Name of Member: Shri L. Balaraman
Political Party: Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar)
Constituency & State: Vandavasi (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha Experience: 8,9,11
BALARAMAN, SHRI LAKSHMANAN T.M.C.(M) - VANDAVASI (TAMIL NADU)
Father's Name : Shri V. Lakshmanan
Date of Birth : 4 January 1932
Place of Birth : Vill. Mottuppalayam in Distt. North Arcot
(Tamil Nadu)
Marital Status : Married on 11 June 1954
Spouse's Name : Smt. B. Jayalakshmi
Children : One son and five daughters
Educational Qualifications :
Matriculation
Educated at Don Bosco High School, Vellore
(Tamil Nadu)
Profession :
Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
29, Registrar Periyasamy Street, Sankaranpalayam, Vellore-
632001 (Tamil Nadu)
Tel. (0416) 32452
Positions Held :
1961-74 President, Village Panchayat, Mottuppalayam Vellore, Distt. North
Arcot
1961-65 and 1970-71 Chairman, Panchayat Council, Kaniyambadi,
Distt. North Arcot
1967-71 and 1980-84 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Member, Public Accounts Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Committee
on Government Assurances, Estimates Committee and Joint Select Committee on
Pollution and Cooperatives, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
1968-74 Member, C.W.C. and P.C.C., Tamil Nadu
1968-81 President, D.C.C., Distt. North Arcot
1968-91 Member, A.I.C.C. (I)
1972-78 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council
Whip, Congress Legislative Party and its Secretary thrice
1981-85 General Secretary, P.C.C. (I), Tamil Nadu
1984 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Member Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1989 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1990-91 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Tourism
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
Social and Cultural Activities :
Actively involved in spiritual and temple-related activities
Special Interests :
Rural development, Panchayati Raj, social and religious
reading, cultivation and public services
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Farming and reading
Countries Visited :
Denmark, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and Swedan
Other Information :
President (i) Cooperative Society, Motuppalayam, Vellore,
Distt. North Arcot, 1962-69, and (ii) Ex-Servicemen Cooperative Timber Works
Ltd., 1975-80; Director (i) Cooperative Society, Kaniyambadi,
1963-70; (ii) North Arcot District Cooperative
Sugar Mills, 1963-68; (iii) Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank, Vellore 1963-71; and
(iv) The Vellore Cooperative Central Bank; Member (i) Southern Railway Advisory
Board; (ii) Divisional Railway Users' Consultative Committee, Trichy; and
(iii) Telecommunications Advisory Sub-Committee for Madras Telecommunication
Area; participated in the peasant movement in 1972
Election Result :
Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 10,31,471
Total votes polled 7,17,844
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri L. Balaraman [T.M.C. (M)] 3,42,184
(2) Shri M. Krishnaswamy (I.N.C.) 1,68,880
(3) Shri P. Senthamizhselvan (P.M.K.) 1,06,388
(4) Shri A. Chinnadurai (M.D.M.K.) 39,449
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