K. K. Ramachandran Nair

Not to be confused with K. K. Ramachandran.

K.K. Ramachandran Nair (1953 - 14 January 2018)^[1] was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represented Chengannur constituency in the Kerala state legislative assembly from 2016 until his death.

Adv. K. K. Ramachandran Nair
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Chengannur
In office 2016–2018
Preceded by	P. C. Vishnunath
Succeeded by	Saji Cherian
Constituency	Chengannur
Personal details
Born	1953 Ala, Chengannur
Died	14 January 2018(2018-01-14) (aged 64–65) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Ponnumani
Children	Prashanth Ramachandran
Residence(s)	Chengannur, Kerala
Alma mater	Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram

Personal life

Nair was born in 1953 at Ala, Chengannur. He graduated in Master of Economics from N. S. S. College, Pandalam. Later he pursued a degree in law from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and completed the course in 1978.

He died at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 14 January 2018 at 4 am. He was undergoing treatment for liver disease.^[2]

Political career

Nair started his political career by unsuccessfully contesting in the Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2001 from Chengannur assembly constituency. He was defeated by Shobhana George of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1465 votes.^[3]

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Chengannur assembly constituency in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating P. C. Vishnunath of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7983 votes.^[4] He held this post until his death in 2018.