Anto Antony

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Anto Antony
Anto Antony MP.jpg
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Pathanamthitta
Assumed office
31 May 2009
ConstituencyPathanamthitta
Personal details
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957 (age 66)
Moonilavu, Kerala, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Smt. Grace Anto
Children2
Parent(s)Kuruvilla Antony Chinnamma Antony
ResidenceVadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala
Alma materSt. Thomas College, Palai
OccupationAgriculturist
As of 15 December, 2016
Source: [1]

Anto Antony Punnathaniyil (born 1 May 1957) is a member of the 15th, 16th Lok Sabha from the Pathanamthitta electoral district in Kerala. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and on 16 May 2009, in the first election held in this newly apportioned district, he was elected as a United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate by 408,232 votes over K. Ananthagopan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with 297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 56,294 and three other candidates.[1] In 2014 general elections, he was re-elected from the same constituency with a margin of 58,836 against LDF supported opponent independent candidate Mr. Peelipose Thomas, who was an ex DCC president.

For the 2019 General elections also, the Congress party has renominated Anto Antony to contest from Pathanamthitta LokSabha Constituency.

In 2004, he had lost in the Kottayam race to CPI(M) candidate K. Suresh Kurup, by 341,213 votes to his 298,299.[2] He won Lok Sabha elections from Pathanamthitta in 2009,2014 and 2019[3]

Background[edit]

A native of Moonnilavu Panchayath in Pala assembly segment in Kottayam district, he attended St. Thomas College, Pala; the Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (affiliated to Kerala University); the Government Law College, Ernakulam, (under Mahatma Gandhi University; and the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences.[4] He was general secretary of the Kerala Students Union[5]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Office Address Anto Antony MP, Catholicate College Junction, Pathanamthitta

Personal Staff George Varughese (Private Secretary) Jomon (Office Secretary Delhi) Subin Neerumplackal( Personal Secretary) Shyam ( Office Secretary Ponkunnam) Sanal Kumar (Office Secretary, Pathanamthitta)