Anirudhan Sampath (born 22 July 1962) is an Indian politician and was a member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

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. He was represented the

Attingal Attingal is a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It was the location of the Attingal kingdom, under Travancore. It is the headquarters of Chirayinkeezhu Taluk, and th ...

constituency of

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and is a member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(CPI(M)) political party. In 2014 he was elected as M.P. from Attingal for the third time. He is the son of the late Communist party leader and former MP K. Aniruddhan. M.P. Sampath is married and has a daughter, Aswathy Sampath. He is related to the Communist Party Leader

A.K. Gopalan Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan (1 October 1904 – 22 March 1977), popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician. He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952. Later he beca ...

. In

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, he lost to

Adoor Prakash Adoor Prakash (born 24 May 1956) is an Indian politician from Congress(I) party. 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 ro ...

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1963 births Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala India MPs 2009–2014 Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha members from Kerala India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 2014–2019 Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub