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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Benny Behanan
| image = BENNY BEHANAN.jpg
| imagesize =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1=23 May 2019
| predecessor1=[[Innocent(actor)|Innocent]]
| constituency1=[[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chalakudy]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|8|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vengola]], [[Travancore-Cochin]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Thrikkakara]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Sherly Benny
| children = 1 son & 1 daughter
| website = [https://bennybehanan.in www.bennybehanan.in]
}}
'''Benny Behanan''' (born 22 August 1952) is a [[Kerala]] politician of the [[Indian National Congress]] party who serves as [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from [[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. He was the MLA of [[Thrikkakara]] Legislative Assembly Constituency from 2011 to 2016.<ref>http://keralaassembly.org/election/assembly_poll.php?year=2011&no=83</ref><ref>http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/generalelection2011/RESULT_NOTIFICATION.pdf</ref> He was the General Secretary of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] for 17 years. Earlier he had won [[Piravom (State Assembly constituency)|Piravom]] in 1982, and unsuccessfully contested the Idukki Parliament Constituency as UDF Candidate to the Lok Sabha in 2004. In 2019 General election, he won the election with a margin of 132274 votes against the LDF candidate [[Innocent (actor)]].

==Political life==
Hailing from a Congress family, Benny Behanan has held various positions within the party.
*State president of the [[Kerala Students Union]] (KSU) from 1978–1979
*General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress Committee from 1979–1982
*Member of KPCC Executive Since 1981
*In 1982, he was elected to the Kerala State Legislative Assembly
*[[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) Member since 1996
*Managing Director, Veekshanam Daily Newspaper since 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://veekshanam.com/content/view/10015/26/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901042758/http://veekshanam.com/content/view/10015/26/ |archivedate=2011-09-01 }}</ref>
*President of Thrissur District Congress Committee since 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bennybehanan.net/BennyBehanan/About_Benny.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325071627/http://bennybehanan.net/BennyBehanan/About_Benny.html |archivedate=2011-03-25 }}</ref>
*Member Legislative Assembly in 2011 (Thrikkakkara Constituency)
*Convenor , [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF), 2018 - 2020

==Personal life==
Benny Behanan was born to O. Thomas and Chinnamma Thomas on 22 August 1952 at [[Vengola]], near [[Perumbavoor]] in present-day [[Kerala]] state, South India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bennybehanan.net/BennyBehanan/Home.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325071631/http://bennybehanan.net/BennyBehanan/Home.html |archivedate=2011-03-25 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{17th LS members from Kerala}}
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[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kochi]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]

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