He was elected to the Assembly following a by-election at Piravom in March 2012 which was necessitated due to the demise of his father, the incumbent of the constituency.

Prior to that he completed his bachelor's in English Literature from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram.

[3] Anoop became State President of the Kerala Students Congress (Jacob) in 2001, during which period the party registered its best performance yet by winning seats including General Secretary & Councillor in colleges like Mar Ivanios.

Following this, Anoop was nominated by the Kerala Congress (Jacob) and UDF to contest from the Piravom assembly seat previously represented by his father.

Since the result of Piravom by-election mattered heavily to the ruling UDF who had a slender margin of 1 seat in the Legislative assembly over LDF, the constituency witnessed intense campaigning from both sides.