| Anil Akkara | |
| Constituency: | Wadakkancherry |
| Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Wadakkancherry, Kerala |
| Term Start: | 2016 |
| Term End: | 2021 |
| Predecessor: | C. N. Balakrishnan |
| Successor: | Xavier Chittilappilly |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
Anil Akkara (born 1972) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress, social worker and farmer from Kerala, India. He represented the Wadakkancherry constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly.[1]
He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from the Wadakkancherry assembly constituency in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 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.[2] [3] Anil Akkara was defeated by Xavier Chittilappilly LDF Candidate in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election with a vote margin of 15,168 votes.
During his tenure as President of Adat grama panchayath, Akkara has transformed the village with organic farming and sanitation initiatives.[4] 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".[5] Adat Panchayat has won several awards including Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar of the Central government and the state's Swaraj Award for an ideal panchayat.[6]