B. K. Parthasarathi is an Andhra Pradesh politician. He is the leader of the Telugu Desam Party and has won twice as an MLA from the Penukonda constituency.

Career

Parthasarathi entered politics by becoming Zilla Parishad chairman of the

Anantapur district Anantapur district officially: Anantapuramu district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located at Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in So ...

in 1996. In 1999, TDP offered him the MP seat of

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and he won with a majority of 134,636, defeating

S. Gangadhar Sanipalli Gangadhar (born 12 October 1949, in Munimadugu, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh) is a leader of Indian National Congress from Andhra Pradesh. He served as member of the Lok Sabha representing Hindupur (Lok Sabha constituency) H ...

of the

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. In the 2004 Loksabha elections, he was defeated by

G. Nizamuddin G. Nizamuddin (born 1 July 1954) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Hindupur (Lok Sabha Constituency), Hindupur constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress and joined YSR Congre ...

with a narrow margin of 1,840 votes. In the 2009 election, he contested as an MLA candidate from Penukonda and won in a triangular fight by 14,385 votes, defeating K T Sreedhar of Congress Party. In the 2014 elections, he again won by defeating Malagundla Sankaranarayana, of YSR Congress Party. In 2019, Malagundla Sankaranarayana defeated him by a wide margin. He became a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board member in April 2018. He became district Telugu Desam Party president in 2009.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parthasarathi, B K Living people India MPs 1999–2004 People from Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Telugu Desam Party politicians People from Rayalaseema 1959 births