Ahamed Devarkovil

{{BLP sources|date=May 2021}}{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| constituency =

| birth_place = Indian

| office = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

| party = Indian National League

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Pinarayi Vijayan

| termstart = 20 May 2021

| termend =

| office1 = Minister of Ports, Museum, Archeology & Archives
Government of Kerala

| predecessor = M. K. Muneer

| predecessor1 = Kadannappalli Ramachandran

| otherparty = Left Democratic Front

| constituency1 = Kozhikode South

| termstart1 = {{Start date|2021|05|20|df=yes}}

| native_name_lang = Ml

| native_name = അഹമ്മദ് ദേവർകോവിൽ

| termend1 = {{End date|2023|12|24|df=yes}}

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Ahammad Devarkovil is an Indian politician from Indian National League. He is currently serving as the MLA of Kozhikode South constituency since May 2021.{{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}} He was in office as Minister of Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archive in Second Pinarayi Vijayan ministry for the first two and half years.{{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 }}{{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}}{{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}}

Life

In 1977, he completed his tenth standard at Kuttyadi High School.{{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}} He was the school leader as well. He was arrested for writing an essay in a school magazine against the internal emergency. It was only in 1980, he could finish his tenth standard education, but from Govt. High School, Kalliyadu.{{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}}

Political career

Ahammad Devarkovil started his political life in the Muslim Students Federation during his school days. He was once the district secretary of MSF in Kozhikode district. 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 assembly constituency.

class="wikitable"

|+Constituency: Kozhikode South

!O.S.N.

!Candidate

!Party

!Total Votes

!% of Votes

|Ahammad Devarkovil

|Indian National League

|52,557

|44.15

|Adv. Noorbeena Rasheed

|Indian Union Muslim League

|40,098

|33.68

|Navya Haridas

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|24,873

|20.89

|P. Hareendranath

|Democratic Social Justice Party

|410

|0.34

|Adv. Mubeena

|Independent

|513

|0.43

|NOTA

|603

|0.51

|Total

|1,19,054

References

Category:Kerala MLAs 2021–2026

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people