Political career
Sunny Joseph joined Congress though Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Indian National Congress, later rising through the organizational ranks via the Youth Congress. He was former president of the Kannur district Congress Committee (DCC). Sunny is a three-time MLA representing Peravoor constituency in the district. Peravoor constituency had been a Congress stronghold since 1977. However the party lost the seat in the 2006 assembly election to senior CPI(M) leader K.K. Shailaja. In the 2011 assembly elections, Sunny Joseph was chosen for the seat by Congress high command, which he won with 48.1% votes against K.K. Shailaja’s 45.1 percent. Sunny never lost the seat since then. == References ==