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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = N. Kannan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|10|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start = 1996<br />
| term_end = 2001<br />
| constituency = [[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)|Wandoor]]<br />
|predecessor = [[Pandalam Sudhakaran]]<br />
|successor = [[A. P. Anil Kumar]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
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| image_size = 220 px<br />
}}<br />
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'''N. Kannan''' was the former Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1996|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m278.htm|website=www.niyamasabha.org|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> In the 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly, he represented [[Wandoor]] constituency from 1996-2001.<ref name=":1" /> He is the only communist leader who marked a victory in [[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
N Kannan was born to N. Chathan and P Kali on 12 October 1955.<ref name=":1" /> He is married to Ajitha Ikkaden.<ref name=":1" /> He has two sons, Arjun and Abhinav.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
The active involvement in Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF) made Kannan a political activist. KSYF is the precursor to [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]. He was elected as the Panchayat Joint Secretary of KSYF. He then moved on to Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union (KSKTU) affiliated or Kerala Agricultural Workers Union. He was the Panchayat Secretary of Trikkalangode unit of KSKTU and later became Area Secretary of Wandoor unit. He was also the former Malappuram District President of KSKTU. Currently, he is the state committee member of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union.{{fact|date=August 2024}}<br />
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He has held the office of district president of Pattikajathi Kshema Samithi (PKS), a Dalit outfit of CPI(M) in Kerala. He is now the state committee member of PKS. He is also the area secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in Wandoor and the district committee member of Malappuram committee.{{fact|date=August 2024}}<br />
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In 1988 , N Kannan was elected as the Member of [[Trikkalangode]] Panchayat. In 1990, he was elected to the District Council of Malappuram from Wandoor division. From 1995-2000, he was elected to the [[Malappuram district|Malappuram District Panchayat]] from [[Trikkalangode]] division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malappuram District Panchayat|url=http://malappuramdistrictpanchayath.kerala.gov.in/core/history.htm|website=malappuramdistrictpanchayath.kerala.gov.in|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605113108/http://malappuramdistrictpanchayath.kerala.gov.in/core/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1996, he was elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from Wandoor.<ref name=":1" /> He got defeated to [[A. P. Anil Kumar|A.P Anil Kumar]] of Indian National Congress. He was elected as the President of [[Thiruvali]] Gram Panchayat from 2005-10. He is currently the member of both Nilambur Land Board<ref>{{Cite web|title=LAND TRIBUBALS|url=http://kja.gov.in/data/pdf/state%20land%20board%20offices.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=The Kerala Judicial Academy|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> and Malappuram district SC and ST welfare committee.{{fact|date=August 2024}}<br />
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{| class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! No. !! Year !! Constituency !! Winner !! Votes !! Political Party !! Runner-up !! Votes !! Political Party || Margin<br />
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"<br />
| 1 || 1996 || [[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)]] || N Kannan || 55399 || [[CPI(M)]]|| [[Pandalam Sudhakaran]] || 51198 || [[Indian National Congress]] || 4201<br />
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"<br />
| 2 || 2001 || [[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)]] || [[A. P. Anil Kumar|A.P. Anilkumar]] || 80059 || [[Indian National Congress]]|| N Kannan || 51834 || [[CPI(M)]] || 28225<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1955 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1996–2001]]<br />
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