Alla Ramakrishna Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2014 – 11 December 2023
ConstituencyMangalagiri
Personal details
BornPedakakani, Guntur district
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		YSR Congress Party (till 31 December 2023)
Parents
  • Alla Dasaratha Rami Reddy (father)
  • Alla Veera Raghavamma (mother)
RelativesAlla Ayodhya Rami Reddy (brother)
NicknameRK

Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, commonly known by his initials RK,[1] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is former Member of Legislative Assembly, he represented Mangalagiri Assembly constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly from 2014 to 11 December 2023.[2]

Political career

Ramakrishna Reddy was a politician from YSR Congress Party. He contested in 2014 and 2019 elections for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Mangalagiri constituency and has won both the elections.[3] In 2014 elections, he won the election against Ganji Chiranjeevi with a meagre majority of 12 votes. In 2019 elections, he won against then-chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh of Telugu Desam Party with a slender majority of 5,338 votes.[2]

He has also served as the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP CRDA) from June 2019 until its reorganisation to form Amaravati Metropolitan Region Development Authority (AMRDA) on 1 August 2020.[4][5]

On 11 December 2023, he resigned as MLA of Mangalagiri assembly constituency and left the YSRCP due to personal reasons.[6] He is expected to join the Indian National Congress along with Y. S. Sharmila on 4 January 2024.[7]

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mangalagiri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Alla Ramakrishna Reddy 1,08,464 47.47 +2.74
TDP Nara Lokesh 1,03,127 45.14 +0.41
CPI Muppalla Nageswararao 10,135 4.5
BJP Jaggarapu Rammohanrao 1119 1.5
Majority 5,337 2.33%
Turnout 2,28,469 85.45
YSRCP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mangalagiri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Alla Ramakrishna Reddy 88,977 44.73
TDP Ganji Chiranjeevi 88,965 44.73
Majority 12 0.000001
Turnout 1,98,941 89.48 8.93
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. ↑ "RK defends house sites'distribution initiative". The Hindu. 26 February 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Andhra Assembly polls: TDP's Nara Lokesh loses to YSR Congress's Ramakrishna Reddy". India Today. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Alla Ramakrishna Reddy dares Chandrababu Naidu to face CID probe if not guilty". The Hans India. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Alla Ramakrishna Reddy New Chairman Of AP CRDA". Sakshi Post. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh government constitutes AMRDA to replace APCRDA". The New Indian Express. 2 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ↑ The Hindu (11 December 2023). "YSR Congress Party MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy resigns". Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (30 December 2023). "Alla Ramakrishna Reddy says he will follow in the footsteps of Y.S. Sharmila". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Mangalagiri Assembly 2014 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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