Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency

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

Kottayam KL-14
Lok Sabha constituency
Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Piravom Pala Kaduthuruthy Vaikom Ettumanoor Kottayam Puthuppally
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent K. Francis George
Party	Kerala Congress
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
85	Piravom	Ernakulam	Anoop Jacob		KC(J)		KEC
93	Pala	Kottayam	Mani C. Kappan		DCK		KEC
94	Kaduthuruthy		Monce Joseph		KEC		KEC
95	Vaikom (SC)		C. K. Asha		CPI		KC(M)
96	Ettumanoor		V. N. Vasavan		CPI(M)		KEC
97	Kottayam		Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan		INC		KEC
98	Puthuppally		Chandy Oommen		INC		KEC

Former Constituencies

• Kaduthuruthy
• Vaikom
• Ettumanoor
• Kottayam
• Puthuppally
• Changanassery
• Vazhoor

Members of Parliament

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
Travancore-Cochin
1952	1st	C. P. Mathew		Indian National Congress	1952 – 1957
After the Formation of Kerala
1957	2nd	Mathew Maniyangadan		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1962
1962	3rd				1962 – 1967
1967	4th	K. M. Abraham		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1971
1971	5th	Varkey George		Kerala Congress	1971 – 1977
1977	6th	Skariah Thomas			1977 – 1980
1980	7th				1980 – 1984
1984	8th	K.Suresh Kurup		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1984 – 1989
1989	9th	Ramesh Chennithala		Indian National Congress	1989 – 1991
1991	10th				1991 – 1996
1996	11th	K.Suresh Kurup		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1996 – 1998
1998	12th				1998 – 1999
1999	13th				1999 – 2004
2004	12th				2004 - 2009
2009	15th	Jose K. Mani		Kerala Congress (Mani)	2009 – 2014
2014	16th				2014 – 2018
2019	17th	Thomas Chazhikadan			2019–2024
2024	18th	K. Francis George		Kerala Congress	2024-Incumbent

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kottayam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	K. Francis George	364,631	43.60	26.56
	KC(M)	Thomas Chazhikadan	2,77,365	33.17	13.08
	BDJS	Thushar Vellappally	1,65,046	19.74	New
	NOTA	None of the above	11,933	1.43
Margin of victory			87,266	10.43	−1.17
Turnout			835,855	67.00	−8.47
	KEC gain from KC(M)		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Thomas Chazhikadan	421,046	46.25	−4.71
	CPI(M)	V. N. Vasavan	3,14,787	34.58
	KEC	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
	KC(M) 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	%	±%
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	4,24,194	50.96	+0.83
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	3,03,595	36.47	N/A
	KEC(Nat.)	Noble Mathew	44,357	5.33	N/A
	AAP	Adv. Anil Aickara	26,381	3.17	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	14,024	1.69	−−−
Margin of victory			1,20,599	14.50	−5.65
Turnout			8,31,636	71.70
	KC(M) hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Jose K Mani	4,04,962	50.13	+50.13
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	3,33,392	41.27	−7.07
	BJP	Narayanan Namboothiri	37,422	4.63	−2.88
Margin of victory
Turnout			8,07,820	73.75
	KC(M) gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup[3]	3,41,213	48.34	+1.07
	INC	Anto Antony	2,98,299	42.27	−3.55
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	53,034	7.51	+1.81
Margin of victory			42,914
Turnout			7,05,776
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	3,44,296	47.27	+0.29
	INC	P. C. Chacko	3,33,697	45.82	−0.40
	BJP	K. R. Surendran	41,531	5.70	−0.29
Margin of victory
Turnout			7,33,725	72.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	3,35,893	46.98	−−−
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	3,30,447	46.22	−4.04
	BJP	George Kurian	42,830	5.99	−−−
Margin of victory
Turnout			7,19,864	73.26
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	3,44,587	50.26	−1.72
	JD	Jayalakshmi	2,77,539	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			7,13,707	76.07
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	3,66,759	51.98	+0.63
	JD	Thampan Thomas	3,04,137	43.10	−−−
	BJP	George Kurian	22,622	3.21	+0.75
Margin of victory
Turnout			7,01,660	72.46
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	3,84,809	51.35
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	3,31,276	44.21
	BJP	Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan	18,449	2.46
Margin of victory
Turnout			7,52,839	84.57
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Kottayam district
• 2019 Indian general election
• Indian general election, 2019 (Kerala)
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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.
2. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kottayam". Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
3. "IndiaVotes Close Contest: Kerala 2004".

External links

• Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
• Kottayam Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019

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