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Sobha Surendran is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala, allied to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sobha is the first woman politician from Kerala BJP to hold a position at the national level. She has acted as the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha. She also serves on the board of directors of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation. Sobha was born in the Wadakkanchery, Thrissur district, Kerala. Sobha is married to K. K. Surendran, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician also from Wadakkanchery. Sobha was the state president of the Mahila Morcha. She was a member of the party's core committee and was the state general secretary of the party. She was later moved from state general secretary to vice-president. In 2016, there was a close contest and she came second with 40,087 votes. Sobha, as the party's state general secretary, was then contesting both legislative assembly and general elections on a BJP ticket. Over the years her election results have been improving the party vote share. In 2019, Sobha contested the Attingal constituency and came third against Adoor Prakash of the Indian National Congress. In 2014 BJP got 92000 votes and in 2019 BJP got 248000 votes in Attingal. In 2021, for the Assembly election, Sobha Surendran contested the Kazhakkoottam constituency in the Thiruvananthapuram district and lost to Kadakampally Surendran CPI(M) candidate.