Anantapur district,officially Ananthapuramu district,is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located in Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in South India. In the year 2022,as part of re-organisation of districts,Sri Sathya Sai district was carved out.
Vallabhaneni Balashowry is an Indian politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament representing Machilipatnam parliamentary constituency. He belongs to Jana Sena Party. He previously has represented Tenali constituency as the Member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha.
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy is a former member of the 9th Lok Sabha,14th Lok Sabha,15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nellore Loksabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the YSR Congress.
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy is an Indian politician and liquor baron currently serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ongole constituency in the Lok Sabha,affiliated with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) since March 2024. Over his career,Sreenivasulu Reddy has represented Ongole in multiple Lok Sabha terms—initially as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the 12th,14th and 15th Lok Sabha,and later with the YSR Congress Party (YCP) in the 17th Lok Sabha. He transitioned to the TDP in 2024 after resigning from YCP.
Kistappa Nimmala is an Indian politician,belonging to Telugu Desam Party. In the 2009 election he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Hindupur constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He is interested in bringing about skill development training programmes to youth and adolescents;Rural employment and vocational education;and micro credit to poor rural women,small and marginal farmers.
The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party,often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party,is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registered with Election Commission of India by Kolishetti Shiva Kumar. Thereafter,the party was taken over by its current president,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,having served as the state's chief minister from 2019-2024. It currently has 4 seats in the Lok Sabha.
Joladarasi Santha is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Bellary constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. She is the sister of B Sriramulu.
Pandula Ravindra Babu is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency,Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Telugu Desam Party candidate. He was elected as Officer of Indian Revenue Service till early 2014,when he resigned to contest Lok Sabha elections. He is a prolific speaker and takes a special interest in debating social issues.
Velagapalli Varaprasada Rao is an Indian politician and was a Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tirupati,Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election,2014 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate.
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.
Venumbaka Vijayasai Reddy is a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha;Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport,Tourism and Culture and the National General Secretary of YSR Congress Party. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession.
Vanga Geetha is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kakinada as a member of the YSR Congress Party. She was earlier a member of the Rajya Sabha representing the Telugu Desam Party.
The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth legislative assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election.
Goddeti Madhavi is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Araku,Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party. She is the youngest member of parliament from Andhra Pradesh. She is a physical education teacher. Her father,the late Goddeti Demudu,was a communist leader and former legislator.
Margani Bharat is an Indian politician and actor,previously served as a Member of Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency,Andhra Pradesh. He is the YSR Congress Party Parliament party Chief Whip from 2019 to 2024.He won the 2019 Indian general election being a YSR Congress Party candidate. He acted in the Telugu film Oye Ninne. He is considered to be a popular OBC Goud community leader of Andhra Pradesh.
Kuruva Gorantla Madhav is a politician from Andhra Pradesh. He won the Hindupur seat in the Indian general election,2019 as a YSR Congress Party candidate. His parents are K Madhava Swamy and K Ramulamma. Earlier,he worked as a Circle Inspector in the Kadiri.
B. K. Parthasarathi is an Andhra Pradesh politician. He is the leader of the Telugu Desam Party and has won twice as an MLA from the Penukonda constituency. He won from Hindupur in the 2024 Indian general election.
Koneti Adimulam is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as an MLA from Satyavedu Assembly constituency which is reserved for SC community in Chittoor district from Telugu Desam Party in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Duddukunta Sreedhar Reddy is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Puttaparthi Assembly Constituency in the erstwhile Anantapur District which is presently renamed as Sri Sathya Sai district. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election representing YSR Congress Party. He has been nominated again by YSR Congress Party to contest the Puttaparthi Assembly seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Amilineni Surendra Babu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Kalyandurg Assembly constituency in Anantapur district. He represents Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election where TDP had an alliance with BJP and Jana Sena Party.
