Chittayam Gopakumar
Chittayam Gopakumar is an Indian politician belongs to Communist party of India in Kerala. He became elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2011 as a candidate from Adoor Constituency in Pathanamthitta District. He won again from the same constituency with a big victory margin in 2016.He contested in the 2019 Indian general election in Kerala as a candidate of LDF in Mavelikara loksabha constituency and lost in this election to the Indian National Congress candidate Kodikkunnil Suresh
Chittayam Gopakumar | |
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| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan |
| Constituency | Adoor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1965 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Residence | Kottarakkara, Kollam |
Personnel data
He was born on 30 May 1965, as son of T. Gopalakrishnan and T. K. Devayani, at Chittayam in Kollam District. He completed Pre-degree, but was not able to study further due to poor financial situation of his family. He is married to C. Sherlley Bai. They have two daughters. [1]
Political career
Chittayam Gopakumar entered politics through All India Students Federation (AISF), during his school days. He became the state committee member of AISF. He later joined All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and started organising trade union movements. He became AITUC state working committee member. He was the state secretory of Kerala Kashuvandi Thozhilali Kendra Council (Kerala Cashew Workers central union), State President of Asha Workers Union and kollam district president of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Federation (BKMU). At 18 years age, joined Communist Party of India (CPI) as a branch committee member. He is now the state council member of CPI.[2]
In 2011, CPI put him as a candidate from Adoor constituency, for the Kerala Legislative assembly election. He won the seat with a margin of 607 votes, by defeating the Congress candidate Pandalam Sudhakaran.
During that period, he became the Chairman of the committee on Welfare of Backward class communities.
In 2016, he was again re-elected from the same constituency with a bigger margin of 25,460 votes, defeating Congress candidate K.K. Shaju.
In the 2019 Parliament election, he lost to Congress candidate and sitting MP Kodikkunnil Suresh from Mavelikara loksabha constituency with a bigger margin of 61,138 votes.[7]