I. C. Balakrishnan is a member of 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was elected from Sulthan Bathery constituency, representing

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party.

Political life

He started his political life as a leader of KSU, while studying in GHSS Valad. He was the member of Thavinjal Grama Panchayat and Wayanad district Panchayat. He was the District President of

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Wayanad. Now, he is the district president of Youth Congress, Wayanad. He contested in the 2016 election against

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candidate E.A .Sankaran and won the seat with a margin of 7,583 votes.

Personal life

He was born in 1975 at Valad as the son of Chandu and Meenakshi. He is married to Lakshmi and has three daughters. He was born in a middle class family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balakrishnan, I. C. Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala 1975 births Living people Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Kerala MLAs 2011–2016