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Adoor Prakash

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In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Adoor. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Prakash.

Adoor Prakash
Adoor Prakash
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)
SpeakerOm Birla
Preceded byAnirudhan Sampath
ConstituencyAttingal
Minister for Health,
Government of Kerala
In office
23 May 2011 – 12 April 2012
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byP. K. Sreemathy
Succeeded byV. S. Sivakumar
Minister for Revenue,
Government of Kerala
In office
12 April 2012 – 20 May 2016
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byThiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
Succeeded byE. Chandrasekharan
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies,
Government of Kerala
In office
5 September 2004 – 12 May 2006
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byG. Karthikeyan
Succeeded byC. Divakaran
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2019
Preceded byA. Padmakumar
Succeeded byK. U. Jenish Kumar
ConstituencyKonni
Personal details
Born (1952-05-24) 24 May 1952 (age 72)
Adoor, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseJayasree Prakash
Children3
Education
Alma mater

Adoor Prakash (born 24 May 1952) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is currently the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, representing Attingal constituency of Kerala.

He was the Minister of Kerala, India. He has deep family roots in Moonnalam, Adoor. He came to active politics through the Student movement of Kerala Students Union. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively from Konni Constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 General Elections as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He had held the portfolios of Food & Civil supplies from 2004 to 2006, Health and Coir from 2011 to 2012, Revenue from 2012 to 2016, all under Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.[1]

In 2019, he was elected to the Loksabha from Attingal constituency in 2019, the first Congress candidate to be elected from the constituency since 1989.[2][3] In 2024, he was reelected from Attingal defeating V Joy of the CPI(M). The margin of victory between the two candidates was 684 votes, the second-lowest majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India.[4][5]

Personal life

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Prakash was born in Adoor on 24 May 1952 to N. Kunjuraman and V. M. Vilasini. He studied at the Sree Narayana College, Kollam and The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and graduated with a B.A. and LL.B. He's married to Jayasree and the couple has three children.[2][1]

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Members - Kerala Legislature".
  2. ^ a b "Digital Sansad".
  3. ^ "Congress aims to end 3-decade drought in Attingal". The Economic Times. 27 March 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ Praveen, S. R. (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Elections: Adoor Prakash retains Attingal seat following a see-saw contest with V. Joy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Lok Sabha election results 2024: From 48 to 684 votes, candidates who won with the smallest margins". Firstpost. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.


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