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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Politician
| name                = David Raju Palaparthi
| office              = Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| constituency_AM     = [[Yerragondapalem (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Yerragondapalem constituency]]
| termstart           = 2014
| party_election      = Y.S.R.C.P
| termend             = 2019
| occupation          = Politician
| party               = Telugu Desam Party
| honorific_prefix    = Shri.
| predecessor         = [[Audimulapu Suresh]]
| constituency_AM1    = [[Santhanuthalapadu (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Santhanuthalapadu constituency]]
| termstart1          = 1999
| termend1            = 2004
| predecessor1        = Thavanam Chenchaiah
| successor1          = Dara Sambaiah
| honorific_suffix    = Honourable MLA
| citizenship         = Indian
| nationality         = Indian
| birth_place         = Mattigunta, Naguluppalapadu (M), Prakasham District.
| residence           = Devudicheruvu
| parents             = George
| birth_date          = 7 May 1958
}}

'''David Raju Palaparthi''' is an elected member to [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Presently, he is representative to [[Yerragondapalem (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Yerragondapalem constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/yerragondapalem.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Yerragondapalem (SC) Assembly Constituency|website=Elections.in}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2014/Stat-Report-Andhra-Pradesh2014.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections 2014 to Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh|publisher=Election Commission of India|year=2014|pages=13}}</ref> Previously, he was elected as member from [[Santhanuthalapadu (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Santhanuthalapadu constituency]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf|title=Statistical Report of General Elections, 1999 to Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh|publisher=Election Commission of India|year=1999|pages=9}}</ref>

== Early life ==
He was born in Mattigunta Village of Naguluppala Padu Mandal of [[Prakasam district|Prakasham District]]. He did his graduation in Master of Arts and L.L.B from [[Andhra University College of Law|Andhra University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ObF6nJEF_g|title=YCP & TDP Stance In AP Assembly {{!}} MLA David Raju {{!}} Part 1 : TV5 News|date=26 August 2016|website=Youtube|publisher=NTV Telugu}}</ref>

== Political career ==
His political career was started in the year 1987 as party member in [[Telugu Desam Party]]. Later, he was rose to Member of Mandal Praja Parishad. After that, he was elected as Chairman to [[District Councils of India|Zilla Praja Parishad]]. In 1999, for the first time; he was elected as Member to [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Santhanuthalapadu (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Santhanuthalapadu constituency]] from Telugu Desam Party.<ref name=":1" /> Later, he joined [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party|YSR Congress Party]] in 2010. In 2014, he was elected as Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from [[Yerragondapalem (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Yerragondapalem constituency]] from [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party|YSR Congress Party]].<ref name=":0" /> But, he shifted to [[Telugu Desam Party]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/palaparthi-first-ysrc-mla-to-join-tdp-bandwagon-in-prakasam/article8292283.ece|title=YSRC MLA from Prakasam District defects to TDP|date=28 February 2016|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Elections in Political Career
!Year
!Constituency
!Party
!Result
|-
|1999
|Santhanuthalapadu
|TDP
|Won
|-
|2009
|Yerragondapalem
|TDP
|Loss
|-
|2014
|Yerragondapalem
|YSRCP
|Won
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1958 births]]


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