Thammineni Seetharam

Tammineni Seetharam is an Indian politician from the YSR Congress Party. He previously served as the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from May 2019 to 2024.^[1]

Tammineni Seetharam
Tammineni Seetharam
20th Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 13 June 2019 – 21 June 2024
Deputy	Kona Raghupathi Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by	Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
Succeeded by	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
Constituency	Amadalavalasa
Minister of Law and justice, Stamps and Registrations and Municipal administration Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 22 October 1999 – 13 May 2004
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Tulla Devender Goud
Succeeded by	Dharmana Prasada Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Kuna Ravi Kumar
Succeeded by	Kuna Ravi Kumar
Constituency	Amadalavalasa
In office 1994–2004
Preceded by	Pydi Sreerama Murty
Succeeded by	Boddepalli Satyavathi
Constituency	Amadalavalasa
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Pydi Sreerama Murty
Succeeded by	Pydi Sreerama Murty
Constituency	Amadalavalasa
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 70) Thogaram
Political party	YSR Congress Party (2013- present)
Other political affiliations	Praja Rajyam Party (2009-2012) Telugu Desam Party (2012-2013) (1983-2009)
Residence(s)	Thogaram village, Amadalavalasa mandal, Srikakulam district

Political career

Tammineni Seethaaram is a discontinued graduate in arts and is a senior leader. His political entry started with Telugu Desam Party and was elected as MLA, 6 times (by election), from Amudalavalasa constituency. He served as a minister for three terms, for law and justice, sports, stamps and registrations, excise and municipal administration.

In 2009, Sitaram joined Praja Rajyam Party after resigning from TDP. He lost the election contesting with PRP. Later after dissolution of PRP, he re-joined TDP in 2012, but was unable to adjust in the party. He joined YSR Congress Party in 2013 and contested as an MLA from Amudalavalasa constituency in 2014, but was defeated by TDP candidate K Ravi Kumar.

Sitaram belongs to Kalinga community, which has a dominant vote strength in the Srikakulam parliamentary constituency. Sitaram is the fourth Speaker from Srikakulam district. RLN Dora was the first speaker, Tangi Satyam was the second Speaker and K Pratibha Bharati was the third Speaker from Srikakulam district.

Electoral history