Name in the record
R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI
Also on ballots as R BALAKRISHNA PILLAI
KECB·IND·KEC·KCP·KC
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 41-year span across 9 contests, 5 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
9
1965–2006
Wins
6
Parties
5
States / UT
2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala8 contests · 1965–2006 · 5 won | |||||
| Kerala 2006 | 117. Kottarakara | KECB | 40,156 | 40.9% | Lost · 2nd |
| Kerala 2001 | 117. Kottarakara | KECB | 55,691 | 53.6% | Won |
| Kerala 1991 | 117. Kottarakara | IND | 47,122 | 51.2% | Won |
| Kerala 1982 | 101. Ambalapuzha | IND | 582 | 0.8% | Lost · 3rd |
| Kerala 1982 | 117. Kottarakara | KEC | 37,515 | 55.5% | Won |
| Kerala 1980 | 117. Kottarakara | KCP | 48,473 | 74.2% | Won |
| Kerala 1977 | 131. Ariyanad | IND | 658 | 1.3% | Lost · 5th |
| Kerala 1965 | 111. Kottarakara | KC | 27,534 | 47.4% | Won |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1971–1971 · 1 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1971 | 178. Mavelikara | KEC | 2,12,210 | 56.0% | Won |