Anil Akkara (born 1972) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress, social worker and farmer from Kerala, India. He represented the

Wadakkancherry Wadakkancherry is a major town in Thrissur, Kerala. Up until 1860, this area was part of Chelakkara Taluk. Now, it is the headquarters of Talappilly Taluk. Wadakkanchery obtained municipality status from the government by merging with the Mu ...

constituency in

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

Political career

He was elected to the

from the

assembly constituency in

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election. The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left ...

by defeating Mary Thomas of CPI(M) by a margin of 43 votes, one of the shortest margins of a winning candidate in the elections. Anil Akkara was defeated by

Xavier Chittilappilly Xavier Chittilappilly is an Indian politician and social worker from Kerala, India. Xavier Chittilappilly is an Indian politician serving as the MLA of Wadakkanchery Constituency since May 2021. He is a member of the Communist Party of India ...

LDF Candidate in

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May. The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) reta ...

with a vote margin of 15,168 votes.

Initiatives

During his tenure as President of Adat grama panchayath, Akkara has transformed the village with organic farming and sanitation initiatives. Every household in Adat, which has a population of 40,000, gets drinking water, is self-reliant in agriculture, has its own brand of organic rice and coconut oil, and owns a "tourism village". Adat Panchayat has won several awards including Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar of the Central government and the state's Swaraj Award for the ideal panchayat.

References

Politicians from Thrissur Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Malayali politicians 1972 births Living people Indian politicians convicted of crimes {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub