Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi (born 6 December 1984) is an Indian politician from

East Godavari district East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Rajamahendravaram. Geography This district is surrounded by: * North East: Alluri Sitharama Raju district * North West: Eluru ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. She served as a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency, after winning the 2019 Assembly election.

Early life and education

She was born to Nagulapalli Raghava and Veerabbayi Dora in Gondolu village, located in Addateegala mandal in the then East Godavari district. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from SKR College in

Rajahmundry Rajahmundry ( ), officially Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and district headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the fifth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the district of Rajahmu ...

in 2011 and later earned bachelor of education B.Ed. She was a teacher at the Girijan Welfare residential school in Errampalem. Her mother, Nagulapalli Raghava, was elected as sarpanch of Gondolu Panchayat for the third time in 2021..

Career

Dhanalakshmi becoming a first-time MLA. Dhanalakshmi resigned from her teaching position in June 2018 to pursue a political career. She was elected to the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: ''Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh. ...

representing

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registere ...

(YSRCP) in the 2019 Assembly election from Rampachodavaram constituency of East Godavari district defeating

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

candidate Vanthala Rajeswari by 39,206 votes.

References

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