B. K. Parthasarathi

B. K. Parthasarathi is an Andhra Pradesh politician. He is the leader of the Telugu Desam Party and has won twice as an MLA from the Penukonda constituency. He won from Hindupur in the 2024 Indian general election.^[1]

B. K. Parthasarathi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Kuruva Gorantla Madhav
Constituency	Hindupur
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	S. Gangadhar
Succeeded by	G. Nizamuddin
Constituency	Hindupur
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2019
Preceded by	Paritala Sunitha
Succeeded by	Malagundla Sankaranarayana
Constituency	Penukonda
Personal details
Born	(1959-09-03) 3 September 1959 (age 65) Roddam, Anantapur
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	B. K. Kalavathi
Children	6
Parents	B. K. Nanjaiah (father) B. K. Sanjeevamma (mother)
Education	Bangalore University (B.A.)
Occupation	Politician
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Career

Parthasarathi entered politics by becoming Zilla Parishad chairman of the Anantapur district in 1996. In 1999, TDP offered him the MP seat of Hindupur and he won with a majority of 134,636,^[2] defeating S. Gangadhar of the Congress Party.

In the 2004 Loksabha elections, he was defeated by G. Nizamuddin with a narrow margin of 1,840 votes.

In the 2009 election, he contested as an MLA candidate from Penukonda and won^[3] in a triangular fight by 14,385 votes, defeating K T Sreedhar of Congress Party.

In the 2014 elections, he again won^[4] by defeating Malagundla Sankaranarayana, of YSR Congress Party. In 2019, Malagundla Sankaranarayana defeated^[5] him by a wide margin.^[6]

He became a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board member in April 2018.^[7][8] He became district Telugu Desam Party president in 2009.