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'''Vidya Balakrishnan''' (born 1974) is an Indian politician from Kerala. She is a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from Elathur Assembly constituency in [[Kozhikode district]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=4 May 2026 |title=Elathur election result LIVE: Adv Vidya Balakrishnan of INC wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/elathur-kerala-assembly-2026-winner-live-updates-highlights-exaxt-en-liveblog-10071535.html |access-date=5 May 2026 |website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-05-04 |title=Kerala elections 2026: Check full list of winners |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/kerala-election-2026-live-constituency-wise-full-list-of-winners-mla-dharmadam-paravur-nemom-thrissur-palakkad/article70908187.ece |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is one of the 11 elected woman MLAs in 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-05-05 |title=Kerala assembly election results: New faces, key upsets mark women's performance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-assembly-election-results-new-faces-key-upsets-mark-womens-performance/articleshow/130814695.cms |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Vidya is from [[Kozhikode]], Kerala, graduated Law from [[Government Law College, Kozhikode]].<ref name=":0" /> She is a lawyer and a two time councillor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerala election results 2026: Meet 11 women MLAs of 16th Kerala Assembly and key losers |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2026/05/04/kerala-assembly-election-results-2026-10-women-mlas-and-losers.html |access-date=2026-05-05 |website=@onmanorama |language=en}}</ref>

Vidya became an MLA for the first time winning the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly electio]]<nowiki/>n from [[Elathur Assembly constituency]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]]. She polled 77,662 votes and defeated her nearest rival, [[A. K. Saseendran]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)]], by a margin of 12,162 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-04 |title=Elathur Election Result 2026 Highlights: INC's Vidya Balakrishnan with 77662 defeats NCP (SP)'s A.K. Saseendran |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/elathur-assembly-election-results-2026-live-updates-kerala-vote-counting-seat-constituency-candidates-leading-trailing-kaelb-2905291-2026-05-04 |access-date=2026-05-05 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-05-04 |title=Elathur assembly results: Congress’s Vidya Balakrishnan wins Elathur seat, defeats NCP (SP)’s A K Saseendran by 12,162 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/elathur/articleshow/130635939.cms |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-05-04 |title=Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: UDF sweeps Kozhikode with 12 seats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-assembly-elections-2026-udf-sweeps-kozhikode-with-12-seats/article70939892.ece |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Women members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2026–2031]]
[[Category:People from Kozhikode]]

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