K.K. Ramachandran Nair (1953 - 14 January 2018)
was an Indian politician of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...
and represented
Chengannur constituency in the Kerala state legislative assembly from 2016 until his death.
Personal life
Nair was born in 1953 at Ala,
Chengannur. He graduated in Master of Economics from
N. S. S. College, Pandalam. Later he pursued a degree in law from
Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram also known as GLC Trivandrum is one of the institutions imparting graduate and post graduate legal education in India. Affiliated to the University of Kerala, it is the second law college in Kerala ...
and completed the course in 1978.
He died at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 14 January 2018 at 4 am. He was undergoing treatment for liver disease.
Political career
Nair started his political career by unsuccessfully contesting in the Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2001 from
Chengannur assembly constituency. He was defeated by
Shobhana George of the
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
by a margin of 1465 votes.
He was elected to
Kerala Legislative Assembly from
Chengannur assembly constituency in
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating
P. C. Vishnunath of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7983 votes.
He held this post until his death in 2018.
References
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala
2018 deaths
1953 births