S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA)

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S. Balakrishnan, also known as So. Balakrishnan or So.Ba, [1] was a veteran Indian politician, President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) and Opposition Leader of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of Tamil Nadu for 18 years. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (1996–2001). [2]

Balakrishnan was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Mudukulathur constituency in the 1977 and 1991 elections [3] [4] and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC) candidate from the same constituency in 1996. [5] He was also elected from Kadaladi as a TMC candidate in the 2001 election. [6] He represented Kadaladi, from 2001 until his death in 2006. [7] [8] [9] [1] In the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, So.Balakrishnan represented Mudukalathur for thirteen years and Kadaladi for five years. [7] [10] [11] [12]

Balakrishnan unsuccessfully contested elections in the same Ramanathapuram district on other occasions. In the General Elections of 1971, he was runner-up in the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency with 139,276 votes (38.87% of the total). [13] In the state elections of 1980, he contested from Mudukalathur and polled 37,175 votes (44.77%) but lost the election by 5536 votes. [14] In the 1989 state elections, he contested from Kadaladi, a coastal constituency that neighboured Mudukalathur, and gained 32,273 votes, which was 409 (0.38%) less than the winner. The total number of votes that were rejected or declared invalid in that constituency during the election was 1878 (1.71%). [15]

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On 4 September 2004, Balakrishnan suffered serious spinal injuries in a road accident at Paramakudi while returning from Rameswaram after a discussion on Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project with the then Union Shipping Minister. [16] The accident resulted in prolonged illness after a brief improvement. He died on 24 June 2006. [1]

The then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, in his condolence message recalled the effective speeches made by Balakrishnan in the Assembly and said that Balakrishnan was a role model for young legislators. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. ↑ 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. ↑ 1996 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  6. ↑ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
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