Pilli Anantha Lakshmi (born 1971) is an Indian politician from

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. She was a two-time MLA of

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 ...

. She won the

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from

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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 ...

. She lost the

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were held in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the 15th Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh), fifteenth legislative ...

Early life and education

Lakshmi was born in Madhapatnam, Samalkota mandal, East Godavari district. Her father Venkataswamy resides in Vakalapudi. She married Pilli Veera Venkata Sathyanarayana Murthy, alias Sathibabu. They have a son, Radhakrishna.

Career

Lakshmi began her political career with

in 1999. She won the

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was conducted in 3 phases simultaneously with the 1999 Indian general election for the 11th Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The election was held on 4 September 1999, 11 September 1999 and 17 Sept ...

representing Telugu Desam Party from Sampara Assembly Constituency, which later became Kakinada Rural after delimitation. She won for the second time in 2014. Contesting again on Telugu Desam Party ticket, she won the

defeating Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 9,048 votes. She contested again on TDP ticket but lost the

to Kurasala Kannababu of

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by a margin of 8,789 votes. In April 2015, she was nominated as a board member of the Tirupati Thirumala Devasthanam Board for a period of one year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anantha Lakshmi, Pilli 1971 births Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Telugu Desam Party politicians Telugu politicians Politicians from East Godavari district Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly