Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and former Member of Parliament from

Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency 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: Former Constituen ...

from 2019 to 2024 and a former MLA of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

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

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candidate from

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

for Lok Sabha election in 2019. He is a member of the Kerala Congress (M). 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 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 Men International 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 Mahatma Gandhi University Senate.

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Malayali politicians Living people Kerala Congress (M) politicians Indian accountants Politicians from Kottayam Kerala MLAs 1991–1996 India MPs 2019–2024 1952 births {{Kerala-politician-stub