Kottayam: Senior leader Thomas Chazhikadan will contest from the Kottayam constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. 

Chazhikadan, the sitting MP from the constituency, has been the clear favourite for the seat. Congress (M) chairman Jose K. Mani made the announcement after a steering committee meeting on Monday. 

As part of the LDF seat arrangement talks earlier, it was decided that the Congress (M) candidate would contest in the Kottayam seat. It is worth noting that Chazhikadan contested and won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate.