A. Balasubramaniam

A. Balasubramaniam (21 October 1917 – 5 September 1981) was an Indian communist politician from Tamil Nadu. He was a Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and served as Member of Legislative Assembly representing Dindigul Assembly constituency.

Political career In 1943, he became a member of the Communist Party of India.

In 1956, Balasubramaniam was elected secretary of the Madurai District Committee of the party and also became a member of the state secretariat of the Party.

He joined Communist Party of India (Marxist) during 1964 split in the CPI and he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M) at the Seventh Party congress held at Kolkata in 1964 and was re-elected to the Central Committee at Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Party Congresses.

In 1972, he became the secretary of the CPIM Tamil Nadu State Committee and remained so till the death.

He was elected to the Polit Bureau at the Jalandhar Congress of 1978 and remained a member of the PB till his death.

Election to the Madras Legislative Assembly He was a member of the Tamil Nadu assembly for one term from 1967 to 1971 representing Dindigul Assembly constituency. He defeated his nearest candidate O.C. Pillai of Indian National Congress by a margin of 12,844 votes.

Death He died on September 5, 1981.