| Tatiparthi Chandrasekhar | |
| Constituency: | Yerragondapalem |
| Office: | Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | June 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Audimulapu Suresh |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | YSR Congress Party |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Alma Mater: | Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology |
Tatiparthi Chandrasekhar (born 1980) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Yerragondapalem Assembly constituency which is reserved for the SC community in Prakasam district. He represents YSR Congress Party.[1] He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election despite a wave in favour of Telugu Desam Party and its allies Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena Party.[2] [3]
Chandrasekhar hails from a farmer's family in Yerragondapalem. But he has taken up contractual work and is now a businessman. His father's name is Hussain. He married Bhagya. He completed his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 2000 at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.[4]
Chandrasekhar won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election despite a wave against the YSR Congress Party. He was nominated in place of sitting MLA Adimulapu Suresh by YSR Congress Party. As early as January 2024, he was nominated as the coordinator of Yerragondapalem Assembly constituency, considered a stronghold of the YSR Congress Party.[5] He polled 91,741 votes and defeated Guduri Erixion Babu of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 5,200 votes.[6] [7] He is one among the 11 YSRCP MLAs who won the 2024 election. Chandrasekhar's brother Sudhakar and his wife and Singarayakonda sarpanch, Vanaja, campaigned for YSR Congress Party candidate Chandrasekhar.[8] His wife, Bhagya, also campaigned for him in many villages.[9] He urged people to vote for Jagan Mohan Reddy, who implemented 99 per cent of the promises, and to the YSRCP MP candidate, Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy.[10]