Innocent (ILDF): Chalakudy, Kerala
Comedian – cum actor turned politician completed his education till 8th grade from SN School, Irinjalacuda in Kerala.
He contested as a Left-backed Independent from the Chalakudy constituency in Kerala and beat Congress strongman PC Chacko by 13,884 votes, making it one of the biggest surprises in Kerala's election history.
The 69-year-old filmstar is also the president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes.
In a career spanning four decades, Innocent has acted in more than 500 films. Innocent, who survived cancer just a few months before he plunged into the electoral arena, jotted down his experiences as a patient in the memoir titled Cancer Wardile Chiri (Smile in the Cancer Ward).
A part of this book has been included in the Malayalam textbook for Class V of the Kerala State syllabus this academic year.