Thomas Chazhikadan

Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and the current elected Member of Parliament from Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency and a former MLA of Kerala for Ettumanoor constituency from 1991 to 2011.

Thomas Chazhikadan was born on 25 September 1952 at Veliyannoor, Kottayam to Cyriac and Aleyamma Chazhikadan.

He was a member of several social service clubs such as YMCA; Y's Men International and Lions Club International.

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.

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.

He successfully contested as Kerala Congress (M) candidate from Kottayam for Lok Sabha election in 2019.

He is a member of the Kerala Congress (M).