Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala


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Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala (born 1979) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh and was elected from Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency[1] representing Telugu Desam Party.[1][2][3]

Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2024
Preceded bySanjeev Kumar (politician)
ConstituencyKurnool
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

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Nagaraju is from Panchalingala, Kurnool. He is the son of Kuruva Bhushanna. He completed M.Sc in Chemistry in 2006 at Swamy Ramanand Teertha Marathwada University.[4] He quit the government job as a lecturer in 2021 to enter politics.[5]

Nagaraju served as a MPTC member of Panchalingala.[5] He won the 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh from Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency representing Telugu Desam Party. He polled 6,58,914 votes and defeated his nearest rival, B. Y. Ramaiah, of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 1.11.298 votes.[6][4]

Year Contested For Party Constituency Opponent Opponent Party Votes Majority Result
1 2024 MP Telugu Desam Party Kurnool B Y Ramaiah YSRCP 6,58,914 1,11,298 Won[1]