K. S. Sabarinadhan (born 5 September 1983) is an Indian politician who belongs to the

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. He represented Aruvikkara constituency in the

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from 2015 to 2021.

Early life and education

Sabarinadhan was born to former minister and speaker G. Karthikeyan and M. T. Sulekha in

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on 5 September 1983. Sabarinadhan did his schooling at Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from

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in 2005. Thereafter he worked for a brief period in

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. He completed his

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from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon in 2008. After that, he worked with the

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for several years, eventually spending a few years working with the

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in the areas of healthcare and nutrition.

Personal life

Sabarinadhan is married to

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, a civil service officer, thus becoming the first MLA– IAS couple in Kerala. The couple have a son.

Political career

In 2015, Sabarinadhan contested the by-election from Aruvikkara constituency, which was vacated due to the death of his father. He defeated

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by a margin of 10,128 votes. In the

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, he was re-elected from Aruvikkara constituency. He defeated A. A. Rasheed of

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by a margin of 21,314 votes. In 2020, he became the vice president of Kerala Youth Congress. In the

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, he lost to G. Steephen of the

by 5046 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabarinadhan, K. S. Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 1983 births