Thomas Unniyadan

Thomas Unniyadan is a politician, former MLA and former Government Chief Whip of the Govt. of Kerala. He is at present the Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress. He was a member of Kerala legislative assembly from Irinjalakuda from 2001 to 2016. 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 was awarded the best MLA multiple times and has achieved several recognitions and awards in the national and international level. He was credited with achieving complete electrification of his constituency and was the first constituency in India to achieve this feat. He was also instrumental in familiarizing computers among school children. He is married to Smt. Sherly, and has two daughters. He is settled in Irinjalakuda.

Adv. Thomas Unniyadan
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
2001 – 2 June 2016
Preceded byLonappan Nambadan
Succeeded byK. U. Arunan
ConstituencyIrinjalakuda
Chief Whip
Personal details
Born19 June 1958
Vaikom, Kottayam
NationalityIndia Indian
Political partyKerala Congress
Other political
affiliations
SpouseSmt.Sherly
RelationsSri.Mathew Joseph (father)
Smt.Mary Joseph (mother)
Smt.Sherly (spouse)
Children2 daughters
Parents
  • Sri.Mathew Joseph (father)
  • Smt.Mary Joseph (mother)
Residence(s)Irinjalakuda, Kerala
EducationB.A. (Devaswom Board College, Thalayolaparambu), LL.B. (Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram)
Thomas Unniyadan

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 career

Adv.Thomas Unniyadan started his political career as college student union chairman. He joined Kerala Congress and was the MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) of Irinjalakuda Constituency in Thrissur District of Kerala from 2001 to 2016. He was the former Legislative petitions committee chairman and also held the positions in various committees as Committee member in State Legislative Subject committee and as a committee member of the Legislative Subordinate Registration Committee. Presently he is the Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress Party.

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    2. "Thomas Unniyadan is new Government Chief Whip". The Hindu. 9 April 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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    16. "Mega dance enters Guinness records". The Hindu. 3 February 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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