Kinjarapu Atchannaidu 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 is serving as the

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(MLA) representing the Tekkali constituency from the

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 ...

(TDP) since 2014. He is the chief of TDP for the state of Andhra Pradesh since October 2020.

Political career

Atchannaidu was elected as an MLA from the Harishchandrapuram constituency in three consecutive elections: 1996 by-poll,

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and

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. Following the reorganization and dissolution of the Harishchandrapuram constituency, he contested and lost the

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for the Tekkali constituency. He also lost the immediate by-poll in 2009 that occurred due to the death of the elected MLA. He was elected back in the

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and

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elections from the Tekkali constituency. He held the portfolio of Transport Ministry during the Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.

Personal life

He is the brother of

Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician. Early life Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a farmer's family in Nimmada, a remote village in the Srikakulam district of north coastal And ...

and uncle of

Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2014 and 2019 as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candid ...

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* Telugu people People from Srikakulam district Third N. Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet (2014–2019) Telugu Desam Party politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{TDP-politician-stub