K. S. Sabarinathan

K S Sabarinadhan
MLA
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
for Aruvikara
Personal details
Nationality  India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Divya S Iyer
Relations G Karthikeyan (Father)[1]
Occupation Politician

K. S. Sabarinadhan (കെ എസ് ശബരിനാഥൻ) is an Indian politician, engineer, and business executive of the Indian National Congress party. Since 2015, he has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) (M.L.A.) of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, representing the Aruvikkara constituency of the Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala.

Personal life

Sabarinadhan was born to G Karthikeyan, a former speaker of the Kerala Legislative assembly, and T. Sulekha. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering Trivandrum in 2005. He completed his Master of Business Administration degree at the MDI, Gurgaon, in 2008. After that, he worked with the Tata Group in Mumbai for several years, eventually working with the Tata Trusts in the areas of healthcare and nutrition.

After his father's death in 2015, he ran in the by-elections in the constituency that his father represented. He won to become the youngest MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

On May 2, 2017, he announced his engagement to Thiruvananthapuram sub-collector Divya S. Iyer.[2] On June 30, 2017, he married Iyer in Kumarakovil, a temple at Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district, becoming the first MLA-IAS couple in Kerala.[3]

Kerala Legislative Assembly By-election, 2015

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in the 2015 By-elections from Aruvikkara constituency[4] with 56,448 votes & margin of 10,128 Votes,[5][6] defeating M. Vijayakumar (CPI-M) and O. Rajagopal (BJP).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Congress to field late speaker G Karthikeyan's son for Aruvikkara assembly by-election". Indian Express.
  2. ↑ http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=90909
  3. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/congress-mla-ks-sabarinadhan-marries-kerala-ias-officer/articleshow/59381651.cms
  4. ↑ "Congress candidate K S Sabarinathan wins Kerala by-poll". The Economic Times. IANS.
  5. ↑ "Aruvikkara By-Election Results LIVE: KS Sabarinathan Wins with Margin of 10128 Votes; UDF Wave in All Panchayats". International Business Times.
  6. ↑ "Aruvikkara by-polls: Sabarinathan wins by 10128 votes". Kerala Kaumudi.
  7. ↑ "Kerala assembly bypoll: Congress candidate KA Sabarinathan wins Aruvikara seat". Firstpost.


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