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Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data
Sobha Surendran

🗓 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 fromPalakkad·Palakkad District

Sobha
Surendran

Sobha Surendran

BJP Kerala Women Wing President; contesting from Palakkad

4
Elections listed
0
Won
1987
Entered politics

Political affiliation

partyBharatiya Janata Party
state unitBJP Kerala
allianceNational Democratic Alliance (NDA)
ideologyRight-of-centre, Hindutva-oriented, as per BJP platform
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Electoral record

LLL0W · 3L · 2006–2026
YearBodyConstituencyResultNotes
2006AssemblyPonnani LostContested against Paloli Mohammedkutty (CPI(M)) and M. P. Gangadharan (INC); finished third with about 13,810 votes.
2014Lok SabhaPalakkad LostContested 2014 Lok Sabha election; increased BJP vote share but did not win the seat.
2016AssemblyKazhakkoottam LostContested a high-profile urban seat, significantly increasing BJP vote share despite defeat.
2026AssemblyPalakkadPending (election not yet held)Key BJP candidate in 2026; constituency seen as BJP’s best chance to return to the Kerala Assembly.

Political entry

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP); became associated with RSS at around 13 years of age.

  • Activist RSS / ABVP

    Her early involvement in Sangh Parivar organisations led to a full-time role in BJP in the early 1990s.

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Ministerial & key roles

Board Member

Serves as a member of the Board of Directors, reflecting her rise to national-level positions.

BJP Kerala General Secretary (Thrissur)

From 2025-07-12

Appointed General Secretary in Thrissur, expanding her organisational responsibilities.

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Organisational career

District

District Vice President

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)

Among her earliest formal posts in BJP’s youth wing in Kerala.

State

State Vice President

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)

State

State Secretary

BJP Mahila Morcha, Kerala

State

State President

BJP Mahila Morcha, Kerala

2010–2016

Under her leadership, Mahila Morcha units were formed in all 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala.

State

State Secretary

Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala

National

National Executive Member

Bharatiya Janata Party

2015–2021

Recognised as the first woman politician from Kerala to hold a position at BJP’s national level.

State

State General Secretary

Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala

2016–2020

State

State Vice President

Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala

2020–present

State

State Core Committee Member

Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala

2016–present

National

National Co-convener, Sadasyata Abhiyan (National Membership Drive)

Bharatiya Janata Party

Leadership role in the BJP national membership expansion programme.

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Personal

date of birth1974-01-01
date of birth notesYear 1974 is widely cited; exact day and month are not consistently reported, so 01-01 is a placeholder.
place of birthWadakkanchery, Thrissur district, Kerala, India
nationalityIndian
professionPolitician, agriculturist and social worker
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Education

Schooling: Schools in and around Wadakkanchery, Thrissur district (exact institutions not consistently documented).

Graduate

Highest qualification: Graduate

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Family

Marital status

Married

Spouse

K. K. Surendran

Agriculturist and Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Malappuram

Son

Son

2014Both Sobha and her husband K. K. Surendran have contested elections for BJP, sometimes in the same general election cycle (e.g., 2011 assembly and 2014 Lok Sabha).
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Known for

First woman politician from Kerala to hold a formal national-level position in BJP.Dynamic public speaking and strong grassroots connections.Consistently increasing BJP’s vote share in constituencies she contests.
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Sources

Last compiled: 2026-03-29

  • Wikipedia biography of Sobha Surendran
  • OneIndia candidate/leader profile (age, education, spouse and children)
  • News features on her organisational roles and 2026 Palakkad candidature
  • India Today and other national media profiles highlighting her rise in BJP

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