Kilari Venkata Rosaiah Explained

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

Notes and References

1. News: The Hindu . Balineni, Udaya Bhanu, Rosaiah join JSP . 28 September 2024 . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240928045851/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/balineni-udaya-bhanu-rosaiah-join-jsp/article68687249.ece . 28 September 2024 . en-IN.
2. Web site: Ex-MLA Rosaiah quits YSRCP, may join Jana Sena . Great Andhra . 24 July 2024 . en.
3. Web site: AP Legislative Assembly,2019 winning candidates . My Neta . en.
4. Web site: Venkata Rosaiah Kilari(PRAP):Constituency- TENALI(GUNTUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate . 24 News Daily . 21 November 2022.
5. Web site: Candidate details for Lok Sabha election 2024 . Affidavit ECI . en.
6. Web site: AC: Guntur-II 1989 . India Votes . en.
7. Web site: Andhra Pradesh 2009 . My Neta . en.
8. Web site: Rosaiah Appointed As State Secretary Of YSRCP . YSR Congress . 17 April 2017 . en.
9. Web site: Ponnur Assembly constituency 2019 election results . My Neta . en.
10. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009 . Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.
11. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009 . India Votes.
12. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 . Election Commission of India . 17 January 2020.
13. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Ponnur Elections Result 2019 . One India.