Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XII Lok Sabha

UPPALAPATI, SHRI VENKATA KRISHNAM RAJU
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - KAKINADA (ANDHRA PRADESH)]



Father's Name       Late Shri Uppalapati Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju

Date of Birth       20 January 1946

Place of Birth      Mogaltur, Distt. West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)   

Marital Status      Married on 20 September 1996

Spouse's Name       Smt. U. Shyamala Devi                   

Children            Two daughters

Educational Qualifications  

               Under-Graduate

Profession         

               Agriculturist, Artist and Former Ruler

Permanent Address  

               Vill. Mogaltur, Mandal Narsapur         
               Distt. West Godavari - 505209                   
               (Andhra Pradesh)                        

               Tel. (08814) 67474                                                    

Present Address   

       AB 87, Shahjahan Road,             
       New Delhi-110001              

       Tel. (011) 3782338            

Positions Held  

1998           Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99        Member, Committee on Commerce
       
               Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
               Information and Broadcasting

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Research in yoga, Hinduism and Culture; as film actor, in
Telugu won several awards

Social and Cultural Activities  

Worked for the relief of cyclone affected people; collected
funds for the rehabilitation of families of police

personnel; and instrumental in establishing open air
theatres at Nellore, Ellore and Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

Special Interests  

Welfare of the people

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading, studying rural folk, religious rituals, educating
people and sports and games

Sports and Clubs  

Kabaddi and volleyball; selected for national games in
Kabaddi and was a renowned inter-collegiate volleyball
player

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled

Other Information  

President, Telugu Artists Association for 18 years;
educating rural masses and making them aware of fiscal,
academic and political policies

Election Result of
Kakinada Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate 11,59,640
Total votes polled  8,16,640

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Venkata Krishnam Raju Uppalapati(B.J.P.) 3,30,381
(2) Shri Gopala Krishna Thota (T.D.P.) 2,62,582
(3) Shri Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallamraju (I.N.C.) 1,93,178
(4) Shri Murthy Nainainalasetty  [C.P.I.(ML)(L)]    8,682
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