Adv. Prathibha is an Indian politician and the current

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(M.L.A.) representing the Kayamkulam constituency of Alappuzha district,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. She was Alappuzha District Panchayat President during the term of 2010–2015 and President of Thakazhy Grama Panchayat during 2005–2010. She was born in

Thakazhy Thakazhy is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is part of the Kuttanad region bound by the backwaters and is located on the banks of the River Pamba. It is the birthplace of the famous writer Thakazhi Sivasankar ...

village of Alapuzha District.

Personal Details

Daughter of Sri. V. K. Purushothaman and Smt. J. Umayamma. Born at

on 10 May 1977. She has done B.A. LLB.

Politics

She was elected as a member in Thakazhy Grama Panchayat in 2000-2005. She became the President of Thakazhy Grama Panchayat during 2005- 2010. She was the President of Alapuzhha District panchayat from 2010- 2015. She was elected to 14th Legislative assembly and 15th Legislative assembly of Kerala from

Kayamkulam Kayamkulam is a town and municipality in the ''Onattukara'' region of Alappuzha district in Kerala. It is the second biggest town in Alappuzha district. It is located on the western coast of India, and was an ancient maritime trading center. O ...

Constituency. In 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, she defeated Adv. M. Liju of INC, with a majority of 11857 votes and in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, she won against Aritha Babu of INC with a majority of 6298.

References

Living people 1977 births Kerala politicians Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub