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[[File:Amberpet MLA Kaleru Venkatesh.jpg|thumb|300x300px|MLA Kaleru Venkatesh in 2026]]

'''Kaleru Venkatesh''' [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] (born 10 December 1960) is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]] state. He is a member of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from [[Amberpet Assembly constituency]] in [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]]. He represents [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] and won the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amberpet assembly election results 2023: Amberpet Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/amberpet-assembly-result-29059 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Amberpet Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/amberpet-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687838.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Venkatesh was born in Golnaka to late K. Anjaneyulu. He completed his LLB in 1986 from Faculty of Law, [[Delhi University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaleru Venkatesh(BRS):Constituency- AMBERPET(HYDERABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/Telangana2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=12 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> His wife, Kaleru Padma, was a former corporator of [[Golnaka]]. In 2005, he was the president of the Criminal Court Bar Association in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-24 |title=Kaleru Venkatesh {{!}} MLA {{!}} TRS {{!}} Amberpet {{!}} Hyderabad {{!}} Telangana |url=https://theleaderspage.com/kaleru-venkatesh/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Venkatesh started his political journey with [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the floor leader of Congress in the [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] from 2009 to 2012. From 2009 to 2014, he served as [[Golnaka]] corporator. Later, he joined [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and became an MLA for the first time in 2018 from [[Amberpet Assembly constituency]]. He won the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] defeating [[G. Kishan Reddy]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by a narrow margin of 1,016 votes. He polled 61,558 votes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-03 |title=Amberpet constituency Telangana election result 2023: BRS candidate wins by 24,537 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/amberpet-constituency-telangana-election-result-2023-it-is-brs-kalery-venkateshwam-vs-congress-rohin-kumar-reddy/articleshow/105693461.cms |access-date=2024-07-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He won for the second time from Amberpet representing [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] in the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 74,416 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Chenaboyanna Krishna Yadav of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a margin of 24,537 votes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amberpet Election Result 2023 Live, Amberpet Elections Vote Counting, Telangana Results 2023 {{!}} ABP News |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselections/telangana-assembly-election-2023/telangana-amberpet-constituency-59.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, India]]
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Balaji15 at 10:43, 12 January 2026