Anto Antony

Anto Antony
Member of the India Parliament
for Pathanamthitta
Assumed office
1 September 2014
Constituency Pathanamthitta
Personal details
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957
Moonilavu, Kerala, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Smt. Grace Anto
Children 2
Residence Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala
Alma mater St. Thomas College, Palai
Occupation Agriculturist
As of 15th December, 2016
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Anto Antony Punnathaniyil (born 1 May 1957) is a sitting member of the 15th 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 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 and 2014.[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

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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