Sugavasi Palakondrayudu (3 July 1946 – 6 May 2025) was an Indian politician.

Background

Palakondrayudu was born in

Rayachoti Rayachoti is a Municipality and District headquarters of Annamayya district which is formed after Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency) of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Rayachoti is the headquarters of Rayachoti revenue division and is one ...

village, now in

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, on 3 July 1946. He passed matriculation at Z.P. High School, Rayachoty. He married on 2 December 1968, and had two sons and one daughter. Palakondrayudu died while undergoing treatment for illness at a

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hospital, on 6 May 2025. He was 78.

Career

Palakondrayudu was a candidate of

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and won in Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly from

assembly constituency in Kadapa district in 1978. He won a second time as an

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candidate from Rayachoti assembly constituency in 1983. He joined the

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 ...

and won Lok Sabha Membership from

Rajampet Rajampeta is a town in Annamayya district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Rayalaseema Region formed on the banks of Cheyyeru River. The town has an average elevation of . Rajampet is an Assembly constituency, Lok Sabha con ...

Lok Sabha constituency in

in 1984. He won in Rayachoti assembly constituency in 1999 and 2004 from the Telugu Desam Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palakondrayudu, Sugavasi 1946 births 2025 deaths India MPs 1984–1989 People from Kadapa district Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party politicians Telugu politicians People from Rayalaseema