S. Ramachandra Reddy | |
Birth Place: | Penukonda, Anantapur |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency: | Hindupur |
Term Start: | 1996 |
Term End: | 1998 |
Successor: | S. Gangadhar |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh |
Constituency1: | Penukonda |
Term Start1: | 1983 |
Term End1: | 1989 |
Predecessor1: | Somandepalli Narayana Reddy |
Successor1: | Sane Chenna Reddy |
Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
Spouse: | S. Gayathramma |
Children: | Five |
Occupation: | Politician |
S. Ramachandra Reddy (6 September 1944-2005) was an Indian politician from Penukonda, Anantapur district. He belonged to the Kuruba[1] caste.
In 1983, he contested from Penukonda and won[2] as MLA by defeating Gangula Narayana Reddy. Later in 1985[3] he contested from Telugu Desam party and won by defeating G Veeranna of the Congress Party. This time he became Minister in N. T. Rama Rao's government. He served as minister for Industry and Ports[4] and Chairman of Backward Classes Welfare Committee. But he lost[5] to S Chenna Reddy in the 1989 elections. In 1996 he won[6] as MP from Hindupur (Lok Sabha constituency) by defeating S. Gangadhar, with a 172,422 vote majority. In 1998 he was defeated[7] by S. Gangadhar.