M. Swaraj
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adv. M. Swaraj
| image = File:എം_സ്വരാജ്.jpg
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| constituency_AM = Thrippunithura
| assembly = Kerala Legislative
| term_start = 2 June 2016
| term_end = 2 May 2021
| predecessor = K. Babu
| successor = K. Babu
| party = CPI(M)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|5|27}}
| birth_place = Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala
| spouse = Saritha
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M Swaraj (born 1979) is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was a representative of Thripunithura constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India.[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2013/0616_pd/06162013_17.html "DYFI Holds Kerala State Conference"], "People's Democracy", 13 June 2013
Early life
Swaraj was born at Pathar in the Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district to P. N. Muraleedharan and Sumangi Amma. He attended Sree Vivekananda School, Edakkara. He then completed his B.A. degree in Economics from Mar Thoma College, Chungathara. He later pursued an LL.B. degree from Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, and a master's degree from Annamalai University.
Political career
Swaraj entered politics through student activism. He was the Chairman of the Calicut University Students' Union in 1999[http://www.reporterlive.com/2016/01/26/235172.html "അറിയുന്നത് സ്വരാജ് എം നായരെയെന്ന് ബല്റാം, ജനനത്തിലോ പേരിട്ടതിലോ തനിക്ക് പങ്കില്ലെന്ന് സ്വരാജ്"], REPORTER, 26 Jan 2016 and rose to be the Secretary of SFI the Kerala State Committee in 2005.[http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/13/stories/2005111306170400.htm "SFI office-bearers elected at meet"]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, "The Hindu", 13 Nov 2005 Later he became active in DYFI, the youth wing of CPI(M), and was made President of its Kerala Unit in 2011.[http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ DYFI-Kerala State Committee Former Leaders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202154131/http://www.dyfikerala.net/former-leaders/ |date=2 December 2017 }}, www.dyfikerala.net He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Thripunithura assembly constituency in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating Congress veteran K. Babu by a margin of 4,467 votes.[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/swaraj-emerges-a-giant-killer/article8623451.ece "Swaraj Emerges a Giant Killer"], "The Hindu", 20 May 2016 But in the 2021 elections, Swaraj lost to K.Babu by a margin of 1,232 votes.
| class="wikitable"
|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election !Year !Constituency !Closest Rival !Majority (Votes) !Won/Lost |
| 2016
|Thripunithura |K. Babu (INC) |4467 |
| 2021
|Thripunithura |K. Babu (INC) |1232 |