Thomas Unniyadan is an Indian politician and Member of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly from Irinjalakuda. He previously served as a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2016 and is a former Government Chief Whip of the Government of Kerala. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Kerala Congress.
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.
Performance in assembly elections
Party 1996 VotesKC(M)Adv.Thomas Unniyadan43295CPI(M)Lonappan Nambadan49421BJPBiju Menon6890BSPK. K. Ramakrishnan775Lost toLonappan NambadanBy 6126
Party 2001 VotesKC(M)Adv.Thomas Unniyadan54242CPI(M)T. Sasidharan53836BJPP. Mukundan Menon5565INDSasidharan1867OTHP. N. Suran1052WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 406
Party 2006 VotesKC(M)Adv.Thomas Unniyadan58825CPI(M)C. K. Chandran (Chembara)50830BJPP. G. Anil Kumar3796BSPP. K. Subrahmanian586INDC. K. Chandran Chenangat637OTHP. N. Suran564INDThomas Oolakkadan635INDA. A. Thomas235WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 7995
Party 2011 VotesKC(M)Adv.Thomas Unniyadan68445CPI(M)K.R. Vijaya56041BJPK.C. Venugopal6672BSPSubrahmanian449OTHT.V. Sivadasan772WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 12404
Party 2016 VotesKC(M)Adv.Thomas Unniyadan57019CPI(M)Prof. K.U. Arunan59730Lost toProf. K.U. Arunan By 2711 Party 2026 VotesKerala CongressAdv.Thomas Unniyadan66282CPI(M)R. Bindu56070WonAdv.Thomas UnniyadanBy 10212
Political career Unniyadan started his political career as college student union chairman. He joined Kerala Congress and was the 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 member of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly after his victory in the 2026 assembly elections and also serves as the deputy chairman of the Kerala Congress party.
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