Tammineni Veerabhadram

Thammineni Veerabhadram (born 1954) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] As of 2011 he was a Central Committee member of the party.[2]

Veerbhadram hails from Khammam District.[3] He entered politics through activism in the Students Federation of India.[3]

Veerbhadram contested the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1991 Indian general election. He finished in second place with 310,268 votes (43.37% of the votes in the constituency). There was less than 1% margin between him and the winning candidate, P.V. Rangaiah Naidu of the Indian National Congress.[4] He contested the Khammam seat again in the 1996 election and got elected to the 11th Lok Sabha.[1][5] He obtained 374,675 votes (42.82%), defeating P.V. Rangaiah Naidu.[5]

He lost the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 election. Veerabhadram won 352,083 votes (39.01%), finishing in second place. He was the most voted CPI(M) candidate in the fray outside of the left strongholds West Bengal and Kerala.[6]

Veerabhadram was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 2004 election, standing as a candidate in the Khammam constituency. He obtained 46,505 votes.[7] In the 2009 Legislative Assembly election he contested the neighbouring Palair constituency instead, where he finished in second place with 58,889 votes (37.98%).[8] As of 2011 he served as honorary president of the Khammam District unit of the Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham.[9]

When the CPI(M) decided to create a separate State Committee for Telangana in March 2014, following the passing of the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill, Veerabhadram was elected as its Secretary.[3][10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 596.
  2. ↑ The Hindu. CPI(M) pays rich tributes to Puchalapalli Sundaraiah
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Business Standard. CPM sets up separate committee for Telangana state
  4. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12TH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
  9. ↑ The Hindu. CPI(M) demands Rs.10,000 crore in State budget for dalits
  10. ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). Andhra, Telangana – Two Separate Committees