Thomas Unniyadan


Thomas Unniyadan is a local politician and Kerala Congress 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.

Performance in assembly elections

Party1996Votes
KCAdv.Thomas Unniyadan43295
CPILonappan Nambadan49421
BJPBiju Menon6890
BSPK. K. Ramakrishnan775
Lost toLonappan NambadanBy 6126

Party2001Votes
KCAdv.Thomas Unniyadan54242
CPIT. Sasidharan53836
BJPP. Mukundan Menon5565
INDSasidharan1867
OTHP. N. Suran1052
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 406

Party2006Votes
KCAdv.Thomas Unniyadan58825
CPIC. K. Chandran 50830
BJPP. G. Anil Kumar3796
BSPP. K. Subrahmanian586
INDC. K. Chandran Chenangat637
OTHP. N. Suran564
INDThomas Oolakkadan635
INDA. A. Thomas235
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 7995

Party2011Votes
KCAdv.Thomas Unniyadan68445
CPIK.R. Vijaya56041
BJPK.C. Venugopal6672
BSPSubrahmanian449
OTHT.V. Sivadasan772
WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 12404

Party2016Votes
KCAdv.Thomas Unniyadan57019
CPIProf. K.U. Arunan59730
Lost toProf. K.U. Arunan By 2711

Early life

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