residence constituency governor date successor religion children birth_place party birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name
dhanuvachapuram , kerala neyyattinkara h.r. bhardwaj 1949 03 05 y incumbent nadar , christian 2 daughters dhanuvachapuram , trivandrum indian national congress 24px 05 march 1949 may 18 , 2011 smt . mary valsala selvaraj 2012.jpg r. selvaraj
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r. selvaraj

r. selvaraj is a member of the legislative assembly -lrb- mla -rrb- representing neyyattinkara constituency , thiruvananthapuram , kerala , india .
he was a member of the communist party of india -lrb- marxist -rrb- , the present opposition party in kerala , but resigned from the kerala legislature and the party on 9 march 2012 and joined indian national congress party .
his resignation was attributed to rampant factionalism in his party .
after joining the indian national congress , he contested the by-election from neyyattinkara on `` hand '' symbol and romped home with a margin of 6,334 votes , pushing up the ruling udf 's slender majority in the 140-member kerala assembly to 73 .
