Puthuppally is a town in the Kottayam district of Kerala,India. The community is known for its ancient Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church,Puthuppally Palli.
Kalambattuparambil Francis George is an Indian politician who is a member of the Kerala Congress. He is presently a member of 18th Lok Sabha representing Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the 13th and the 14th Lok Sabha,representing Idukki constituency of Kerala. He was formerly a leader of the Kerala Congress (M) and that of his former party Janadhipathya Kerala Congress.
K. Suresh Kurup is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Ettumanoor constituency from 1 June 2011 to 24 May 2021.
Pulloli Chacko Thomas is an Indian politician who was Union Minister of State for Law and Justice for Kerala from 2003 to 2004 and a six-term member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 2009. He is the Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress
Poonjar is a small Indian town located on the eastern side of Kottayam district in Kerala state,India. Before the independence of India,Poonjar had been the part of Travancore princely state. Erattupetta,Teekoy,Bharananganam,and Vagamon are the nearest towns and villages of Poonjar. Taluk Headquarters,Pala is 18 kilometres away from Poonjar,Kanjirapally is 22.6 kilometres away from Poonjar and Thodupuzha is 34 kilometeres away from Poonjar.
Kannoth Muraleedharan is an Indian National Congress politician. He was the MP from Vatakara,Kerala. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency and from Vatakara constituency (2019). He was elected as an MLA from Vattiyoorkkavu constituency. He lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thrissur constituency.
Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
Jose Karingozhackal Mani is an Indian politician and MP and former MP from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress (M).
Plathottathil Chacko George is an Indian politician representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. George is a seven-time former MLA of the Poonjar constituency in the Kottayam district of Kerala state (1982-87) and (1996-2021). He was in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 33 years. After the legislative election in 2016,he created his own party named as Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Formerly,he was the member of political parties like KC,KC(J),KC(M) and KC(S). Prior to the 2024 Indian general election,his party Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) merged with the BJP.
Kodikunnil Suresh is an Indian politician and Congress Working Committee Member. He is the working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He filed his nomination for Loksabha Speaker post as the candidate of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election. He is the chief Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha. He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala. He has been elected as the member of Lok Sabha for the eighth time. He has also served as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Anto Antony Punnathaniyil is an Indian politician and agriculturist who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Pathanamthitta,Kerala,since 2009. A member of Indian National Congress,he serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Transport,Tourism and Culture and is also a member of the Consultative Committee on Minority Affairs. He was formerly a member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs,Energy and Committee on Government Assurances.
Kumbakudi Sudhakaran is an Indian politician and president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was also the former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Kerala. He is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP),Lok Sabha from Kannur,Kerala and member of Parliamentary Standing Committees on Rural Development and Welfare of OBCs. He represents the Indian National Congress Party. He was also a four-term member in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented the Kannur constituency from 1996 to 2009. He was elected as MP of Kannur constituency in 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election.
M. K. Raghavan is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Lok Sabha and a Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party.
Adoor Prakash is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is currently the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha,representing Attingal constituency of Kerala.
Benny Behanan is an Indian politician from Kerala. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party who serves as Member of Parliament from Chalakudy. He was the MLA of Thrikkakara Legislative Assembly Constituency from 2011 to 2016. He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee for 17 years. Earlier he had won Piravom in 1982,and unsuccessfully contested the Idukki Parliament Constituency as UDF Candidate to the Lok Sabha in 2004. In 2019 Indian general election,he won the election with a margin of 1,32,274 votes against the LDF candidate Innocent (actor). In 2024 Indian general election,he won the election with a margin of 63,754 votes against the LDF candidate C. Raveendranath.
V.N. Vasavan is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Ports and Cooperation and Minister for Devaswoms,Government of Kerala in the second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry. Now he is also the MLA from Ettumanoor assembly constituency of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for Kottayam district. Vasavan is the member of the Kerala Legislature for the constituency of Ettumanoor.
Ramya Haridas is an Indian politician and social worker,who served as Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha (MP) from Alathur Lok Sabha constituency,Kerala,from 2019 to 2024. She is a member of the Indian National Congress in the state of Kerala and the daughter of All India Mahila Congress worker Radha. She is the only female parliamentarian to be elected from the state of Kerala in the elections of 2019. She is also the second-ever Dalit woman MP to have been elected from Kerala.
Ettumanoor 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. Incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Ettumanoor is V. N. Vasavan of CPI(M).
Changanassery 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. C. F. Thomas represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 Kerala legislative elections,Adv. Job Michael of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.
Cherian J. Kappan was a Freedom fighter,Indian National Congress leader,Member of the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly and Member of Parliament from Kerala,India. He was a member of Travancore State Legislature from 1948 to 1951 and M.L.A. in Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1954. Cherian represented Ramapuram constituency as a Congress Parliamentary Party candidate in Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly. He represented Muvattupuzha constituency in third Lok Sabha (1962–67). He was the first chairman of the Pala Municipality.
