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Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data
— N Sakthan

🗓 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

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data›Candidate profile

Contesting fromNeyyattinkara·Thiruvananthapuram District

N
Sakthan

N. Sakthan

“Speaker of the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly.”

INC flagINC symbol
INCUnited Democratic Front
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Elections listed
2
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

WW•2W · 0L · 2001–2026
YearBodyConstituencyResultNotes
2001AssemblyKattakkada Won
2011AssemblyKattakkada Won
2026AssemblyNeyyattinkara, KeralaContesting
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Political entry

Kerala Students Union (KSU) and trade union work.

  • Local leader — KSU
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Ministerial & key roles

Deputy Speaker, then Speaker of the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly

Deputy Speaker 2011–2015; Speaker 2015–2016

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Organisational career

State

KPCC General Secretary

Indian National Congress

State/District

Leader in workers’ organisations

INTUC / trade unions

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Personal

date of birth1951-05-15
date of birth notesSpeaker profile gives 15 May 1951; some PDFs show 5 May due to typesetting; treating 15 May 1951 as primary.
place of birthKanjiramkulam, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India
nationalityIndian
professionPolitical and trade union worker
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Education

Schooling: Local schools in Kanjiramkulam.

M.A.

History

University College / University of Kerala (as per biographical notes)

LL.B. (course completed)

Law

Highest qualification: M.A.; LL.B. course completed

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Family

Father

Y. Nallathampi

Mother

Y. Thankamma

Marital status

Married

Spouse

Thankamma (often recorded as K. Thankamma)

Child

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Known for

Speaker of the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly.Congress leader from Kattakkada–Kanjiramkulam belt.
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Sources

Last compiled: 2026-04-02

  • Niyamasabha Speaker profile PDFs for N. Sakthan
  • Members’ bio pages listing education and family
  • Historical Assembly records for Kattakkada

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