Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division, respectively. The city has a population of 153,756 and that of the agglomeration is 175,647.
The Politics of Andhra Pradesh take place in the context of a bicameral parliamentary system within the Constitutional framework of India. The main parties in the state are the YSR Congress party, Telugu Desam Party and Jana Sena Party. Other parties that have small presence in the state include the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is the incumbent Chief Minister.
Chennamsetty Ramachandraiah a politician of the YSR Congress party. He was a Member of the Legislative Council and a minister of endowments in the state cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. He was the Opposition leader of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative council. He is from Rajampeta, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh.
Parvathaneni Upendra was a Telugu Desam Party Union Cabinet Minister from Andhra Pradesh in India. He was born in Pothunuru village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
Grandhi Srinivas is an Indian politician, belonging to the YSR Congress Party. Srinivas was a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, represented the Bhimavaram constituency from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, he joined Praja Rajyam Party as Indian National Congress gave MLA ticket to Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu). But Praja Rajyam Party announced Vegesna Suryanarayana Raju as MLA candidate. In 2014, he joined YSR Congress Party and contested in Legislative Assembly elections but lost to Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu) now who is from Telugu Desam Party.
Tulla Devender Goud, also known as Devender Goud, is a senior leader of Telugu Desam Party. He founded the Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTP) to fight for separate statehood for Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh but later returned to his parent outfit.
The Praja Rajyam Party was political party in India. PRP was a centre to centre-left party.
Chittoor Assembly constituency is a constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 14 constituencies in Chittoor district.
The 2009 Indian general election polls in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The major contenders in the polls were the Third Front, Indian National Congress and Praja Rajyam. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.
Tripuraneni Maharadhi was an Indian Telugu film, screenplay, dialogue and script writer. He is remembered for his political forays, as well as for the film Alluri Seetharama Raju. He was the de facto director for all the scripts written by him. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, Usha Mandava, who is deceased. Among his sons Varaprasad Tripuraneni is a film maker and a prominent BJP politician.
Giddaluru is a small town in Western end of Prakasam district. It was previously included in kurnool district.
Allgadda Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 14 constituencies in the Kurnool district.
Tirupati Assembly constituency is a constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 14 constituencies in Chittoor district.
Satyavedu Assembly constituency is constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 14 constituencies in the Chittoor district.
C. Madhava Reddy is an Indian politician and was Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 1st and 8th Lok Sabhas. Reddy represented the Adilabad constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party.
Allu Venkata Satyanarayana was a 4-time MLA from Palakol. He contested as the Telugu Desam Party MLA candidate in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999 won in 1983, 1985, 1994, 1999 lost in 1989 elections. He is the longest serving Mla of 17 years from Palakollu assembly constituency. He was a nephew of Allu Rama Lingaiah.
Ganta Srinivasarao was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj is an Indian politician, who served as Member of Legislative Council, representing the Indian state Andhra Pradesh from 2007 to 2011. He is serving as the president of Mana Party (India), which was founded by him in 2007.
Puttur Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency of the Madras Legislative Assembly till States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It was one of constituencies in the Chittoor district.
Badeti Kota Rama Rao was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh belonging to Telugu Desam Party. He was a legislator of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was known as Badeti Bujji.
