Chetti Palguna (born 26 January 1963) is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election on

YSRCP The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ...

ticket from

Araku Araku Valley is a hill station in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, lying 111 km west of Visakhapatnam city. This place is often referred to as ''Ooty of Andhra''. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inha ...

constituency in

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. He defeated Donnu Dora Siyyari, an independent candidate by a margin of 25,441 votes.

Early life and education

Palguna was born in Seekari village, Araku mandal of the erstwhile

Visakhapatnam district Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...

. His father is Pakeeru. He completed his post graduation in Political Science from

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, Visakhapatnam. Before joining politics, he was a bank employee. He is working on setting up an industrial park in his constituency.

Career

Palguna joined YSR Congress party in 2014 and contested the general election from Araku Parliamentary constituency representing YSRCP but lost the MP seat to

Kothapalli Geetha Kothapalli Geetha is an Indian Politician and a former member of parliament from Araku (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. She won the 2014 Indian general election from Araku Constituency in a reserved Scheduled Tribe (ST) seat being a Y ...

of TDP. In 2019, he was elected as MLA from the Araku constituency on YSRCP ticket. He was denied a ticket to contest the 2024 Assembly election. But his daughter in law Gumma Thanuja Rani was nominated by YSR Congress party to contest from the Araku Parliamentary constituency.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palguna, Chetti Telugu people People from Visakhapatnam district YSR Congress Party politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Living people 1963 births