V. Surendran Pillai was the minister for Ports and Youth Affairs in the government of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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He lost to V. S. Sivakumar

V. S. Sivakumar

V. S. Sivakumar is the present Minister for Transport and Devaswom of the Government of Kerala. He is representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala winning against V. Surendran Pillai of KC party in 2011 State Election. He started his political career as an activist of Kerala...

 in the 2011 State Election

Kerala State legislative assembly election, 2011

The thirteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members of the 140 constituencies in Kerala. Election results were released on 13 May 2011. The results proved to be one of the closest elections in Kerala's history, with the UDF beating the LDF by a margin of 4...

. He belongs to the Kerala Congress (Thomas)

Kerala Congress (Thomas)

Kerala Congress is a faction of Kerala Congress led by P. C. Thomas.Kerala Congress is part of Left Democratic Front ....

 faction of the Left Democratic Front

Left Democratic Front

Left Democratic Front is a coalition of left winged political parties in the state of Kerala, in India. This is one of the two major political coalitions in Kerala, each of which have been in power alternatively for the last two decades. LDF is the coalition that is presently in oppposition...

. He was the 183rd minister in the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Kerala Legislative Assembly

The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...

 and the sixteenth minister to be sworn in from the Kerala Congress. His ministership came in the second MLA term. From Anchal

Anchal

Anchal is a very fast developing town in the east central part of Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is the second fastest developing town in Kerala after Chalakudi. The name Anchal means the land of five proverbs. What characterizes this town is its quick pace of development...

 in Kollam

Kollam

Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...

, he is the son of K. Velayudhan Pillai and K. Kalyaniamma.