S. Rajendran (CPI(M) politician)

Shanmugavel Rajendran (சண்முகவேல் ராஜேந்திரன்) is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. He was elected in the 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the MLA from Devikulam Assembly constituency as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He subsequently also won elections from the same constituency in 2011 and 2016. He was also elected as District Panchayat president of Idukki in 2003. In 2022, his membership of the CPI(M) was suspended for a year due to his alleged efforts to defeat the CPI(M)'s candidate for the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections in Devikulam.