Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi

Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju (born 1983) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a first-time MLA from Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency in Vizianagaram District. She represents Telugu Desam Party. She won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3]

Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byKolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
ConstituencyVizianagaram
Personal details
Born1983
Political partyTelugu Desam Party

Early life and education

Aditi is from the royal family of Vizianagaram.[4] She is the daughter of former central minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, a Maharaja of Vizianagaram.[5] She completed her MA in psychology in 2013 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.[6]

Career

Aditi became an MLA for the first time winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. She defeated former deputy assembly speaker Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy of YSR Congress Party.[5] Earlier in 2019, she contested from Vizianagaram seat but lost the election.[7]

References
  1. "Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, TDP Candidate from Vizianagaram Assembly Election 2024 Seat: Electoral History & Political Journey, Winning or Losing - News18 Assembly Election 2024 Result News". www.news18.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  2. "Vizianagaram Assembly Election Results 2024: Vizianagaram Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  3. "Vizianagaram Assembly Election Results 2024: Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh Election Schedule, Vote share and Results". Financialexpress. 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  4. "'Royal' challengers enter the election fray". The Times of India. 2024-04-14. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  5. Pativada, Sreenu Babu (2024-04-13). "2 women in fray to take forward family legacy in North Andhra politics". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  6. "Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju Pusapati(TDP):Constituency- VIZIANAGARAM(VIZIANAGARAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  7. marathi. "Vizianagaram Election Result 2023 Live, Vizianagaram Elections Vote Counting, Andhra-pradesh Results 2023 | ABP Marathi News". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 2024-06-04.


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