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Benny Behanan

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Innocent
Constituency	Chalakudy

Personal details
Born	(1952-08-22) 22 August 1952 (age 72) Vengola, Travancore-Cochin, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Sherly Benny
Children	1 son & 1 daughter
Parent(s)	O. Thomas, Chinnamma Thomas
Residence	Thrikkakara
Website	www.bennybehanan.in [1]

Benny Behanan (born 22 August 1952) is an Indian politician from Kerala. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party who serves as Member of Parliament from Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency). He was the MLA of Thrikkakara Legislative Assembly Constituency from 2011 to 2016.^[1]^[2] He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee for 17 years. Earlier he had won Piravom in 1982, and unsuccessfully contested the Idukki Parliament Constituency as UDF Candidate to the Lok Sabha in 2004. In 2019 Indian general election, he won the election with a margin of 1,32,274 votes against the LDF candidate Innocent (actor). In 2024 Indian general election, he won the election with a margin of 63,754 votes against the LDF candidate C. Raveendranath.^[3]

Political life

Hailing from a Congress family, Benny Behanan has held various positions within the party.

Benny Behanan was born to O. Thomas and Chinnamma Thomas on 22 August 1952 at Vengola, near Perumbavoor in present-day Kerala, South India.^[6]

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Members

National Party	Indian National Congress
State Parties	Indian Union Muslim League Kerala Congress Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered Unrecognised Parties	All India Forward Bloc Bharatiya National Janata Dal Communist Marxist Party (John) Kerala Congress (Jacob) Nationalist Congress Kerala

Conveners

P. J. Joseph (1980-82)
Oommen Chandy (1982-85, 2001-04)
K. Sankaranarayanan (1985-2001)
P. P. Thankachan (2004-18)
Benny Behanan (2018-20)
M. M. Hassan (2020-Incumbent)

Leaders

Congress (various)	K. Karunakaran A. K. Antony Oommen Chandy K. Sudhakaran V. D. Satheesan Ramesh Chennithala Shashi Tharoor K. Muraleedharan K. R. Narayanan Mullappally Ramachandran P. J. Kurien K. Sankaranarayanan P. P. Thankachan V. M. Sudheeran M. M. Hassan Vayalar Ravi K. C. Venugopal
Indian Union Muslim League	C. H. Mohammed Koya K. Avukader Kutty Naha E. Ahamed P. K. Kunhalikutty E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Kerala Congress (various)	K. M. Mani P. J. Joseph T. M. Jacob R. Balakrishna Pillai
Left-parties	M. V. Raghavan K. R. Gouri Amma N. K. Premachandran Shibu Baby John A. A. Aziz C. P. John Mani C. Kappan

In Government

Kerala Chief Ministers

Kerala Deputy Chief Ministers	C. H. Mohammed Koya (1981–83) K. Avukader Kutty Naha (1983-87)

Ministries

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