Silpa Chakrapani Reddy (born 1964) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. He is an MLA of

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 ...

from Srisailam Assembly constituency in

Kurnool district Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after the districts are reorganised in April 2022. It is located in the north western part of the state and is bounded by Nandyal d ...

. He won 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 ...

. He is nominated by YSRCP to contest the Srisailam seat in the 2024 Assembly Election.

Early life and education

Reddy was born in Atmakur town, in the erstwhile

, which is renamed as Nandyal district in 2022. His father's name is Singareddy Chenna Reddy. He completed intermediate, the pre university course, from Government Junior College,

Koilkuntla Koilakuntla (also called as Kovelakuntla, Koyalakuntla, Koilkuntla) is a town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is Head quarter of Koilakuntla mandal. It is in Dhone revenue division. Geography Koilakuntla is loca ...

, Kurnool district in 1982. He runs his own business.

Career

He started his political career with

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 ...

. He lost the

2014 Andhra pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Assembly, Telangana. It was held ...

from Srisailam Assembly constituency on TDP ticket. Later, he was elected as MLC, but resigned the post and quit TDP. In 2017, he joined

. He won the

on YSRCP ticket defeating Budda Rajasekhara Reddy of

by a margin of 38,698 votes.

References

{{Reflist YSR Congress Party politicians 1964 births Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Politicians from Kurnool district