Kilari Venkata Rosaiah

Kilari Venkata Rosaiah is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He is the incumbent MLA from Ponnur Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.[1] He is the son-in-law of former Union Minister Ummareddy Venkateswarlu.[2]

Kilari Venkata Rosaiah
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2019–2024
Preceded byDhulipalla Narendra Kumar
ConstituencyPonnur
Personal details
Born (1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 57)
Political partyYSRCP
Other political
affiliations
Praja Rajyam Party
Spouse
Kilari Lakshmi Saraswathi
(m. 1989)

Birth and education

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He was born in 1967 to Kilari Koteswararao. He completed 10th class at Shrine Vailankani Senior Secondary School, Chennai in 1982. He completed intermediate at J.K.C College in 1984. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from J.K.C College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur in 1987[3].

Political career

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Rosaiah comes from a political background family. His father, Kilari Koteswararao worked as a Councillor and Chairman of Guntur Mirchi Market Yard. Kilari Koteswararao contested from Guntur-II Assembly constituency in 1989 from Telugu Desam Party and lost[4].

Rosaiah entered politics following his father's legacy.In 1985, Kilari Venkata Rosaiah elected unanimously as vice-president of JKC college. In 1993, he served as vice-president of the Guntur Mirchi Yard Association. He was elected as Guntur Mirchi Yard Association President in 1994. In 2009, He joined the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) and appointed as Guntur Town President from the PRP party. In 2009, he contested as MLA from Tenali but he lost[5].

Later,he joined YSRCP and worked as a YSRCP coordinator for Tenali. He was appointed as YSRCP State Secretary in 2017[6].

In 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he contested as YSRCP candidate from the Ponnur constituency and won as MLA against TDP candidate Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar by a minor difference of 1100 votes.[7]

Election statistics

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Year Contested For Party Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result
1 2009 MLA Praja Rajyam Party Tenali Nadendla Manohar (INC) 61,582 - 37,990 -23,592 Lost[8][9]
2 2019 YSR Congress Party Ponnur Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar (TDP) 87,570 - 86,458 1,112 Won[10][11]
3 2024 MP Guntur Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (TDP) 8,64,948 - 5,20,253 -3,44,695 Lost

References

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  1. ^ "AP Legislative Assembly,2019 winning candidates". My Neta.
  2. ^ "Venkata Rosaiah Kilari(PRAP):Constituency- TENALI(GUNTUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". 24 News Daily. 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Candidate details for Lok Sabha election 2024". Affidavit ECI.
  4. ^ "AC: Guntur-II 1989". India Votes.
  5. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 2009". My Neta.
  6. ^ "Rosaiah Appointed As State Secretary Of YSRCP". YSR Congress.
  7. ^ "Ponnur Assembly constituency 2019 election results". My Neta.
  8. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". India Votes.
  10. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 17 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Ponnur Elections Result 2019". One India.