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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = B. K. Parthasarathi<br />
| image =<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|09|03|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Roddam, Anantapur district|Roddam]], [[Anantapur]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Penukonda Assembly constituency|Penukonda]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2009<br />
| term_end2 = 2019<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Paritala Sunitha]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Malagundla Sankaranarayana]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency|Hindupur]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1999<br />
| term_end1 = 2004<br />
| predecessor1 = [[S. Gangadhar]]<br />
| successor1 = [[G. Nizamuddin]]<br />
| constituency = [[Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency|Hindupur]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 2024<br />
| predecessor = [[Kuruva Gorantla Madhav]]<br />
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| education = [[Bangalore University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br />
| father = B. K. Nanjaiah<br />
| mother = B. K. Sanjeevamma<br />
| spouse = B. K. Kalavathi<br />
| children = 6<br />
| website = <br />
| source = http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3ap2014/1981/B%20K%20PARTHASARATHI.pdf<br />
| occupation = Politician <br />
}}<br />
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'''B. K. Parthasarathi''' is an [[Andhra Pradesh]] politician. He is the leader of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] and has won twice as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from the [[Penukonda]] constituency. He won from [[Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency|Hindupur]] in the [[2024 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Election Commission of India | url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0120.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605091555/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0120.htm | access-date=2025-03-21 | archive-date=2024-06-05}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Parthasarathi entered politics by becoming Zilla Parishad chairman of the [[Anantapur district]] in 1996. In 1999, [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] offered him the [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] seat of [[Hindupur]] and he won with a majority of 134,636,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1999-election-results.html|title=1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|website=elections.in}}</ref> defeating [[S. Gangadhar]] of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]].<br />
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In the 2004 Loksabha elections, he was defeated by [[G. Nizamuddin]] with a narrow margin of 1,840 votes.<br />
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In the 2009 election, he contested as an MLA candidate from Penukonda and won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/penukonda-a-tdp-bastion-for-more-than-two-decades-512748|title=Penukonda, a TDP bastion for more than two decades|first=Hans News|last=Service|date=17 March 2019|website=thehansindia.com}}</ref> in a triangular fight by 14,385 votes, defeating K T Sreedhar of Congress Party.<br />
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In the 2014 elections, he again won<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/penukonda.html|title = Penukonda Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh}}</ref> by defeating Malagundla Sankaranarayana, of [[YSR Congress Party]]. In 2019, Malagundla Sankaranarayana defeated<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-clean-sweep-in-anantapur-district-531925|title=YSRCP clean sweep in Anantapur district|last=sumadhura|date=24 May 2019|website=thehansindia.com}}</ref> him by a wide margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.sakshi.com/election-2019/hindi/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/penukonda.html|title=Penukonda Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 – Penukonda Constituency MLA Election Results 2019|website=m.sakshi.com}}</ref><br />
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He became a [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]] board member in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/apr/21/andhra-pradesh-new-tirumala-tirupati-devasthanams-trust-board-has-a-few-surprise-picks-1804420.html|title=Andhra Pradesh: New Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board has a few surprise picks|website=The New Indian Express|date=21 April 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/ttd-new-trust-board-appointed-665745.html|title=TTD new Trust Board appointed|date=20 April 2018|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> He became district Telugu Desam Party president in 2009.<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]<br />
[[Category:People from Anantapur district]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Rayalaseema]]<br />
[[Category:1959 births]]<br />
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