Honey Benjamin

Honey Benjamin is the present mayor of Kollam city. She is a CPI party member and politician from Kollam city, India. She is the first CPI mayor of Kollam City Corporation.[1][2][3][4]

Honey Benjamin
Mayor of Kollam(Quilon)
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2019
Preceded by	V. Rajendrababu
Constituency	Vadakkumbhagam, Kollam City Corporation (Ward No:9)
In office 27 November 2014 – 31 October 2015
Preceded by	Prasanna Earnest
Succeeded by	V. Rajendrababu
Personal details
Born	Kollam
Political party	Communist Party of India
Spouse(s)	Benjamin
Children	Hamin J.Benjamin, Sandra J.Benjamin
Residence	'Sandra Dale', Kavadipuram Nagar-85, Asramam, Kollam-02

Benjamin won the election by one vote,[5] with a total of 28 votes against her opponent's 27.[6] As mayor, Benjamin focused on issues such as waste management and the provision of electricity.[7] In January 2020, Benjamin announced a campaign to use drone-mapping to gather information about resource management in the city of Kollam.[8]

References

1. "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". TNIE. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. "Women's police station opened in Kollam". The Hindu. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
3. "1,000 dogs to be sterilised in 90 days". The Hindu. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
4. "Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds". The Hindu. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
5. "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
6. "In a first, Kollam gets CPI mayor in Honey Benjamin". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
7. www.ETGovernment.com. "Kollam to accord waste management as top priority: Mayor Honey Benjamin - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
8. Reporter, Staff (29 January 2020). "Kollam Corpn. to create awareness of survey". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

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