Kilari Venkata Rosaiah

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. He is the son-in-law of former Union Minister Ummareddy Venkateswarlu.

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.

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.

Rosaiah entered politics following his father's legacy. In 1985, Kilari Venkata Rosaiah was elected unanimously as vice-president of J. K. C. 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 Praja Rajyam Party. In 2009, he contested as MLA from Tenali but he lost.

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

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.

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