Susheela Gopalan (Mother-in-law)
Residence(s)	Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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His wife Laila, is daughter of the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and Susheela Gopalan.^[3] He holds an M.A degree from Kerala University.^[4][5]

Books Published

• Memories of Vietnam
• Indian Politics - Inside and Outside Parliament
• Suppression and Resistance
• Indian Politics - Outside and Inside Parliament (Second Part)
• Olimangaroormakal

See also

• Anirudhan Sampath
• P. K. Biju
• Mohammed Salim