| Palle Raghunatha Reddy | |
| Office: | Minister of Information & Public Relations, Information Technology and Minority Welfare Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start: | 8 June 2014 |
| Term End: | 1 April 2017 |
| Governor: | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Predecessor: | President's Rule |
| Successor: | Nara Lokesh |
| Office2: | Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh[1] |
| Term2: | 2007 - 2009 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata2: | A. Chakrapani |
| 2Blankname2: | Deputy Chairman |
| 2Namedata2: | Mohammed Jani |
| 3Blankname2: | Leader of the House |
| 3Namedata2: | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Constituency2: | Anantapur |
| Office3: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
| Term3: | 2009 - 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Constituency Established |
| Successor3: | Duddukunta Sudhakar Reddy |
| Constituency3: | Puttaparthi |
| Term4: | 1999 - 2004 |
| Predecessor4: | T. D. Nagaraja Reddy |
| Successor4: | Kadapala Mohan Reddy |
| Constituency4: | Nallamada[2] |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
Palle Raghunatha Reddy is a politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Nallamada and Puttaparthi constituencies for the Telugu Desam Party winning in 1999 and 2014 elections.[3] He also served as Information Technology minister.[4]
Reddy hails from Puttaparthi, Anantapur District., Palle Raghunath Reddy is the chairman of the P.V.K.K. Institute of Technology and Sri Balaji Education Society, Anantapur.[5]
Reddy was first elected in 1999 assembly elections from the Nallamada constituency in Anantapur district. He later served as Chief Government Whip[6] but encountered serious opposition from inside the party.[7] In 2007, he was elected to the Legislative Council.[8]
He along with Nara Chandra Babu launched AP Cloud Initiative at Visakhapatnam.[9]
Later, he won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Kadapala Mohan Reddy of Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,021 votes.[10] He won again in 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Chinthapanti Somasekhara Reddy of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 6,964 votes.