Adoor Prakash

Prakash Kunjuraman, better known as 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 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 as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He served as minister 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.

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. In 2024, he was reelected from Attingal defeating V Joy of the CPI(M). In 2025 he was appointed as the Convenor of United Democratic Front.

Personal life Prakash was born in Adoor on 24 May 1952 to N. Kunjuraman and V. M. Vilasini in a Ezhava family. He studied predegree from SB College Changanassery and later 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.