The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian regionalist and Telugu nationalist political party with influence in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao (N.T.R.) on 29 March 1982 and has focused on supporting Telugu speakers. The party has won a five-time majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Khammam district is a district in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Khammam is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Bhadradri districts and with Eluru and NTR districts.
Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as the Union Minister in H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral Cabinets. Formerly, He was the Legislator of Andhra Pradesh, won four times from the Harishchandrapuram. Further, He contested successfully from Srikakulam Parliament for four times.
Kambalapadu Ediga Krishnamurthy, popularly known as K. E. Krishnamurthy, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2014-2019 and as an Irrigation minister in N. T. Rama Rao cabinet from 1985-1987. Also he worked in the cabinet of Tanguturi Anjaiah.
Dr. Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., is a former member of the Indian National Congress.
Modugla Venugopala Reddy is an Indian politician, belonging to YSR Congress Party. He was with TDP till February 2019, and in 2014 he contested to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and won against Former Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana from Guntur West Assembly Constituency.In the 2009 election he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Narasaraopet constituency in Andhra Pradesh.
Konakalla Narayana Rao is an Indian politician, who worked for the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Machilipatnam constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the 2009 and 2014 elections. He belongs to the Goud community. He is often associated with many social and cultural activities and is known to organize theatre competitions in his native town of Machilipatnam.
Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao, sometimes called D. Shankar Rao or D.V.G. Shankar Rao, is an Indian anesthesiologist and politician who served as a Telugu Desam Party member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and of the Lok Sabha.
Visakhapatnam North is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Balineni Srinivasa Reddy is an Indian politician and five time MLA from Andhra Pradesh. He is member of the YSR Congress Party and has represented the Ongole constituency for five terms.
This is a list of political families in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Thota Narasimham is an Indian politician and a member of parliament from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election on a Telugu Desam Party ticket from Kakinada Lok Sabha seat, defeating his young rival Chalamalasetty Sunil of the YSRC.
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu is an Indian politician and currently serving as the 34th Minister for Civil Aviation since 2024. He represents Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency as a Member of parliament. He won as the Member of Parliament in the 16th 17th, and 18th Lok Sabha from, Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2014, 2019 and 2024 as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate. He is also the National General Secretary of the TDP and the Leader of the Party in the Lok Sabha.
Kesineni Srinivas, commonly known as Kesineni Nani, is an entrepreneur and a former politician. He previously represented Vijayawada Parliamentary constituency as a Member of Parliament.
Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is elected in 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) as Telugu Desam Party candidate. He is well known for his social activities. He initiated supply of drinking water through tankers to villages in Kolleru villages and distributed Tricycles to poor and physically disabled persons. He awarded scholarships to economically backward students and organized medical camps through the MRC trust.
Bheemili Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Ganta Srinivasa Rao is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam Party and former member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Visakhapatnam North constituency from 23 May 2019 to 23 January 2024. He was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India. He hails from Kamepalli village in Prakasam district.
Gudivada Gurunadha Rao was an Indian politician and social activist who belonged to Indian National Congress. He was the Member of parliament who represented Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency of Andhra Pradesh from 1998 to 1999 and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly member from 1989 to 1994.
Kondapalli Appala Naidu / Kondapalli Appalanaidu is also known as 'K.A. Naidu'. is an Andhra Pradesh politician. Telugu Desam Party leader.
Beeda Masthan Rao Yadav is an Indian politician and businessman. He was Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kavali constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2022.
