Anto Antony

Anto Antony
Anto Antony
Member of the Indian Parliament ; for Pathanamthitta
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 May 2009
Constituency	Pathanamthitta
Personal details
Born	1 May 1957 (age 67); Moonilavu, Kerala, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Smt. Grace Anto
Children	2
Residence(s)	Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala
Alma mater	St. Thomas College, Palai
Occupation	Agriculturist
	As of 15 December, 2016Source: [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

A native of Poonjar 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

^ Election report in The Hindu 17 May 2009
^ 2004 Kottayam results
^ http://inc.in/resources/press-releases/410-lok-sabha-elections-2014
^ Antony's campaign website Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Biodata on the KeralaAssembly.org website

External links

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)

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[1] Election report in The Hindu 17 May 2009

[2] 2004 Kottayam results

[3] ttp://inc.in/resources/press-releases/410-lok-sabha-elections-2014

[4] Antony's campaign website Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Biodata on the KeralaAssembly.org website

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v t e Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2019	A. M. Ariff Adoor Prakash Anto Antony Benny Behanan Dean Kuriakose E. T. Muhammed Basheer Hibi Eden K. Muraleedharan K. Sudhakaran Kodikkunnil Suresh M. K. Raghavan N. K. Premachandran P. K. Kunhalikutty Rahul Gandhi Rajmohan Unnithan Ramya Haridas Shashi Tharoor T. N. Prathapan Thomas Chazhikadan V. K. Sreekandan
16th LS members 18th LS members Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2014	K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju A. Sampath Innocent K. V. Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K. Mani M. K. Raghavan E. Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M. B. Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas
Bye-elections 2017	PK Kunhalikutty Pre-bye poll: E. Ahamed - death
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY