Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kottayam
Kottayam
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Map of Kottayam Parliament Constituency
Incumbent	Thomas Chazhikadan
Parliamentary Party	KC(M)
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Kerala
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (6 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Piravom; Pala; Kaduthuruthy; Vaikom; Ettumanoor; Kottayam; Puthuppally

Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
85	Piravom	None	Ernakulam
93	Pala	None	Kottayam
94	Kaduthuruthy	None	Kottayam
95	Vaikom	SC	Kottayam
96	Ettumanoor	None	Kottayam
97	Kottayam	None	Kottayam
98	Puthuppally	None	Kottayam

Members of Parliament

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
Travancore-Cochin
1952	1st	C. P. Matthew	INC	1952 – 1957
After the Formation of Kerala
1957	2nd	Mathew Maniyangadan	INC	1957 – 1962
1962	3rd	Mathew Maniyangadan	INC	1962 – 1967
1967	4th	K. M. Abraham	CPI(M)	1967 – 1971
1971	5th	Varkey George	KC	1971 – 1977
1977	6th	Skariah Thomas		1977 – 1980
1980	7th	Skariah Thomas		1980 – 1984
1984	8th	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	1984 – 1989
1989	9th	Ramesh Chennithala	INC	1989 – 1991
1991	10th			1991 – 1996
1996	11th			1996 – 1998
1998	12th	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	1998 – 1999
1999	13th			1999 – 2004
2004	14th			2004 – 2009
2009	15th	Jose K. Mani	KC(M)	2009 – 2014
2014	16th	Jose K. Mani		2014 – 2018
2019	17th	Thomas Chazhikadan		Incumbent

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Kerala Congress (Mani)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]]	Thomas Chazhikadan	4,21,046	46.25	-4.71
	CPI (M)	V.N. Vasavan	3,14,787	34.58
	[[Kerala Congress\|Template:Kerala Congress/meta/shortname]]	Adv. P.C Thomas	1,54,658	17.04
Margin of victory			1,06,251	11.66	-2.84
Turnout			9,10,648	75.47	+3.77
	[[Kerala Congress (Mani)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]] hold		Swing	-4.71

Elected MP Thomas Chazhikadan switched to LDF alliance as he sided with Jose K Mani after the Split in Kerala Congress in 2020.

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Kerala Congress (Mani)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]]	Jose K. Mani	424,194	50.96	+0.83
	[[Janata Dal (Secular)\|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Mathew T. Thomas	303,595	36.47	N/A
style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Nationalist)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Kerala Congress (Nationalist)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Nationalist)/meta/shortname]]	Noble Mathew	44,357	5.33	N/A
	AAP	AniAikkara	26,381	3.17	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	14,024	1.69	---
Margin of victory			120,599	14.50	-5.65
Turnout			831,636	71.70
	[[Kerala Congress (Mani)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]] hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Kerala Congress (Mani)\|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]]	Jose K Mani	404,962	50.13	+50.13
	CPI (M)	K. Suresh Kurup	333,392	41.27	-7.07
	BJP	Narayanan Namboothiri	37,422	4.63	-2.88
Margin of victory
Turnout			807,820	73.75
	Kerala Congress (Mani) gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. Suresh Kurup	341,213	48.34	+1.07
	INC	Anto Antony	298,299	42.27	-3.55
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	53,034	7.51	+1.81
Margin of victory
Turnout			705,776
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. Suresh Kurup	344,296	47.27	+0.29
	INC	P. C. Chacko	333,697	45.82	-0.40
	BJP	K. R. Surendran	41,531	5.70	-0.29
Margin of victory
Turnout			733,725	72.05
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. Suresh Kurup	335,893	46.98	---
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	330,447	46.22	-4.04
	BJP	George Kurian	42,830	5.99	---
Margin of victory
Turnout			719,864	73.26
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	344,587	50.26	-1.72
	JD	Jayalakshmi	277,539	40.48	-2.62
	Independent	A. K. Achary	29,319	4.28	---
	BSP	Paul Chirakarode	10,083	1.47	+0.65
Margin of victory
Turnout			713,707	76.07
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	366,759	51.98	+0.63
	JD	Thampan Thomas	304,137	43.10	---
	BJP	George Kurian	22,622	3.21	+0.75
Margin of victory
Turnout			701,660	72.46
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election : Kottayam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	384,809	51.35
	CPI (M)	K. Suresh Kurup	331,276	44.21
	BJP	Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan	18,449	2.46
Margin of victory
Turnout			752,839	84.57
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

References

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

External links

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Coordinates: 9°36′N 76°31′E / 9.60°N 76.52°E / 9.60; 76.52

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

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