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| image = Honey Benjamin (2).jpg<br />
| name = Honey Benjamin<br />
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| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = [[Kollam]]<br />
| residence = 'Sandra Dale', Kavadipuram Nagar-85, [[Asramam]], <br />[[Kollam]]-02<br />
| death_date = <br />
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| constituency = Vadakkumbhagam, <br />[[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam City Corporation]] <br />(''Ward No:9'')<br />
| office = [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Mayor of Kollam(Quilon)]]<br />
| term_start = 16 December 2019<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = V. Rajendrababu<br />
| successor =<br />
| term_start1 = 27 November 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 31 October 2015<br />
| predecessor1 = Prasanna Earnest<br />
| successor1 = V. Rajendrababu<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| spouse = Benjamin<br />
| children = Hamin J.Benjamin, <br />Sandra J.Benjamin<br />
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'''Honey Benjamin''' is the former mayor of [[Kollam]] city. She is a [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] party member and politician from Kollam city, India. She is the first [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] mayor of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam City Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2014/11/26/Honey-Benjamin-New-Mayor-of-Kollam/article2541392.ece<br />
|title=Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam<br />
|publisher=TNIE<br />
|accessdate=2015-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/womens-police-station-opened-in-kollam/article7700586.ece<br />
|title=Women's police station opened in Kollam<br />
|newspaper=The Hindu<br />
|accessdate=2015-10-03|date=29 September 2015<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/1000-dogs-to-be-sterilised-in-90-days/article7704642.ece<br />
|title=1,000 dogs to be sterilised in 90 days<br />
|newspaper=The Hindu<br />
|accessdate=2015-10-03|date=30 September 2015<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollam-pooram-draws-huge-crowds/article7111750.ece<br />
|title=Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds<br />
|newspaper=The Hindu<br />
|accessdate=2015-10-03|date=17 April 2015<br />
}}</ref> Benjamin won the election by one vote,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2014/nov/26/2014-686852.html|title=Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> with a total of 28 votes against her opponent's 27.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141126/nation-current-affairs/article/first-kollam-gets-cpi-mayor-honey-benjamin|title=In a first, Kollam gets CPI mayor in Honey Benjamin|date=2014-11-26|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref><br />
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== Works and Contributions ==<br />
As mayor, Benjamin focused on issues such as [[waste management]] and the provision of electricity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/smart-infra/kollam-to-accord-waste-management-as-top-priority-mayor-honey-benjamin/72951329|title=Kollam to accord waste management as top priority: Mayor Honey Benjamin – ET Government|last=www.ETGovernment.com|website=ETGovernment.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> In January 2020, Benjamin announced a campaign to use [[Drone (aircraft)|drone]]-mapping to gather information about resource management in the city of Kollam.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollam-corpn-to-create-awareness-of-survey/article30686725.ece|title=Kollam Corpn. to create awareness of survey|date=2020-01-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-13|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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To promote shooting sports in Kollam district an indoor shooting range was opened in the city, Mayor Honey Benjamin lighted the traditional lamp.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2015-01-25|title=Kollam gets an indoor shooting range|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollam-gets-an-indoor-shooting-range/article6820424.ece|access-date=2021-10-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Honey Benjamin presided over the inauguration of [[Kollam district|Kollam]] women’s police station which has become the second district in the State to have a women’s police station whereas [[Kannur]] holds the first place.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2015-09-29|title=Women’s police station opened in Kollam|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/womens-police-station-opened-in-kollam/article7700586.ece|access-date=2021-10-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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