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{{Short description|Politician from Andhra Pradesh}}
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| name = Perabathula Rajasekharam
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| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council<br/>Andhra Pradesh]]
| constituency = East Godavari-West Godavari Graduates Constituency
| term_start = 30 March 2025
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| predecessor = I. Venkateswara Rao
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| birth_place = Kakinada, [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
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'''Perabathula Rajasekharam''' (born 1972) is an Indian politician who is member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]] from East and West Godavari Graduates Constituency representing [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref name="NDA-backed contestants win big in elections to Legislative Council in Andhra Pradesh">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=NDA-backed contestants win big in elections to Legislative Council in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/nda-backed-contestants-win-big-in-elections-to-legislative-council-in-andhra-pradesh/article69290348.ece |access-date=11 March 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=4 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311163832/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/nda-backed-contestants-win-big-in-elections-to-legislative-council-in-andhra-pradesh/article69290348.ece |archive-date=11 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Political career==
Rajasekharam started his political career by joining in Telugu Desam in 1998 and was elected as Mandal Praja Parishad president in 2006 and as a ZPTC in 2014. He aspired for the TDP ticket from Kakinada Rural constituency in the 2024 Assembly Elections, but the seat went to TDP’s alliance partner Jana Sena.

Perabathula Rajasekhar was named as Telugu Desam Party’s candidate for East and West Godavari districts Graduates’ constituency in November 2024.<ref name="TD announces P. Rajasekhar as NDA alliance’s MLC candidate">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=TD announces P. Rajasekhar as NDA alliance's MLC candidate |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/td-announces-p-rajasekhar-as-nda-alliances-mlc-candidate-1831620 |accessdate=4 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=21 October 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250304172038/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/td-announces-p-rajasekhar-as-nda-alliances-mlc-candidate-1831620 |archivedate=4 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Elections were held on 27 February 2025 and the votes were counted on 5 March 2025 where he defeated his nearest rival PDF candidate DV Raghavulu with a majority of 77,460 votes. Rajasekhar secured 1,12,331 votes, DV Raghavulu with 47,241 votes.<ref name="NDA-backed candidates win in MLC polls">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=NDA-backed candidates win in MLC polls |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2025/Mar/05/nda-backed-candidates-win-in-mlc-polls |access-date=11 March 2025 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=5 March 2025 |archive-date= |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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