Nedumangad is a municipal town in the Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the headquarters of Nedumangad Tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division. It is a suburb of the extended metropolitan region of Thiruvananthapuram. It is located around 16 km (9.9 mi) to the north-east of Thiruvananthapuram on the State Highway 2. It is an important commercial center in the district. It is a growing commercial and educational hub and all important government institutions are situated in the town. The Nedumangadu market has significance in southern Kerala.
Ramesh Chennithala,,,is an Indian politician,and Working Committee Member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.
V. M. Sudheeran is an Indian politician,who was a former President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC),former Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly,Health Minister of Kerala,and a prominent political leader in Kerala. He was a member of the 6th,11th,12th and 13th Lok Sabha representing Alappuzha each time and a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1996 representing Manalur.
Kadannappalli Ramachandran is an Indian politician and President of Congress (S),and the current MLA of Congress (S) representing the Kannur constituency in Kannur,Kerala.
Abubakar Abdul Rahim was an Indian politician,freedom fighter,and union minister. He was born to Sri Abubecker in Kollam. The government run District Hospital of Kollam district was renamed after him in commemoration.
C. Divakaran is an Indian politician,from Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala. He is a State Executive Member of Communist Party of India (CPI),and National Working Committee Member of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). A former Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in the Government of Kerala. He represented the Karunagappalli constituency in Kollam district from 2006 to 2016 and presently representing Nedumangad constituency in Thiruvananthapuram,in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is a vivid writer and published 3 books.
G. Karthikeyan was an Indian politician and former speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Aruvikkara constituency,who represented the Indian National Congress.
Vakkom B. Purushothaman was an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Mizoram from 2011 to 2014,Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly,state minister and Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
R. Selvaraj was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Neyyattinkara constituency,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala,India. He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),the present ruling party in Kerala but resigned from the Kerala Legislature and the party on 9 March 2012 and joined Indian National Congress party. His resignation was attributed to rampant factionalism in his party. After joining the Indian National Congress,he contested the by-election from Neyyattinkara on "Hand" symbol and romped home with a margin of 6,334 votes,pushing up the ruling UDF's slender majority in the 140-member Kerala Assembly to 73. He again contested from the same constituency in 2016 and 2021. but he got defeated in both elections,i.e. for 9543 votes in 2016 and it increased to 14262 votes in 2021. He was defeated by K. Ansalan of CPI(M) in both elections.
Thampanoor Ravi is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party and former Kerala MLA representing the Neyyattinkara constituency of Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala,India. He represented the Neyyattinkara constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for three terms.
Vadassery Damodaran Satheesan is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress,representing Paravur Assembly Constituency in Ernakulam District,serving as Leader of the Opposition (UDF) in the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Dominic Presentation is an Indian politician,and was Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kochi constituency Ernakulam district,Kerala,till 2016,Executive Member of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (K.P.C.C.) and Member of All India Congress Committee (AICC). He was the Minister of Fisheries,Sports,Airport and Welfare of Minorities in 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly headed by Oomman Chandy.
Mercy Ravi was a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly and the wife of the Indian politician Vayalar Ravi. She was also a renowned social worker and author.
Adv. M.A. Vaheed is an Indian politician and advocate from Kerala. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and was the MLA for Kazhakkuttom in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 15 years.
Vasudevan Sivankutty is an Indian politician,currently serving as the Minister for General Education and Labour,Government of Kerala. He represents the Nemom Constituency in the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
K. Sivadasan Nair is an Indian politician and was a member in the 12th and 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly from Pathanamthitta and Aranmula Assembly Constituencies respectively. He belongs to the Indian National Congress.
M Swaraj is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was a representative of Thripunithura constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India. He is a member of the CPI(M) Kerala State Secretariat and State Committee.
Saji Cherian is an Indian politician from Kerala. He currently serves as the minister for fisheries,culture &youth affairs in the second Pinarayi Vijayan government and as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chengannur constituency. He was also the former Minister for Fisheries,Culture and Youth Affairs in the Second Vijayan ministry.Following a controversial speech in Mallappally in 2022 in which he spoke derisively of the Indian constitution,he resigned on July 6 amid mounting pressure from the opposition. He returned as the minister again on 4 January 2023 after the high court of Kerala rejected petition against him.
Nedumangad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is G. R. Anil current minister for food and civil supplies,Government of Kerala of CPI.
V. K. Rajan was an Indian politician who was the Minister for Agriculture from 20 May 1996 to 29 May 1997 in the Kerala state of India.
