C. S. Sujatha

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = C. S. Sujatha

| native_name = സി. എസ്. സുജാത

| image = C.S.Sujatha.jpg

| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|P. Ramachandran Nair|Sumathy Pillai}}

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|05|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vallikunnam, Alappuzha, Kerala, India

| residence = Mavelikara

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 2004

| term_end = 2009

| constituency = Mavelikara

| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| spouse =

| children =

| predecessor = Ramesh Chennithala

| successor = Kodikunnil Suresh

}}

C. S. Sujatha (born 28 May 1965) is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Mavelikara constituency of Kerala.{{cite web|title=National Election Watch|url=http://myneta.info/loksabha2004/candidate.php?candidate_id=1909|website=myneta.info}} She is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Political career

She became the District Panchayat President of Alappuzha in 1995 at the age of 29. She remained in the position until 2004. In 2004, Sujatha defeated Ramesh Chennithala by a margin of 7,414 votes in the Mavelikara constituency.{{Cite web|title=General elections 2019: All eight Kerala women to become Lok Sabha MPs|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2019/jan/31/general-elections-2019-all-eight-kerala-women-to-become-lok-sabha-mps-102079.html|access-date=2021-05-24|website=The New Indian Express}} Sujatha is the first CPI(M) candidate who has contested the elections in the party symbol to win from Mavelikara, which is considered to be a traditional UDF stronghold. She is also the first woman to represent Mavelikara in the Lok Sabha. She is now selected as CC Member of CPI(M).

She was the CPI(M) candidate for the assembly election on 13 April 2011 at Chengannur constituency.