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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{about||the Irish judge|James Charles Mathew}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James Mathew
| image = James mathew.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Taliparamba]], [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]]
| residence = Taliparamba
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Taliparamba]]
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2011
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| religion =
| spouse = N. Sukanya
| footnotes =
| source = http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/jamesmathew.htm
| predecessor1 = C. K. P. Padmanabhan
| term_end = 2021
| succeeded = M. V. Govindan Master
}}

'''James Mathew''' is an Indian politician from [[Kannur district|Kannur]] district, [[Kerala|Kerala state]], and was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly]] of [[Kerala]] in the [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|13th]] and [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|14th]] [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He represents the [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Taliparamba]] constituency of [[Kerala]] and is a Kerala state committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], or CPI(M).<ref>{{Cite web|title=സംസ്ഥാന കമ്മിറ്റി|url=https://www.cpimkerala.org/page/state-committee|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.cpimkerala.org|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508073058/https://www.cpimkerala.org/page/state-committee|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He was born in Kannur on 20 March 1961 to N. J. Mathew and Chinnamma Mathew. He holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]]. He is married to N. Sukanya. They have one daughter and one son.<ref name="TLPBA MLA">{{cite web |title=JAMES MATHEW MLA of TALIPARAMBA Kerala |url=http://nocorruption.in/politician/james-mathew/ |access-date=2 January 2018 |website=Nocorruption.in}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He began his political journey as an [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] activist during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency period]]. Over time, he held various positions within the organization, including Kannur District President, Secretary, State President, State Secretary, and All India Joint Secretary of SFI. He faced police assault during his participation in student agitations led by SFI.

Later, he served as the Area Secretary for CPI(M) in [[Sreekandapuram]] and as a member of both the CPI(M) District Secretariat and District Committee in Kannur. He was a member of the [[University of Calicut|Calicut University]] Senate, [[Kannur University]] Syndicate, and Kannur District Panchayat. He also served as the Standing Committee Chairman in the Kannur District Panchayat.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members14kla.htm |access-date=2021-05-09 |website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
!Year
!Constituency
!Closest Rival
!Majority
(Votes)
!Won/Lost
|-
|2011
|Taliparamba
|Adv Job Michel ([[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]])
|27861
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2011|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Taliparamba
|Rajesh Nambiar ([[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]])
|50489
|Won<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2016|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/jamesmathew.htm James Mathew MLA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329011556/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/jamesmathew.htm |date=29 March 2018 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, James}}
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kannur district]]

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Smartkabadi at 18:33, 20 August 2025