KARUNAKARAN, SHRI K.
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (KERALA)]
Father's Name Late Shri Ramunni Marar Date of Birth 5 July 1918 Place of Birth Kannur (Kerala) Marital Status Widower (Married on 2 June 1954) Spouse's Name Late Smt. Kalyanikutty Amma Children One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications Matriculate Educated at Raja's High School and College of Arts, Trissur (Kerala) Profession Artist, Political and Social Worker and Trade Unionist Permanent Address Murali Mandi Ram, Poonkunnam, Trissur-680001 (Kerala) Present Address 9, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi - 110011 Tels. (011) 3794667, 3792565 Positions Held 1945-47 Member, Trichur Municipal Corporation 1948-49 Member, Cochin Legislative Assembly 1952-54 Member, Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Chief Whip, Congress Legislature Party, Kerala (two terms) 1965-95 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (seven terms) 1967-69, 1978, Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative 1980-81 and Assembly (four times) 1987-91 1968-70 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee 1969 onwards Member, Congress Working Committee 1971-77 Cabinet Minister, IndiaPress Affairs, Kerala March-April Chief Minister, Kerala (four terms) 1977, 1981-82 and 1991-95 1984 onwards Member, Congress Parliamentary Board 1987 Chairman, Committee on Socio-economic Policies, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) 1995-98 Member, Rajya Sabha 1995-98 Member, Committee on Science and Technology Member, Committee on Environment and Forests Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce 1995-96 Union Cabinet Minister, Industries 1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha 1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees Member, Rules Committee Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways Social and Cultural Activities Represented various socio-cultural fora as a student Special Interests Arts and painting Countries Visited Widely travelled (12 countries) Other Information Actively participated in Freedom Struggle; organised trade unions; Founder-Member, Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Kerala; Chairman, Committee on Population, National Development Council, 1992; Convenor, Committee on Price Rise, Unemployment and Housing, A.I.C.C.; and Member, Indian Delegation to I.L.O. Conference, 1957
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com AllIndiaNews.com PressNote.comTotal electorate 11,66,449 Total votes polled 7,66,800 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri K. Karunakaran (I.N.C.) 3,37,429 (2) Shri K.V. Surendra Nath (C.P.I.) 3,22,031 (3) Shri Kerala Varma Raja (B.J.P.) 94,303 (4) Shri Robinson David (B.S.P.) 2,871
Election Result of Thriuvananthapuram Lok Sabha Constituency