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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao<br>కూనంనేని సాంబశివ రావు
| image         = Ksambasivarao.jpg
| caption       = Kunamneni in a press meet
| birth_date    = 1966
| death_date    =
| office1       = [[Communist Party of India|Secretary of the Communist Party of India]]<br> Telangana State Council
| term_start1   = 8 September 2022
| term_end1     = 
| predecessor1  = Chada Venkata Reddy
| successor1    = 
| office2       = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Andhra Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Kothagudem Assembly constituency|Kothagudem]]
| term_start2   = 16 May 2009
| predecessor2  = [[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
| term_end2     = 16 May 2014
| successor2    = [[Jalagam Venkat Rao]]
| office        = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency  = [[Kothagudem Assembly constituency|Kothagudem]]
| term_start    = 6 December 2023
| predecessor   = [[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
| term_end      = 
| successor     = 
| party         = [[Communist Party of India]]
| occupation    = Politician 
}}
'''Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao''' (born 1956) known [[mononym]]ously by his [[surname]] as '''Kunamneni''', is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and leader of [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). He was elected as secretary of CPI Telangana State Council in September 2022.<ref name="Kunamneni elected new CPI State secretary">{{cite news |date=9 September 2022 |title=Kunamneni elected new CPI State secretary |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/sep/09/kunamneni-elected-new-cpi-state-secretary-2496290.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910114353/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/sep/09/kunamneni-elected-new-cpi-state-secretary-2496290.html |archive-date=10 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022 |work=}}</ref><ref name="Kunamneni elected as CPI state secretary again at the 4th State Conference">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |author1-link=23 August 2025 |title=Kunamneni elected as CPI state secretary again at the 4th State Conference |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kunamneni-elected-as-cpi-state-secretary-again-at-the-4th-state-conference/article69965942.ece |access-date=23 August 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=22 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823045521/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kunamneni-elected-as-cpi-state-secretary-again-at-the-4th-state-conference/article69965942.ece |archive-date=23 August 2025  |language=en-IN}}</ref> He is the current MLA from Kothagudem.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sridhar |first=P. |date=2023-12-11 |title=Lone CPI MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao vows to make people's voice heard in Assembly |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/lone-cpi-mla-kunamneni-sambasiva-rao-vows-to-make-peoples-voice-heard-in-assembly/article67628084.ece |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kunamneni was elected as a member of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kothagudem Assembly constituency|Kothagudem]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh 2004|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4053-andhra-pradesh-2004/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> He won the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly Election from Kothagudem Constituency on CPI ticket as an alliance candidate supported by Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao Election Results 2023: News, Votes, Results of Telangana Assembly |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/telangana-assembly-election-candidates-list-2023/kunamneni-sambasiva-rao-54117-2 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=NDTV.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-06 |title='Will be voice of oppressed in assembly' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/cpi-state-secretary-kunamneni-sambasiva-rao-voice-of-the-oppressed-in-assembly/articleshow/105768459.cms |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kothagudem assembly election results 2023: Kothagudem Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/kothagudem-assembly-result-29117 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

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