S. R. Balasubramaniam

S. R. Balasubramaniam
S. R. Balasubramaniam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 30 June 2016 – 29 June 2022
Preceded by	A. W. Rabi Bernard
Succeeded by	C. V. Shanmugam
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
	In office; 29 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda
Preceded by	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
Succeeded by	Himself
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 19 March 1998 Serving with M. P. Veerendra Kumar(26 May 1997–2 July1997); Jayanthi Natarajan(9 June 1997–19 March 1998)
Prime Minister	Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	R. K. Kumar
Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
	In office; 29 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda
Preceded by	Margaret Alva
Succeeded by	Himself
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 19 March 1998
Prime Minister	Inder Kumar Gujral
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Kadambur R. Janarthanan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1996–1998
Preceded by	R. Prabhu
Succeeded by	Master Mathan
Constituency	Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 15 May 1991 – 12 March 1996
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	G. K. Moopanar
Succeeded by	S. Balakrishnan
Constituency	Pongalur
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1989–1996
Preceded by	P. Kandaswamy
Succeeded by	P. Mohan Kandaswamy
Constituency	Pongalur
Personal details
Born	16 November 1938; Sultanpet, Coimbatore district, Madras Presidency, British India
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress; Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
Spouse	B. Balamani (m. 1968)
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Ramabadra Naidu (father); Rukmani Ammal (mother);
Education	Pachaiyappa's College; Madras Law College, University of Madras

S. R. Balasubramaniam, is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Pongalur constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections. After being an MLA he was elected as the central minister. He was also an elected member of the Parliament in Lok Sabha from Nilgiris constituency from 1996 to 1998. From 2016 to 2022 he was the Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on behalf of AIADMK.^[1]^[2]

He joined the congress party with the influence of Kamaraj and followed way with G. K. Moopanar. He was elected from Pongalur constituency twice, 1989-1991 and 1991–1996. He served as opposition leader in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from 1991 to 1996. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Nilgiris from 1996 to 1998 and became the union minister for personal, public, governance, and parliamentary affairs in 1996–1997.

He was again elected as INC MLA from Thondamuthur constituency from 2001 to 2006.

In June 2016, he was announced as the party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial polls. On 3 June 2016, he was elected unopposed along with three others from his party.^[3]^[4]

References

[1] 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[2] 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[3] "26 Rajya Sabha members elected unopposed in six states (Roundup) - Times of India". The Times of India.

[4] "Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. 3 June 2016.

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