Honey Benjamin
Honey Benjamin | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Kollam | |
| Assumed office 28 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Prasanna Earnest |
| Constituency | Vadakkumbhagam, Kollam City Corporation (Ward No:9) |
| In office 28 February 2025 – till date | |
| Preceded by | Prasanna Earnest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse | Benjamin |
| Children | Hamin J.Benjamin, Sandra J.Benjamin |
Honey Benjamin was the mayor of Kollam city. She is a CPI party member and politician from Kollam city, India. She was the first CPI mayor of Kollam City Corporation.[1][2][3][4] Benjamin first becaming mayor in 2014 by one vote,[5] with a total of 28 votes against her opponent Maya Ganesh of the UDF's 27 in the council election.[6] This election was held due to the resignation of ex-mayor Prasanna Earnest as part of an agreement with the LDF due to a no-confidence motion raised by the UDF.[6] However in the 2015 election, the name of V. Rajendrababu was proposed by Benjamin and he became the next mayor instead.[7] She later returned to power following the February 2025 election with Honey securing 37 votes, while UDF candidate and Maruthadi ward councillor Sumi M received seven votes.[8] She then lost the December 2025 election to A. K. Hafeez of the INC, ending 25 years of continuous LDF governance.[9]
Works and contributions
As mayor, Benjamin focused on issues such as waste management and the provision of electricity.[10] In January 2020, Benjamin announced a campaign to use drone-mapping to gather information about resource management in the city of Kollam.[11]
To promote shooting sports in Kollam district an indoor shooting range was opened in the city, Mayor Honey Benjamin lighted the traditional lamp.[12] Honey Benjamin presided over the inauguration of Kollam women’s police station which has become the second district in the State to have a women’s police station whereas Kannur holds the first place.[13]
References
- ^ "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". TNIE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Women's police station opened in Kollam". The Hindu. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "1,000 dogs to be sterilised in 90 days". The Hindu. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds". The Hindu. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Honey Benjamin New Mayor of Kollam". The New Indian Express. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ a b "In a first, Kollam gets CPI mayor in Honey Benjamin". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "V. Rajendrababu sworn in Mayor of Kollam". The Hindu. 19 November 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "CPI's Honey Benjamin elected as Kollam Mayor". The New Indian Express. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "A.K. Hafeez assumes office as first UDF Mayor of Kollam". The Hindu. 26 December 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ www.ETGovernment.com. "Kollam to accord waste management as top priority: Mayor Honey Benjamin – ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Staff Reporter (29 January 2020). "Kollam Corpn. to create awareness of survey". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Kollam gets an indoor shooting range". The Hindu. 25 January 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Women's police station opened in Kollam". The Hindu. 29 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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