Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and the current elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

from Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency and a former MLA of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

for Ettumanoor constituency from 1991 to 2011. He successfully contested as UDF candidate from

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

for Lok Sabha election in 2019. He is a member of the

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. He was the elder brother of politician Babu Chazhikadan, who was the original candidate from Ettumanoor, but killed by a lightning strike during the election campaign of 1991. He completed his articleship training from RGN Price & Co. Chartered Accountants. He is now a partner of Thomas Chazhikadan & Associates, a Chartered Accountant firm in Kottayam, Kerala.

Early life

Thomas Chazhikadan was born on 25 September 1952 at Veliyannoor,

to Cyriac and Aleyamma Chazhikadan. He was a member of several social service clubs such as

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; Y's Mens Club and

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. He has served as the President of the Kottayam District Co-operative Society and the Vice-President of the New Bank of India Officers Association. He had also been the Secretary of the Bankers Club, Kottayam and a member of the M.G. University Senate.

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External links

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Malayali politicians Living people Kerala Congress (M) politicians Indian accountants Politicians from Kottayam Kerala MLAs 1991–1996 India MPs 2019–present 1952 births {{Kerala-politician-stub