Palaparthi David Raju is an elected member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Presently, he is representative of Yerragondapalem constituency. Previously, he was elected as member from Santhanuthalapadu constituency.

Early life

He was born in Mattigunta Village of Naguluppala Padu Mandal of

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. He did his graduation in Master of Arts and L.L.B. from

Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...

Political career

His political career was started in the year 1987 as party member in

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

. Later, he rose to Member of Mandal Praja Parishad. After that, he was elected as Chairman to Zilla Praja Parishad. In 1999, for the first time; he was elected as Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Santhanuthalapadu constituency from Telugu Desam Party. Later, he joined

YSR Congress Party 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 lar ...

in 2010. In 2014, he was elected as Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Yerragondapalem constituency from

. But, he shifted to

in 2016.

References

Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Living people 1958 births Telugu Desam Party politicians YSR Congress Party politicians {{AndhraPradesh-YSRCP-politician-stub