Kadavoor Sivadasan

Kadavoor Sivadasan
Kadavoor Sivadasan
Personal details
Born	11 March 1932; Kadavoor, Kollam
Died	17 May 2019 (aged 87); Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence(s)	Kollam, Kerala
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Advocate, political worker, trade unionist

Kadavoor Sivadasan (also known as K. Sivadasan) (11 March 1932 – 17 May 2019) was a Minister in the Indian state of Kerala, Political leader, a noted advocate, and trade unionist from Kerala, India.

Political career

Entering politics through students movements, he became the president of Progressive Students Union (PSU) in 1958. Later he enrolled as an advocate in Kollam Bar and was in active practice.

Sivadasan got elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for first time in 1980 contesting as an RSP candidate.^[1] He became elected in 1982 too as an RSP member. In 1991, 1996 and 2001 he got elected again, contesting as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.^{[citation needed]}

Sivadasan was the minister for labour from 28 December 1981 to 17 March 1982 and minister for labour and excise during 1982–87 in the ministries headed by K. Karunakaran.^[2]

He served as Minister for Forests and Wildlife from 20 April 1995 to 9 May 1996 in the Ministry headed by A. K. Antony; again he was the Minister for Electricity from 26 May 2001 to 11 February 2004 and held the portfolios of health and family welfare from 11 February 2004 to 29 August 2004 in the ministry, also headed by A. K. Antony.^[3] Sivadasan was a senior congress leader and also^[when?] served as DCC president of Kollam district, Kerala. ^{[citation needed]}

An active trade unionist, Sivadasan served as Secretary of Kerala Provisional United Trade Union Congress in 1977,^{[citation needed]} and participated in the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva representing Central Government in 1985.^{[citation needed]} He also visited Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany and United Arab Emirates in various capacities.^{[citation needed]}

Assembly election candidature history

Year	Constituency	Opponent	Result	Margin
1980	Quilon	C. V. Padmarajan (INC)	Won	2,414^[4]
1982	Quilon	S. Thyagarajan (RSP)	Won	5,802^[5]
1987	Quilon	Babu Divakaran (RSP)	Lost	12,722^[6]
1991	Quilon	Babu Divakaran (RSP)	Won	4,476^[7]
1996	Quilon	Babu Divakaran (RSP)	Lost	6,298^[8]
2001	Kundara	J. Mercykutty Amma (CPI(M))	Won	4,467^[9]
2006	Kundara	M.A. Baby (CPI(M))	Lost	14,869^[10]

Death

He died on 17 May 2019 due to age-related illness.^[11]

References

^ Kumar, G. Gopa (1986). Regional political parties and state politics. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 98. OCLC 14362838.
^ Asian Recorder. 28: lxii. 1982. ISSN 0004-4644. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Ali, Sálim; R. Sugathan (1999). Birds of Kerala. Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department. p. x. ISBN 978-81-900978-0-2.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1980". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "1982 - Kerala Election Results". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1987". www.elections.in. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1991". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1996". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2001". Elections.in. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2006". www.elections.in. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Kerala".