Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data
— K S Sabarinadhan

🗓 Polling: 2026-04-09📊 Counting: 2026-05-04🏛 140 seats

Polling: 9 April 2026Counting: 4 May 2026140 seats ·Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data

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Contesting fromNemom·Thiruvananthapuram District

K S
Sabarinadhan

K. S. Sabarinadhan

“Former MLA & Thiruvananthapuram councillor; faces Rajeev Chandrasekhar (BJP) and V Sivankutty (CPM)”

INC United Democratic Front

Elections listed

Won

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Entered politics

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Political affiliation

partyIndian National Congress

state unitKerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)

allianceUnited Democratic Front (UDF)

ideologyCentre-left, INC

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Electoral record

WWL•2W · 1L · 2015–2026

Year	Body	Constituency	Result	Notes
2015	Assembly	Aruvikkara	Won	Won the by‑election caused by the demise of his father G. Karthikeyan.
2016	Assembly	Aruvikkara	Won
2021	Assembly	Aruvikkara	Lost	Lost to CPI(M)’s G. Steephen.
2026	Assembly	Nemon	Candidate (election pending)

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Political entry

Youth involvement in Congress and the legacy of his father, followed by 2015 by‑poll.

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Organisational career

State

Youth leader and state-level campaigner

Indian National Congress

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Personal

date of birth1983-09-05

place of birthThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

nationalityIndian

professionEngineer, lawyer and politician

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Education

Schooling: Schools in Thiruvananthapuram (exact institutions not detailed in short bios).

B.Tech.

Electronics and Communication Engineering

College of Engineering, Trivandrum

MBA

Management

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode

Highest qualification: MBA (IIM Kozhikode)

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Family

Father

G. Karthikeyan

Mother

Dr. M. T. Sulekha

Marital status

Married

Spouse

Divya S. Iyer

IAS officer

Child

2015Entered electoral politics after the death of his father G. Karthikeyan, contesting and winning the 2015 Aruvikkara by‑election.

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Known for

Son of former Speaker G. Karthikeyan and Dr. M. T. Sulekha.Young, English-speaking face of INC with IIT/IIM-type educational profile (CET + IIM K).

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Sources

Last compiled: 2026-04-02

Niyamasabha member profile PDF for K. S. Sabarinadhan
Wikipedia biography of K. S. Sabarinadhan
MyNeta 2021 affidavit (education, parents, profession)

Data compiled from publicly available sources with the assistance of AI. View constituency list.