Yeluri Sambasiva Rao is an Indian

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and businessman from

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. He serves as the

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MLA of the Parchur constituency, representing

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 current ruling partyin the state. He successively led the 2014 & 2019 Assembly election from the same Parchur Constituency. He has won for third time in 2024 from same Parchur Constituency.

Early life and education

Sambasiva Rao was born in Konanki village of

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Mandal in the former Prakasam district. He completed his early education in

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before pursuing a

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in MS Horticultural Science at Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University.

Political career

Yeluri Sambasiva Rao, representing TDP, won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections with 97,248 votes (51.65%), defeating Gottipati Bharath Kumar. He was re-elected in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh General Elections, securing 97,076 votes (47.78%) against Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, once again representing the Parchur Assembly Constituency in the

Family

Children: Divyesh Yeluri, Mainank Tarak Yeluri

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Telugu Desam Party politicians {{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029