Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

I.N.C. - ADOOR - SC (KERALA)




Father's Name:   Shri Kunjan

Date of Birth:   4 June 1962

Place of Birth:   Kodikunnil in Distt. Trivandrum* (Kerala)

Marital Status:   Married on 30 June 1994

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Bindu Suresh

Children:   One son

Educational Qualifications :
LL.B. (Course Completed)
Educated at Govt. Law College, Trivandrum (Kerala)

Profession :
   Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   Kodikunnil, P.O. Pothencode, 
Distt. Trivandrum-695001 (Kerala)
Tel. (0471) 419266

Positions Held :
   
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1989-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
Labour and Welfare
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
1991-96Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
Member, Standing Committee on Communications
Member, Estimates Committee
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
1996 onwardsExecutive Member, C.P.P.
General Secretary, I.Y.C.
Member, P.C.C., Kerala
Member, A.I.C.C.
Member, Railway Convention Committee
Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Fertilizer
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Special Interests :
   Welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community; 
        reading and travelling

Countries Visited :
   U.A.E. and U.S.A.

Other Information :
   President (i) ISRO Dalit Employees Association, Trivandrum; (ii) IRE Employees 
Congress Chavara, Kollam; (iii) Kerala Students Union Trivandrum City 
Committee, 1981-83; (iv) L.I.C. Employees Congress, Trivandrum Division; Vice-
President, Kerala Students Union, Kerala, 1983-87; 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; 
(iii) C.T.C.R.I. Trivandrum; (iv) Governing Body Sree Chitra, Tirunal Institute of 
Science & Technology

Election Result :
   
Adoor-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate9,40,100
Total votes polled6,81,578
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Suresh Kodikunnil (I.N.C.)3,51,872
(2) Shri P.K. Raghavan (C.P.I.)2,86,327
(3) Shri Kainakari Janardhanan (B.J.P.)21,609
(4) Shri K.J. Rajan (Ind.)5,528