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{{Short description|Indian politician (1917–1981)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = A. Balasubramaniam<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| office3 = State Secretary of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist) — Tamil Nadu|Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1972<br />
| term_end3 = 5 September 1981<br />
| preceded3 = [[M. R. Venkataraman]]<br />
| successor3 = [[A. Nallasivan]]<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Central Committee]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term_start1 = 7 November 1964<br />
| term_end1 = 5 September 1981<br />
| succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--><br />
| predecessor2 = R. Rengasamy<br />
| successor2 = O. N. Sundaram Pillai<br />
| constituency2 = [[Dindigul Assembly constituency|Dindigul]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1967<br />
| term_end2 = 1971<br />
| office4 = Member of [[Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term_start4 = 8 April 1978<br />
| term_end4 = 5 September 1981<br />
| majority = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|10|21|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|9|5|1917|10|21|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| relatives = <br />
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| resting_place_coordinates = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
}}<br />
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'''A. Balasubramaniam''' (21 October 1917 – 5 September 1981) was an Indian [[communist]] politician from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was a [[Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Polit Bureau]] member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and served as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Dindigul Assembly constituency]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 1943, he became a member of the [[Communist Party of India]].<br />
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In 1956, Balasubramaniam was elected secretary of the Madurai District Committee of the party and also became a member of the state secretariat of the Party. <br />
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He joined [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] during [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|1964 split in the CPI]] and he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M) at the Seventh Party congress held at Kolkata in 1964 and was re-elected to the Central Committee at Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Party Congresses.<br />
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In 1972, he became the secretary of the CPIM Tamil Nadu State Committee and remained so till the death. <br />
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He was elected to the [[Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Polit Bureau]] at the Jalandhar Congress of 1978 and remained a member of the PB till his death.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cpim.org/members-pb-7th-19th-congress/ | title=Members of PB – 7th to 19th Congress|website = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] }}</ref><br />
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==Election to the Madras Legislative Assembly==<br />
He was a member of the Tamil Nadu assembly for one term from 1967 to 1971 representing [[Dindigul Assembly constituency]]. He defeated his nearest candidate O.C. Pillai of [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 12,844 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3325-tamil-nadu-1967/|title = Tamil Nadu, 1967}}</ref><br />
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{{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Dindigul<ref>{{Cite web| last = Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election 1967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date= 19 April 2009}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Balasubramaniam |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=42,381 |percentage=58.93% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=O. C. Pillai |party=Indian National Congress |votes=29,537 |percentage=41.07% |change=-7.16% }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,844 |percentage=17.86% |change=13.54% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=71,918 |percentage=78.54% |change= 1.16% }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 94,204 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 10.70% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died on September 5, 1981.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2021/0228_pd/red-salute-com-nallasivan-we-enter-centenary-year-his-birth | title=Red Salute to Com a Nallasivan as We Enter the Centenary Year of his Birth &#124; Peoples Democracy|quote = This rich experience of his proved very valuable for the Party when, in 1981, following the death of Com A Balasubramanian, the then secretary of the Tamil Nadu state committee of the CPI(M), Com AN became the secretary of the Tamil Nadu state committee.}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1917 births]]<br />
[[Category:1981 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1967–1971]]<br />
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