Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy

Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy (born 1970) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Macherla Assembly constituency in Guntur district. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing the YSR Congress Party.^[1][2] He was nominated again to contest the Macherla seat in the 2024 Assembly election and lost.^[3]

Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2024
Preceded by	Pinnelli Laxma Reddy
Succeeded by	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy
Constituency	Macherla
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-15) 15 February 1970 (age 55) Kandlakunta, Veldurthi Mandalam, Guntur district (now Palnadu district), Andhra Pradesh
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2011)
Spouse	Pinnelli Ramadevi
Parent	Pinnelli Venkateswara Reddy (father)
Education	B.Com (1991)
Alma mater	A. C. College

Early life and education

Reddy was born in Kandlakunta village, Veldurthi mandal, Guntur district. His father's name is Pinnelli Venkateswara Reddy. He completed his intermediate, the pre university course from SKRBR college, Narasaraopet and did his B.Com. degree from Andhra Christian College, Guntur.^[4]

Career

Reddy started his political journey with Indian National Congress. He was a member of ZPTC before serving as MLA of Macherla representing Indian National Congress in 2009.^[5] Reddy, who was a loyalist to Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy, resigned from the Congress and won for the second time from Macherla constituency in the 2012 by-election^[6] and went on to win the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[7] He was elected for the fourth time winning the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Anji Reddy Annapureddy of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 21,918 votes.^[8][9] In January 2020, he was allegedly attacked by unidentified protestors who were agitating against YSRCP's announcement of three capitals for the state.^[10][11]

EVM Damage Case

On 13 May 2024, Reddy was recorded on CCTV entering a polling booth in Macherla constituency and damaging a voter-verified paper audit trail machine at the booth.^[12] A first information report was lodged against him and the Andhra Pradesh High Court granted him anticipatory bail.^[13] the Supreme Court of India barred Reddy from entering the vote counting station for his constituency on 4 June, when election results would be declared, and termed his conduct and the anticipatory bail granted to him by the Andhra Pradesh High Court as "sheer mockery of justice system".^[14][15] He was subsequently arrested and jailed for 90 days in Nellore jail for investigation.

Electoral statistics

#	Year	Constituency	Party	Opponent	Votes	Vote %	Margin	Result
1	2009	Macherla	INC	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy	66,953	58,720	+9,785	Won
2	2012		YSRCP	Chirumamilla Madhu Babu	79,751	64,272	+15,479	Won
3	2014			Kommareddy Chalama Reddy	92,249	90,714	+3,535	Won
4	2019			Annapureddy Anji Reddy	1,10,406	88,488	+21,918	Won
5	2024			Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy	89,095	1,22,413	-33,318	Lost