Balli Kalyanachakravarthy (born 7 June 1984), also referred to as Balli Kalyan Chakravarthy, is an Indian businessman and politician who has served in the

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since 2021 as a member of the

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. Kalyanachakravarthy is from the town of

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in the Nellore district. He co-founded the company Nihibha Online Business Private Limited in 2015. Kalyanachakravarthy's father is

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, a longtime member of the

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who had been elected to the

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, representing the Tirupati constituency. His father died in office in September 2020 from a heart attack after contracting

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. In 2021, Kalyanachakravarthy considered running in the

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for his father's seat in the Lok Sabha. However,

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, the

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, instead offered to nominate Kalyanachakravarthy as a candidate for the

. Kalyanachakravarthy accepted the offer, and was elected unanimously by the MLAs for a six-year term on 8 March 2021. He was sworn into office on 31 March 2021.

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