Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy

Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy (born 1967)^[1] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He was a former member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected from Kakinada City representing the YSR Congress Party.

Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2019–2024
Preceded by	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
Succeeded by	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
Constituency	Kakinada City
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
Constituency	Kakinada City
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-08) 8 July 1967 (age 58) Venkat Nagar, East Godavari district (now Kakinada district), Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	YSR Congress Party (2014-present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2009-2014)
Spouse	Smt D. Mahalakshmi
Children	2
Parent	D.Bhaskara Reddy (Father)
Occupation	Politician

Early life

Reddy is from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He married D Mahalakshmi and together they have two children. He is the son of D Bhaskara Reddy. He studied intermediate (Class 12) at Ideal College of Arts and Science, Kakinada, and passed the examinations in 1984.^[1]

Career

Reddy served as an MLA for two terms after he was elected in 2009 and 2019.^[2] Inbetween, he lost the 2014 and 2024 Assembly elections.^[3][4]

Reddy was first elected as an MLA from Kakinada City Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[5] In 2009, he polled 44,606 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Bandana Hari of the Prajarajyam Party, by a margin of 9,279 votes.^[6]

He was a close associate of Jagan Mohan Reddy and shifted to YSR Congress Party during the bifurcation and contested the 2014 election as a YSR Congress Party candidate. In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he contested from the same seat and got 52,467 votes but lost to winner, Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao of the Telugu Desam Party, by a margin of 24,000 votes.^[3]

He regained the seat in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election for the YSR Congress Party. He polled 73,890 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao of the TDP, by a margin of 14,111 votes.^[2] However in 2024, he lost by a margin of 56,000 votes to Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao.^[4]

Controversy

In December 2024, his name was involved in a Public Distribution System (PDS) rice smuggling controversy at the Kakinada Port.^[7][8]