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{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Kottayam {{Small|KL-14}}
| map_image = Kottayam Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
| map_caption = Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Francis George.jpg
| party = {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| mp = [[K. Francis George]]
| preceded_by = [[Thomas Chazhikadan]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general elections|2024]]
| state = [[Kerala]]
| assembly_cons = [[Piravom (State Assembly constituency)|Piravom]] [[Pala (State Assembly constituency)|Pala]] [[Kaduthuruthy (State Assembly constituency)|Kaduthuruthy]] [[Vaikom (State Assembly constituency)|Vaikom]] [[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor]] [[Kottayam (State Assembly constituency)|Kottayam]] [[Puthuppally (State Assembly constituency)|Puthuppally]]
}}
'''Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].

==Assembly segments==

Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-19
|work=Kerala
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|archive-date=4 March 2009
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!No
!Name
!District
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|2024 Lead
|-
|85
|[[Piravom (State Assembly constituency)|Piravom]]
|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
|[[Anoop Jacob]]
|{{party name with color|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}
|{{party name with color|Kerala Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|93
|[[Pala (State Assembly constituency)|Pala]]
|rowspan=6|[[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
|[[Mani C. Kappan]]
|{{party name with color|Democratic Congress Kerala}}
|-
|94
|[[Kaduthuruthy (State Assembly constituency)|Kaduthuruthy]]
|[[Monce Joseph]]
|{{party name with color|Kerala Congress}}
|-
|95
|[[Vaikom (State Assembly constituency)|Vaikom]] (SC)
|K. Binimon
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|{{party name with color|Kerala Congress (Mani)}}
|-
|96
|[[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor]]
|Suresh (Nattakom suresh)
|{{party name with color|Kerala Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|97
|[[Kottayam (State Assembly constituency)|Kottayam]]
|[[Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan]]
|-
|98
|[[Puthuppally (State Assembly constituency)|Puthuppally]]
|[[Chandy Oommen]]
|}

Former constituencies
*[[Kaduthuruthy (State Assembly constituency)|Kaduthuruthy]]
*[[Vaikom (State Assembly constituency)|Vaikom]]
*[[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor]]
*[[Kottayam (State Assembly constituency)|Kottayam]]
*[[Puthuppally (State Assembly constituency)|Puthuppally]]
*[[Changanassery (State Assembly constituency)|Changanassery]]
*[[Vazhoor (former State Assembly constituency)|Vazhoor]]

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|colspan=6| '''[[Travancore-Cochin]]'''
|-
| [[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
| [[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]
| [[C. P. Mathew]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 1952 – 1957
|-
|colspan=6| '''After the Formation of [[Kerala]]'''
|-
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]
| rowspan="2" |Mathew Maniyangadan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| 1957 – 1962
|-
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]
| 1962 – 1967
|-
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]
| K. M. Abraham
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 1967 – 1971
|-
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]
| Varkey George
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress|rowspan=3}}
| 1971 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]
| rowspan="2" |Skariah Thomas
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]
| 1980 – 1984
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]
| [[K. Suresh Kurup|K.Suresh Kurup]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
| 1984 – 1989
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramesh Chennithala]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| 1989 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
| rowspan="4" |[[K. Suresh Kurup|K.Suresh Kurup]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=4}}
| 1996 – 1998
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| 1998 – 1999
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
| 1999 – 2004
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| 2004 - 2009
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jose K. Mani]]
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (Mani)|dab=yes|rowspan=3}}
| 2009 – 2014
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
| 2014 – 2018
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
| [[Thomas Chazhikadan]]
| 2019–2024
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|[[K. Francis George]]
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}
|2024-''Incumbent''
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

==Election results==
===General Election 2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Kottayam<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kottayam">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kottayam |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1114.htm |access-date=3 August 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803052612/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1114.htm |archive-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[K. Francis George]]|party=Kerala Congress|votes=364,631|percentage=43.60|change={{increase}}26.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Thomas Chazhikadan]]|party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|votes=277,365|percentage=33.17|change={{decrease}}13.08}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Thushar Vellappally|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|votes=165,046|percentage=19.74|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=11,933|percentage=1.43|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 87,266
|percentage = 10.43
|change = -1.17
}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=837,890|percentage=66.70|change=-8.77}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Kerala Congress|loser=Kerala Congress (Mani)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress (Mani)
|candidate = [[Thomas Chazhikadan]]
|votes = 421,046
|percentage = 46.25
|change = -4.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[V. N. Vasavan]]|votes=314,787|percentage=34.58|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress|candidate=Adv. P. C. Thomas|votes=154,658|percentage=17.04|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 106,251
|percentage = 11.66
|change = -2.84
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=910,648|percentage=75.47|change=+3.77}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Kerala Congress (Mani)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -4.71
}}

{{Election box end}}
Elected MP Thomas Chazhikadan switched to LDF alliance as he sided with Jose K Mani after the Split in Kerala Congress in 2020.

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=[[Jose K. Mani]]|votes=424,194|percentage=50.96|change=+0.83}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=[[Mathew T. Thomas]]|votes=303,595|percentage=36.47|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Nationalist)|candidate=Noble Mathew|votes=44,357|percentage=5.33|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Adv. Anil Aickara|votes=26,381|percentage=3.17|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=14,024|percentage=1.69|change=---}}{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 120,599
|percentage = 14.50
|change = -5.65
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=831,636|percentage=71.70|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Kerala Congress (Mani)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=[[Jose K. Mani|Jose K Mani]]|votes=4,04,962|percentage=50.13|change=+50.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. Suresh Kurup]]|votes=3,33,392|percentage=41.27|change=-7.07}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Narayanan Namboothiri|votes=37,422|percentage=4.63|change=-2.88}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,07,820|percentage=73.75|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Kerala Congress (Mani)
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. Suresh Kurup]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/closecontest/14/28 | title=IndiaVotes Close Contest: Kerala 2004 }}</ref>|votes=3,41,213|percentage=48.34|change=+1.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Anto Antony|votes=2,98,299|percentage=42.27|change=-3.55}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Radhakrishna Menon|votes=53,034|percentage=7.51|change=+1.81}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 42,914
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,05,776|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser =
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. Suresh Kurup]]|votes=3,44,296|percentage=47.27|change=+0.29}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. C. Chacko]]|votes=3,33,697|percentage=45.82|change=-0.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. R. Surendran|votes=41,531|percentage=5.70|change=-0.29}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,33,725|percentage=72.05|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser =
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. Suresh Kurup]]|votes=3,35,893|percentage=46.98|change=---}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ramesh Chennithala]]|votes=3,30,447|percentage=46.22|change=-4.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=George Kurian|votes=42,830|percentage=5.99|change=---}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,19,864|percentage=73.26|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ramesh Chennithala]]|votes=3,44,587|percentage=50.26|change=-1.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal|candidate=Jayalakshmi|votes=2,77,539|percentage=40.48|change=-2.62}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A. K. Achary|votes=29,319|percentage=4.28|change=---}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Paul Chirakarode|votes=10,083|percentage=1.47|change=+0.65}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,13,707|percentage=76.07|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ramesh Chennithala]]|votes=3,66,759|percentage=51.98|change=+0.63}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal|candidate=Thampan Thomas|votes=3,04,137|percentage=43.10|change=---}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=George Kurian|votes=22,622|percentage=3.21|change=+0.75}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,01,660|percentage=72.46|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[Kottayam]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ramesh Chennithala]]|votes=3,84,809|percentage=51.35|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. Suresh Kurup]]|votes=3,31,276|percentage=44.21|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan|votes=18,449|percentage=2.46|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=7,52,839|percentage=84.57|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kottayam district]]
* [[2019 Indian general election]]
* [[Indian general election, 2019 (Kerala)]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/kerala/kottayam/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Kottayam Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019]

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[[Category:Politics of Kottayam district]]

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