In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the UDF candidate Jose K Mani, belonging to KC (M), had secured a lead of 16452 votes in the Kottayam assembly segment. The sitting Congress MLA of Kottayam Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has been fielded by the UDF to contest the seat in 2016 assembly polls. CPI(M)’s Regi Zacharia is the Left Democratic Front (LDF) nominee. A lawyer by profession, Regi Zacharia had unsuccessfully contested against Oommen Chandy from the Puthuppally assembly constituency earlier.
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