Name in the record
K. BALAKRISHNAN
Also on ballots as K.BALAKRISHNAN, K BALAKRISHNAN
BJP·IND·BSP·CPM·DMK·RSP·BJS
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “K. BALAKRISHNAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, stood in two different states in the same year, a 59-year span across 12 contests, 7 different parties — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.
Ballot lines
12
1967–2026
Wins
2
Parties
7
States / UT
3
incl. Lok Sabha
Every contest
Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala6 contests · 1967–2026 · 0 won | |||||
| Kerala 2026 | 61. Chelakkara | BJP | 37,286 | 22.9% | Lost · 3rd |
| Kerala 2016 | 124. Kollam | BSP | 431 | 0.3% | Lost · 6th |
| Kerala 2006 | 12. Tellicherry | IND | 240 | 0.2% | Lost · 6th |
| Kerala 2001 | 36. Tirurangadi | IND | 2,821 | 2.6% | Lost · 4th |
| Kerala 1987 | 120. Kunnathur | IND | 402 | 0.4% | Lost · 5th |
| Kerala 1967 | 31. Kondotty | BJS | 3,131 | 6.2% | Lost · 3rd |
| Tamil Nadu5 contests · 1967–2026 · 1 won | |||||
| Tamil Nadu 2026 | 6. Avadi | IND | 141 | 0.0% | Lost · 17th |
| Tamil Nadu 2011 | 158. Chidambaram | CPM | 72,054 | 48.3% | Won |
| Tamil Nadu 1996 | 65. Kurinjipadi | CPM | 11,387 | 9.3% | Lost · 4th |
| Tamil Nadu 1977 | 178. Mannargudi | DMK | 26,881 | 29.7% | Lost · 2nd |
| Tamil Nadu 1967 | 1. Washermanpet | IND | 218 | 0.3% | Lost · 4th |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1971–1971 · 1 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1971 | 177. Ambalapuzha | RSP | 2,13,487 | 52.7% | Won |