Pamula Pushpa Sreevani

Pamula Pushpa Sreevani is an Indian politician who served as the 11th deputy Chief Minister and minister of Tribal Welfare Department of Andhra Pradesh from 8 June 2019 to 7 April 2022. She is a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kurupam constituency. She is member of the YSR Congress Party.[1]

Pamula Pushpa Sreevani
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byVeera Vara Todarmal Janardhan Thatraj
ConstituencyKurupam
7th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2019  7 April 2022
Preceded byNimmakayala Chinarajappa
K. E. Krishnamurthy
Succeeded byRajanna Dora Peedika
Minister of Tribal Welfare
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2019  7 April 2022
Preceded byKidari Sravan Kumar
Succeeded byRajanna Dora Peedika
Personal details
Born (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986
Doramamidi
NationalityIndian
Political partyYSR Congress Party
SpouseSathrucharla Parikshith Raju
Residence(s)Polavaram,
Amaravati
EducationBachelor of Education,
Bachelor of Science
Alma materSurya Degree College, Jangareddygudem (2003–2008),
K.R.N.V College, Visakhapatnam (2007)
OccupationPolitician

In June 2019, she became one of the five Deputy Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh in the Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy led cabinet and was also given a charge of Minister of Tribal Welfare.[2][3][4]

Her TikTok video on YS Jagan went viral.[5]

Electoral history

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 55,435 42.3 New
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 36,532 27.7 New
Independent Jayaraju Nimmaka 26,044 19.9 New
CPI(M) Kolaka Laxmana Murthy 5,689 4.3 Decrease16.0
Independent Palaka Ranjith Kumar 2,626 2.0 New
INC Erramilli Indrasena Vardhan 2,594 2.0 Decrease39.4
Majority 19,083 14.3 Increase1.4
Turnout 1,33,254 75.7 Increase3.7
YSRCP gain from INC Swing


2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 74,527 53.7 Increase11.4
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 47,925 34.6 Increase6.9
CPI(M) Avinash Kumar Kolaka 8,605 6.2 Increase1.9
BJP Nimmaka Jayaraju 4,204 3.0 New
INC Nimmaka Simhachalam 2,204 1.6 Decrease0.4
Majority 26,602 19.2 Increase4.9
Turnout 1,38,723 77.8 Increase2.1
YSRCP hold Swing Increase2.25

References

  1. "Pamula Pushpa Sreevani(Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party):Constituency- KURUPAM(VIZIANAGARAM) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. The Hindu Net Desk (8 June 2019). "Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. Apparasu, Srinivasa Rao (8 June 2019). "Jagan Reddy appoints Dalit woman as home minister of Andhra Pradesh". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. "Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles". 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. Rao, G. v r Subba (1 January 2020). "Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM's TikTok video goes viral". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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