Pochimareddy Ravindranath Reddy

Pochimareddy Ravindranath Reddy (born 1960) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA of YSR Congress Party from Kamalapuram Assembly constituency in the erstwhile Kadapa district. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2][3]

Pochimareddy Ravindranath Reddy
Member of Legisaltive Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Gandluru Veera Siva Reddy
Succeeded by	Putha Krishna Chaitanya Reddy
Constituency	Kamalapuram
Mayor of Kadapa Municipal Corporation
In office 2005–2010
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kothamaddi Suresh Babu
Personal details
Political party	YSR Congress Party

Early life and education

Reddy was born in Kadapa. He completed his B.Com. in Kadapa. His father is Ramanjula Reddy.^[4]

Career

Reddy started his political career with YSR Congress Party and served as vice chairman of Zilla Parishad in Kadapa. He was also the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Kadapa. He was first elected as MLA winning the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on YSRCP ticket from Kamalapuram Assembly constituency defeating Putha Narasimha Reddy of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 5,345 votes.^[5] He retained his seat from the same constituency in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election when he defeated TDP's Putha Narasimha Reddy again, by a bigger margin of 27,333 votes.^[6][2] In September 2016, he was nominated as the president of the YSRC RTC Mazdoor Union.^[7]