Anto Antony
Anto Antony Punnathaniyil (born 1956) is a newly elected 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
- ↑ 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
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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)
