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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1957)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name                = Anto Antony
| image               = Anto Antony MP.jpg
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Moonilavu]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| residence           = Vadavathoor, [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| office              = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br /> for [[Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pathanamthitta]]
| term_start          = 31 May 2009
| term_end            = 
| constituency        = [[Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pathanamthitta]]
| term                = 
| occupation          = Agriculturist
| predecessor         = 
| successor           = 
| party               = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion            = 
| spouse              = Smt. Grace Anto
| parents             = Kuruvilla Antony
Chinnamma Antony
| children            = 2 
| siblings            = Annamma Joseph
James Antony
Maria Babu
Jose Antony
Charles Antony
| alma_mater          = [[St. Thomas College, Palai]]
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| date                = 15 December
| year                = 2016
| source              = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4571
}}
'''Anto Antony Punnathaniyil'''
(born 1 May 1957) is a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]], [[16th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 [[apportionment (politics)|apportioned]] district, he was elected as a [[United Democratic Front (India)|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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104083715/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/17/stories/2009051754300300.htm Election report] in ''[[The Hindu]]'' 17 May 2009</ref>
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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]] race to CPI(M) candidate [[K. Suresh Kurup]], by 341,213 votes to his 298,299.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090411130528/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/constituency/2004/S11/13.html 2004 Kottayam results]</ref> He won [[Lok Sabha]] elections from [[Pathanamthitta|Pathanamthitta in 2009,2014 and 2019]]<ref>http://inc.in/resources/press-releases/410-lok-sabha-elections-2014</ref>

== Background ==
A native of Moonnilavu Panchayath in Pala assembly segment 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, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]]; and the [[Rajagiri|Rajagiri College of Social Sciences]].<ref>[http://antoantony.in/home.html Antony's campaign website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403181614/http://antoantony.in/home.html |date=3 April 2009 }}</ref> He was [[general secretary]] of the [[Kerala Students Union]]<ref>[http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/biodata.php4?no=33&name=Anto%20Antony Biodata on the KeralaAssembly.org website]</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Anto Antony Punnathaniyil}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090403181614/http://www.antoantony.in/home.html Antony's campaign website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504215828/http://www.antoantony.com/ Anto Antony Web Site]

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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