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| image = Karthikeyan 2012.jpg<br />
| name = G. Karthikeyan<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1949|01|20|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Varkala]], [[Travancore–Cochin|United State of Travancore and Cochin]], [[Dominion of India]]<br>(present day [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|03|07|1949|01|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| office = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| governor1 = {{Unbulleted_list|[[R. S. Gavai]]|[[M. O. H. Farook]]|[[H. R. Bhardwaj]]|[[Nikhil Kumar]]|[[Sheila Dikshit]]|[[P. Sathasivam]]}}<br />
| term_start = {{Start date|2011|06|02|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/g-karthikeyan-elected-speakerkerala-assembly/437673/|title=G Karthikeyan elected Speaker of Kerala Assembly|author=BS Reporter|date=3 June 2011|work=business-standard.com|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><br />
| term_end = {{End date|2015|03|07|df=yes}}<br />
| predecessor = [[K. Radhakrishnan (politician)|K. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| successor = [[N. Sakthan]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Aruvikkara (State Assembly constituency)|Aruvikkara]]<br />
| office2 = Deputy leader of the Opposition & [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M.L.A]] for [[Aryanad]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2006||}}<br />
| term_end2 = {{End date|2011||}}<br />
| office3 = Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, [[Government of Kerala]]<br />
| term_start3 = {{Start date|2001||}}<br />
| term_end3 = {{End date|2004||}}<br />
|predecessor3 = [[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]<br />
|successor3=[[Adoor Prakash]]<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| spouse = Dr. M. T. Sulekha<br />
| children = 2 (incl. [[K. S. Sabarinadhan]])<br />
| parents = <br />
| website = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 7 March<br />
| year = 2015<br />
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010172838/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4101&Itemid=2608 kerala.gov.in<br />
}}<br />
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'''G. Karthikeyan''' (20 January 1949 – 7 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former speaker of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Aruvikkara (State Assembly constituency)|Aruvikkara constituency]], who represented the [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
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==Political life==<br />
G. Karthikeyan entered politics through student movements and was a leader of [[Kerala Students Union]] (KSU). He held a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree. He served as the State president of Kerala Students Union. He was a Student member of senate of [[Kerala University]] and Secretary of Kerala University Union. He also held various posts in [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]], including State General Secretary and State President. He was the General Secretary of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC).<ref>[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/karthikeyan.pdf G. Karthikeyan at Niyamasabha]</ref> Karthikeyan was the only elected Vice President of KPCC and also served as the Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He served as Minister for Electricity ([[Government of Kerala]]) in the Ministry headed by [[A. K. Antony|Shri A.K. Antony]] in 1995 and was the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in the A.K. Antony Ministry in 2001. He was also an A.I.C.C. Member.<br />
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G Karthikeyan has been elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly as M.L.A in 1982 (Trivandrum North),1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 (Aryanad) and in 2011 (Aruvikkara). He was elected as the speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2011, succeeding [[K. Radhakrishnan]]. He died on 7 March 2015, aged 66, at Health Care Global (H.C.G.) hospital in [[Bangalore]], after suffering from serious complications of [[cancer]]. He was the second Speaker to die in office, after [[K. M. Seethi]] Sahib in 1961, and the first to die during a legislative session. He is survived by his wife and children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/kerala-assembly-speaker-g-karthikeyan-passes-away/|title=Kerala Assembly speaker G Karthikeyan passes away|date=7 March 2015|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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!colspan="4"|'''Major Election Victories'''<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year'''||'''Constituency'''||'''Closest rival'''||'''Majority (votes)'''<br />
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|1982||Trivandrum North||K. Anirudhan ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])||8,846<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1982_ST_REP.pdf</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1991||Aryanad||K. Pankajakshan ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])||3,480<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1991_ST_REP.pdf</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1996||Aryanad||K.P Sankaradas ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])||8,617<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1996_ST_REP.pdf</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2001||Aryanad||G. Arjunan ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])||12,071<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2001_ST_REP.pdf</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2006||Aryanad||T.J Chandrachoodan ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])||2,198<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2006_ST_REP.pdf</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2011||Aruvikkara||Sreedharan Nair ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])||10,674<ref>http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/LAC-2011-RESULTS/136B.pdf</ref><br />
|}<br />
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