K. U. Jenish Kumar

K. U. Jenish Kumar is an Indian politician belonging to Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is the current member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from the Konni.[1][2][3]

Adv. K. U. Jenish Kumar
അഡ്വ. കെ. യു. ജെനിഷ് കുമാര്‍

MLA
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
for Konni (State Assembly constituency)
Assumed office
24 October 2019
Preceded byAdoor Prakash
ConstituencyKonni (State Assembly constituency)
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Alma materSt. Thomas college, Ranni
Sidhartha Law College, Gulbarga

2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election

The Left Democratic Front fielded K. U. Jenish Kumar in Konni constituency for the 2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election necessitated after sitting MLA Adoor Prakash was elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2019 Indian general election.[4]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Konni
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) K. U. Jenish Kumar 54,099 38.96% 2.63
INC P. Mohanraj 44,146 31.79% 19.02
BJP K. Surendran 39,786 28.65% 16.99
NOTA None of the above 469 0.34% 0.01
Independent Joemon Joseph Srampickal 235 0.17% N/A
Independent Sivanandan 124 0.09% N/A
Margin of victory 9,953 7.17% 7.31
Turnout 1,38,859 70.07% 2.92
CPI (M) gain from INC Swing 2.63

References
  1. "Kerala: CPI(M) wrests Konni from Congress after 28 years". www.indiatoday.in. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. "Kerala Assembly By-elections 2019: Congress wins three, left wins two, BJP winless". Hindustan Times. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. "Kerala By-elections: CPI-M Wrests Konni Assembly Seat from Congress after 23 Years; BJP Fails Leave a Mark". News18. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. "K. U. Jenish Kumar for Konni, LDF announces candidates for Kerala bye-polls". malayalam.samayam.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.


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