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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kilari Venkata Rosaiah
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br />Andhra Pradesh]]
| constituency = [[Ponnur Assembly constituency|Ponnur]]
| term_start = 12 June 2019
| term_end = 4 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar]]
| successor = Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|06|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Guntur]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Kilari Lakshmi Saraswathi|1989}}
| party = [[Janasena Party]]<ref name="Balineni, Udaya Bhanu, Rosaiah join JSP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |title=Balineni, Udaya Bhanu, Rosaiah join JSP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/balineni-udaya-bhanu-rosaiah-join-jsp/article68687249.ece |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928045851/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/balineni-udaya-bhanu-rosaiah-join-jsp/article68687249.ece |archive-date=28 September 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
| other_party = [[Praja Rajyam Party]] (2009–2011) <br /> [[YSR Congress Party]] (2014–2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-MLA Rosaiah quits YSRCP, may join Jana Sena |url=https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/andhra-news/ex-mla-rosaiah-quits-ysrcp-may-join-jana-sena-139398 |website=Great Andhra |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''Kilari Venkata Rosaiah''' is an Indian politician from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is the incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Ponnur Assembly constituency]] in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AP Legislative Assembly,2019 winning candidates |url=https://www.myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default |website=My Neta |language=en}}</ref> He is the son-in-law of former Union Minister [[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venkata Rosaiah Kilari(PRAP):Constituency- TENALI(GUNTUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://24newsdaily.com/kilari-venkata-rosaiah-biography/ |website=24 News Daily |date=21 November 2022}}</ref>

== Birth and education ==
He was born in 1967 to Kilari Koteswararao.
He completed 10th class at Shrine Vailankani Senior Secondary School, [[Chennai]] in 1982. He completed intermediate at [[Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary College|J. K. C College]] in 1984. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from [[Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary College|J. K. C. College]], [[Acharya Nagarjuna University]], [[Guntur]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Candidate details for Lok Sabha election 2024 |url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-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 |website=Affidavit ECI |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Rosaiah comes from a political background family. His father, Kilari Koteswararao worked as a Councillor and Chairman of Guntur Mirchi Market Yard. Kilari Koteswararao contested from [[Guntur-II Assembly constituency]] in 1989 from [[Telugu Desam Party]] and lost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AC: Guntur-II 1989 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/1989/andhra-pradesh/guntur-ii/27/12948/86 |website=India Votes |language=en}}</ref>

Rosaiah entered politics following his father's legacy. In 1985, Kilari Venkata Rosaiah was elected unanimously as vice-president of [[Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary College|J. K. C. college]]. In 1993, he served as vice-president of the Guntur Mirchi Yard Association. He was elected as Guntur Mirchi Yard Association President in 1994.
In 2009, he joined the [[Praja Rajyam Party]] (PRP) and appointed Guntur Town President from the [[Praja Rajyam Party]]. In 2009, he contested as MLA from [[Tenali Assembly constituency|Tenali]] but he lost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh 2009 |url=https://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=2929 |website=My Neta |language=en}}</ref>

Later, he joined [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] and worked as a YSRCP coordinator for Tenali. He was appointed [[YSRCP]] State Secretary in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosaiah Appointed As State Secretary Of YSRCP |url=https://www.ysrcongress.com/others/rosaiah-appointed-state-24205 |website=YSR Congress |date=17 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

In [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he contested as YSRCP candidate from the Ponnur constituency and won as MLA against [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] candidate [[Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar]] by a minor difference of 1100 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ponnur Assembly constituency 2019 election results |url=https://www.myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4838 |website=My Neta |language=en}}</ref>

== Election statistics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Year
! Contested For
! colspan="2" | Party
! Constituency
! Opponent
! Votes
! Majority
! Result
|- style="text-align: center;"
| 1
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}}
| [[Tenali (Assembly constituency)|Tenali]]
| [[Nadendla Manohar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| 61,582 – 37,990
| -23,592
| {{lost}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4054-andhra-pradesh-2009/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009 |website=Election Commission of India |date=20 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/30621 |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009 |website=India Votes}}</ref>
|- style="text-align: center;"
| 2
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party| rowspan=2}}
| [[Ponnur (Assembly constituency)|Ponnur]]
| [[Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar]] ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
| 87,570 – 86,458
| 1,112
| {{won}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11673-andhra-pradesh-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |website=Election Commission of India |date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oneindia.com/ponnur-assembly-elections-ap-88/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Ponnur Elections Result 2019 |website=One India}}</ref>
|- style="text-align: center;"
| 3
| [[2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh|2024]]
| [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]]
| [[Guntur Lok Sabha constituency|Guntur]]
| [[Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani]] ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
| 8,64,948 – 5,20,253
| -3,44,695
| {{Lost}}
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Acharya Nagarjuna University alumni]]
[[Category:Jana Sena Party politicians]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:Praja Rajyam Party politicians]]

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