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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]]
| predecessor = [[Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy]]
| successor = [[Panchakarla Ramesh Babu]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2024
| constituency = [[Pendurthi Assembly constituency|Pendurthi]]
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}
'''Annamreddy Adeep Raj''' (born 22 February 1985) is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=పుట్టినరోజు వేడుకల్లో కిందపడిపోయిన వైసీపీ ఎమ్మెల్యే |url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/visakhapatnam/pendurthi-mla-annamreddy-adeep-raj-fell-down-in-his-birthday-celebrations/articleshow/98145153.cms |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Samayam Telugu |language=te}}</ref> He served as a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 2019 to 2024.

== Early life and education ==
Raj hails from Chakalaveedhi, Rampuram mandal, Visakhapatnam. His father is Satyanarayana. He completed schooling from Zilla Parishad High School, Adivivaram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annamreddy Adeep Raj(YSRCP):Constituency- PENDURTHI(VISAKHAPATNAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=6011 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> He did his intermediate (plus two) from Gayatri Vidya Parishad College. He is a businessman. He married Sirisha and has a son, Satya Dhanvith Raj.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-05 |title=Annamreddy Adeep Raj {{!}} MLA {{!}} Rampuram {{!}} Pendurthi {{!}} Visakhapatnam {{!}} YSRCP |url=https://theleaderspage.com/annamreddy-adeep-raj/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Raj started his political journey in 2006 when he was unanimously elected as the sarpanch of Rampuram village. In 2019, he was elected as MLA on YSRCP ticket from Pendurthi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendurthi Constituency Election Results 2019: Pendurthi Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/pendurthi |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendurthi Assembly Election 2024: Pendurthi Election Winning Candidates List, Election Date, Results, Vote Share New-IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/pendurthi-constituency-result-1031 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Before joining YSRCP in 2019, he was the president of the Visakhapatnam Youth Congress.

He won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Pendurthi Assembly constituency|Pendurthi Assembly Constituency]] in [[Visakhapatnam district]] on [[YSR Congress Party]] ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annamreddy Adeep Raj |url=https://prsindia.org/mlatrack/annamreddy-adeep-raj |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=PRS Legislative Research |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a first time MLA, who won against senior [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] leader and former minister [[Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy]] by a margin of 28,860 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendurthi Assembly Election 2024: Pendurthi Election Candidates List, Election Date, Chunav Results, Vote Share News in Hindi {{!}} पेंडुर्थी विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम 2024 - AajTak |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/assembly-chunav/andhra-pradesh/pendurthi-assembly-result-1031 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref>

Despite some factions in the party opposing his candidature, YSR Congress Party has confirmed his name to contest the Pendurthi Assembly Constituency for the 2024 election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilai |first=Harish |date=2024-03-21 |title=Pendurthi Assembly Constituency: MLA Ticket Speculations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/dissent-in-tdp-over-proposal-to-allocate-pendurthi-ticket-to-jsp/article67976269.ece |access-date=2024-04-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=Tension up as YSRC summons four Vizag MLAs |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/281223/tension-up-as-ysrc-summons-four-vizag-mlas.html |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref> The Pendurthi constituency has a reputation not to elect the same candidate twice.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-19 |title=No one gets a second term in Pendurthi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/no-one-gets-a-second-term-in-pendurthi/articleshow/108626441.cms |access-date=2024-04-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Devalla |first=Rani |date=2023-12-21 |title=Visakhapatnam: Pendurthi saw no repetition of MLAs |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/visakhapatnam/visakhapatnam-pendurthi-saw-no-repetition-of-mlas-845732 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref> And he did not win. He lost the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] to [[Panchakarla Ramesh Babu]] of [[Janasena Party]], by a margin of 81,870 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendurthi Constituency Election Results 2024: Pendurthi Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/pendurthi |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pendurthi Assembly Election Results 2024: Pendurthi Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/pendurthi-constituency-result-1031 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:People from Visakhapatnam district]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]

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