L. Balaraman

{{Short description|Indian politician (1932–2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} '''L. Balaraman''' (4 January 1932<ref>{{cite web |title=Balaraman, Shri Lakshmanan |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2980.htm |website=Biographical Sketch of Member of XI Lok Sabha |accessdate=21 June 2020}}</ref> – 26 February 2002) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Vandavasi constituency as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate in the 1984 and 1989 elections,<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233504/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |date=9 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410002759/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) candidate in the 1996 election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf Volume I, 1996 Indian Lok Sabha election, 11th Lok Sabha]</ref>

He was born in Mottupalayam village in Vellore District. It is nearby Vellore City. His grandfather Varadha Gounder was the landlord in the village.

He also served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Kaniyambadi constituency as an INC candidate in the 1967 election<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410004729/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> and from Polur constituency as an Indian National Congress (I) candidate in the 1980 election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>

Balaraman died on 26 February 2002 in Vellore.<ref>{{cite web |title=References made to the passing away of Shri L. Balaraman (Member of Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Lok Sabha) on 26 February, 2002; Shri K. Narayana Rao (Member of Fourth and fifth Lok Sabha) on 3rd March; Shri Surendra Jha Suman (Member of Sixth Lok Sabha) on 5th March and Shri Shankar Lal Sharma (Member of Eighth Lok Sabha ) on 30th March, respectively. |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/717286/1/3796.pdf#search=null%20OBITUARY%20REFERENCE |website=Lok Sabka Digital Library}}</ref>

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