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C. Sankar was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Nagercoil constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1952 election. This was the first election from this constituency and it happened before Kanyakumari district merged with Tamil Nadu.
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T. T. Daniel was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly as a Tamil Nadu Congress candidate from Colachel constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1954 election. This was the first ever election held in this constituency and it happened before Kanyakumari district merged with Tamil Nadu.
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Alexandar Manual Simon was an Indian politician and former and first Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly as Tamil Nadu Congress candidate from Vilavancode constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1952 election. This was the first election from this constituency and it happened before Kanyakumari district merged with Tamil Nadu. He was elected again from Kollencode constituency as a Tamil Nadu Congress candidate in 1954 interim election.
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K. Sattanatha Karayalar was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly in 1952 and 1954 elections from Shenkottai constituency as an Independent candidate.
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