Anto Antony Punnathaniyil (born 1 May 1957) is a member of the 15th,

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from the Pathanamthitta electoral district in

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. He is a member of the

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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) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

with 297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the

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with 56,294 and three other candidates. 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 Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

race to CPI(M) candidate K. Suresh Kurup, by 341,213 votes to his 298,299. He won

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elections from Pathanamthitta in 2009, 2014 and 2019.

Background

A native of Moonnilavu Panchayath in Pala assembly segment in

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the A ...

, he attended St. Thomas College, Pala; the Kerala Law Academy Law College,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

(affiliated to

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); the Government Law College, Ernakulam, (under Mahatma Gandhi University); and the

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri College of Social Sciences is an autonomous higher educational institution located in Kalamassery, Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. History Rajagiri College of Social Sciences was started in 1955 under the University of Madras. In ...

. He was general secretary of the

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.Biodata on the KeralaAssembly.org website
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References

External links

Anto Antony Web Site
Living people Politicians from Kottayam Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala India MPs 2009–2014 1956 births Lok Sabha members from Kerala India MPs 2014–2019 People from Pathanamthitta district India MPs 2019–present {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub