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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jonnalagadda Padmavathy
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]]
| constituency = [[Singanamala Assembly constituency|Singanamala]]
| predecessor = B. Yaminibala
| successor = [[Bandaru Sravani Sree]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2024
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}

'''Jonnalagadda Padmavathy''' is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is elected as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Singanamala Assembly constituency|Singanamala]].<ref name="Singanamala Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019">{{Cite news |last=Sakshi |date=2019 |title=Singanamala Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 |work= |url=https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/singanamala |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710093814/https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/singanamala |archive-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Padmavathy was born to J. Chennakesavulu and J. Nirmala Devi in 1979 in [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} She completed her M.Tech. from JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur.<ref name="Singanamala MLA Padmavathi's Husband gets a key post in the Andhra Pradesh govt">{{cite news |last1=The Hans India |first1= |title=Singanamala MLA Padmavathi's Husband gets a key post in the Andhra Pradesh govt |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/singanamala-mla-padmavathis-husband-gets-a-key-post-in-the-andhra-pradesh-govt-577408 |accessdate=10 July 2021 |work=www.thehansindia.com |date=1 November 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710101829/https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/singanamala-mla-padmavathis-husband-gets-a-key-post-in-the-andhra-pradesh-govt-577408 |archivedate=10 July 2021 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Political career ==
Padmavathi joined the [[YSR Congress Party]] in 2014 and contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Singanamala constituency and lost to her closest rival [[Telugu Desam Party]] candidate B. Yaminibala by a margin of 4,584 votes. Padmavathi contested the 2019 assembly elections again from the Singanamala constituency and won as the MLA for the first time by winning with a majority of 46,242 votes over her closest rival Telugu Desam Party candidate [[Bandaru Sravani Sree]].<ref name="ఇక్కడ ఎవరు గెలిస్తే ఆ పార్టీదే అధికారం">{{Cite news |last=Sakshi |date=25 May 2019 |title=ఇక్కడ ఎవరు గెలిస్తే ఆ పార్టీదే అధికారం |language=te |work=Sakshi |url=https://m.sakshi.com/news/politics/jonnalagadda-padmavathi-win-singanamala-1192364 |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710102121/https://m.sakshi.com/news/politics/jonnalagadda-padmavathi-win-singanamala-1192364 |archive-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Ravi P. |date=2019-03-24 |title=It's woman Vs woman in Singanamala |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/its-woman-vs-woman-in-singanamala-514705 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
Padmavathi achieved a special recognition for an atmospheric moveable cabin designed by her in the innovation competition organized by the National Research and Development Corporation for making an innovation that protects the lives of the doctors who are serving the people during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="ఎమ్మెల్యే పద్మావతి ఆవిష్కరణకు జాతీయ స్థాయి గుర్తింపు">{{Cite news |last=Sakshi |date=18 July 2020 |title=ఎమ్మెల్యే పద్మావతి ఆవిష్కరణకు జాతీయ స్థాయి గుర్తింపు |language=te |work=Sakshi |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/national-recognition-invention-mla-padmavati-1302245 |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710103339/https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/national-recognition-invention-mla-padmavati-1302245 |archive-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="‘Atmospheric moveable cabin’ to replace PPEs in hospitals">{{Cite news |last=The Hindu |first= |date=19 July 2020 |title='Atmospheric moveable cabin' to replace PPEs in hospitals |language=en-IN |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/atmospheric-moveable-cabin-to-replace-ppes-in-hospitals/article32132817.ece |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206181933/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/atmospheric-moveable-cabin-to-replace-ppes-in-hospitals/article32132817.ece |archive-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]

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