Thomas Unniyadan

Thomas Unniyadan is a local politician and Kerala Congress (Joseph) Leader. He was a member of Kerala legislative assembly from Irinjalakuda from 2001 to 2016. He lost the 2016 election to Prof. K.U Arunan by a margin of 2711 votes. He was born in Vaikom, the famous temple town in Kottayam district, as the son of Sri. Mathew Joseph and Smt. Mary Joseph. He is an advocate by profession. He is married to Smt. Sherly, and has two daughters. He is settled in Irinjalakuda.

Adv. Thomas Unniyadan
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2016
Preceded byLonappan Nambadan
Succeeded byK.U. Arunan
ConstituencyIrinjalakuda
Personal details
Born19 June 1958
Vaikom,Kottayam
Nationality Indian
Political partyKerala Congress (Joseph)
Other political
affiliations		Kerala Congress (M)
RelationsSri.Mathew Joseph(father)
Smt.Mary Joseph(Mother)
Smt.Sherly (Spouse)
Children2 Daughters
MotherSmt.Mary Joseph
FatherSri.Mathew Joseph
ResidenceIrinjalakuda,Kerala
EducationB.A.,L.L.B

Performance in assembly elections
Party 1996 Votes
KC[M]Adv.Thomas Unniyadan43295
CPI[M]Lonappan Nambadan49421
BJPBiju Menon6890
BSPK. K. Ramakrishnan775
Lost toLonappan NambadanBy 6126
Party 2001 Votes
KC[M]Adv.Thomas Unniyadan54242
CPI[M]T. Sasidharan53836
BJPP. Mukundan Menon5565
INDSasidharan1867
OTHP. N. Suran1052
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 406
Party 2006 Votes
KC[M]Adv.Thomas Unniyadan58825
CPI[M]C. K. Chandran (Chembara)50830
BJPP. G. Anil Kumar3796
BSPP. K. Subrahmanian586
INDC. K. Chandran Chenangat637
OTHP. N. Suran564
INDThomas Oolakkadan635
INDA. A. Thomas235
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 7995
Party 2011 Votes
KC[M]Adv.Thomas Unniyadan68445
CPI[M]K.R. Vijaya56041
BJPK.C. Venugopal6672
BSPSubrahmanian449
OTHT.V. Sivadasan772
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 12404
Party 2016 Votes
KC[M]Adv.Thomas Unniyadan57019
CPI[M]Prof. K.U. Arunan59730
Lost toProf. K.U. Arunan By 2711

Political life

Currently he is working as Legislative petitions committee chairman and also hold the positions in various committees as Committee member in State Legislative Subject committee and as a committee member of the Legislative Subordinate Registration Committee

References

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    2. "Thomas Unniyadan is new Government Chief Whip". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 9 April 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 March 2016.CS1 maint: others (link)
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    11. "Culling of dangerous strays okay, says chief whip Thomas Unniyadan". Deccan Chronicle. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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    18. "Irinjalakuda gets women's police station". Deccan Chronicle. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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