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Democratic Movement
of Kerala

P. V. Anvar was born in Malappuram district on 26 May 1967, the fourth son of P. V. Shoukath Ali
and Mariyumma. Puthanveettil family is one of the ancient families of Malabar which was very close to the
Indian National Congress from the great struggle for independence on.

Anvar completed his schooling at Malabar Christian College School, Kozhikode, and moved to
MES Mampad College, Malappuram where he did his graduation in Economics. He was the college union chairman
during his period. After his studies, as an entrepreneur he started PeeVeeaaR Crushers which has grown into
one of the prominent crushers in Malabar. He contested from Eranad constituency as an independent candidate
and came second in the run in the assembly elections in 2011.

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P. V. Anvar's family was followers of Indian National Congress (INC). So he was also attracted by the same ideology. He was the college union chairman, and a representative of the Kerala Students Union, the student wing of INC, during his college life. He contested from Eranad constituency as an independent candidate in the assembly elections 2011. In 2014 Lok Sabha election, he contested as an independent candidate in Wayanad constituency.

In the 2016 Assembly elections, Anvar contested as a Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate and elected from Nilambur constituency, defeating Aryadan Shoukath of Congress. In 2019 Lok Sabha election, he contested as LDF candidate from Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2021 Assembly elections, Anvar again contested as LDF candidate and election from Nilambur constituency, defeating V. V. Prakash of the Indian National Congress.