Kilari Venkata Rosaiah

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Kilari Venkata Rosaiah

Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 12 June 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Succeeded by	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Constituency	Ponnur

Personal details
Born	(1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 57) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Janasena^[1]
Other political affiliations	Praja Rajyam Party (2009–2011) YSR Congress Party (2014–2024)^[2]
Spouse	Kilari Lakshmi Saraswathi (m. 1989)

Kilari Venkata Rosaiah is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He is the incumbent MLA from Ponnur Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.^[3] He is the son-in-law of former Union Minister Ummareddy Venkateswarlu.^[4]

Birth and education

He was born in 1967 to Kilari Koteswararao. He completed 10th class at Shrine Vailankani Senior Secondary School, Chennai in 1982. He completed intermediate at J.K.C College in 1984. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from J.K.C College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur in 1987.^[5]

Political career

Rosaiah comes from a political background family. His father, Kilari Koteswararao worked as a Councillor and Chairman of Guntur Mirchi Market Yard. Kilari Koteswararao contested from Guntur-II Assembly constituency in 1989 from Telugu Desam Party and lost.^[6]

Rosaiah entered politics following his father's legacy. In 1985, Kilari Venkata Rosaiah was elected unanimously as vice-president of JKC college. In 1993, he served as vice-president of the Guntur Mirchi Yard Association. He was elected as Guntur Mirchi Yard Association President in 1994. In 2009, he joined the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) and appointed Guntur Town President from the PRP party. In 2009, he contested as MLA from Tenali but he lost.^[7]

Later, he joined YSRCP and worked as a YSRCP coordinator for Tenali. He was appointed YSRCP State Secretary in 2017.^[8]

In 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he contested as YSRCP candidate from the Ponnur constituency and won as MLA against TDP candidate Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar by a minor difference of 1100 votes.^[9]

Election statistics

	Year	Contested For		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result
1	2009	MLA	Praja Rajyam Party	Tenali	Nadendla Manohar (INC)	61,582 – 37,990	-23,592	Lost^[10]^[11]
2	2019	MLA	YSR Congress Party	Ponnur	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar (TDP)	87,570 – 86,458	1,112	Won^[12]^[13]
3	2024	MP	YSR Congress Party	Guntur	Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (TDP)	8,64,948 – 5,20,253	-3,44,695	Lost

References

^ The Hindu (26 September 2024). "Balineni, Udaya Bhanu, Rosaiah join JSP". Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ "Ex-MLA Rosaiah quits YSRCP, may join Jana Sena". Great Andhra. 24 July 2024.
^ "AP Legislative Assembly,2019 winning candidates". My Neta.
^ "Venkata Rosaiah Kilari(PRAP):Constituency- TENALI(GUNTUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". 24 News Daily. 21 November 2022.
^ "Candidate details for Lok Sabha election 2024". Affidavit ECI.
^ "AC: Guntur-II 1989". India Votes.
^ "Andhra Pradesh 2009". My Neta.
^ "Rosaiah Appointed As State Secretary Of YSRCP". YSR Congress. 17 April 2017.
^ "Ponnur Assembly constituency 2019 election results". My Neta.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". India Votes.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 17 January 2020.
^ "Andhra Pradesh Ponnur Elections Result 2019". One India.

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