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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = BalaBharathi
| name = K. Balabharathi
| image =  
| image = Selvi. K. Balabharathi, CPI(M) Politician.jpg
| caption =  
| caption =  
| birth_date =  
| birth_name = K. Nagalakshimi <ref>{{cite news|url=https://theekkathir.in/News/tamilnadu/madurai/the-works-of-a-warrior-who-carried-poetry-as-a-sword |title=கவிதையையும் வாளாக ஏந்திய ஒரு போராளியின் படைப்புகள் -அ. குமரேசன் |work=[[Theekkathir]] |date=18 September 2021|lang=ta}}</ref>
| birth_place =  
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|03|30}}
| birth_place = Kathiranampatti, [[Dindigul district]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/Mar/08/3-times-in-assembly-30-yrs-in-public-life-she-never-calls-it-a-day-901082.html |title=3 Times in Assembly, 30 Yrs in Public life, She Never Calls It a Day|date=6 March 2016}}</ref>
| residence =  
| residence =  
| death_date =  
| death_date =  
| death_place =  
| death_place =  
| constituency = [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)]]
| office = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]
| office = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]
| term_start =  
| termstart = 14 May 2001
| predecessor =  
| termend = 20 May 2016
| successor =  
| predecessor = [[R. Manimaran (Dindigul MLA)|R. Manimaran]]
| successor = [[Dindigul C. Srinivasan]]
| constituency = [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse =  
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| termstart = 15 may 2001
 
| termend = 14 may 2016
}}
}}


'''K. Balabharathi''' is an Indian politician and was a member of the [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu]] from the [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul constituency]]. She represented the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] party,<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> for whom she had also been elected to the [[Thirteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|previous Assembly]] from the same constituency in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]] elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>
'''K. Balabharathi''' is an Indian politician and a former member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] elected thrice from the [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul constituency]]. She represented the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] party in the, [[Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|12th]], [[Thirteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|13th]] and [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Legislative Assembly]] of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>


After she announced retirement from elections, the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]] resulted in her constituency being won by [[ADMK]] candidate [[Dindigul C.Sreenivasan]] against  
After she announced retirement from elections, the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]] resulted in her constituency being won by [[ADMK]] candidate [[C. Sreenivasan|Dindigul C.Sreenivasan]] against  
[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] candidate Basheer Ahmed.<ref>{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/101_150.html |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref>
[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] candidate Basheer Ahmed.<ref>{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/101_150.html |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
She had refused to pay toll charges of Rs.45 in toll gate near Erode. Traffic piled up because of her argument with toll officials and withheld traffic for almost 1 hour. She later accused the toll officials of threatening her with gun, which was later found that toll officials passed by her carrying collection money with armed personals to nearby bank. <ref>[https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/state-news/ex-mla-balabharathi-says-she-has-been-threatened-by-toll-gate-staffs-showing-gun/articleshow/73382696.cms]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:Members of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:Women in Tamil Nadu politics]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:People from Dindigul district]]
[[Category:People from Dindigul district]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]
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[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
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K. Balabharathi
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
In office
14 May 2001 – 20 May 2016
Preceded byR. Manimaran
Succeeded byDindigul C. Srinivasan
ConstituencyDindigul
Personal details
Born
K. Nagalakshimi [1]

(1963-03-30) 30 March 1963 (age 63)
Kathiranampatti, Dindigul district, Madras State, India[2]
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

K. Balabharathi is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elected thrice from the Dindigul constituency. She represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party in the, 12th, 13th and 14th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.[3][4]

After she announced retirement from elections, the elections of 2016 resulted in her constituency being won by ADMK candidate Dindigul C.Sreenivasan against DMK candidate Basheer Ahmed.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "கவிதையையும் வாளாக ஏந்திய ஒரு போராளியின் படைப்புகள் -அ. குமரேசன்". Theekkathir (in தமிழ்). 18 September 2021.
  2. "3 Times in Assembly, 30 Yrs in Public life, She Never Calls It a Day". 6 March 2016.
  3. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.