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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1966)}}
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'''Podem Veeraiah''' (born 2 January 1966) is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]] state. He is a three time MLA from [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency]] which is reserved for ST community in [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]. He represented [[Indian national Congress party]] and won the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhadrachalam (ST) assembly election results 2023: Bhadrachalam (ST) Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/bhadrachalam-st-assembly-result-29119 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Bhadrachalam Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/bhadrachalam-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687725.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Veeraiah is from [[Mulugu]], [[Mulugu district]], Telangana. His is born to Sammaiah and Radha Bai. He completed his intermediate in 1984 at Government High School, Mulugu, [[Hanamkonda district|Hanamkonda]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://myneta.info/telangana2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=5251 | title=PODEM VEERAIAH (Winner) | website=myneta.info | access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> He married Podem Padma and they have a son and a daughter.<ref name=":0">[https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/getMLAMemberDetails?memid=3406&constid=119&orderby=1&termid=15 Unknown]{{Dead link | date=July 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

== Career ==
Veeraiah won from [[Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency]] representing [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Indian National Congress]] in the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 47,746 votes and defeated his nearest rival [[Tellam Venkata Rao]] of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] by a margin of 11,785 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bhadrachalam Constituency Election Results 2023: Bhadrachalam Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/telangana/constituency-show/bhadrachalam |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

Earlier, he became an MLA for the first time winning the [[Mulug Assembly constituency]] in the [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. He defeated [[Azmeera Chandulal]] of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 14,555 votes. He retained Mulug seat representing Indian National Congress in the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004 Assembly election]] for the second time defeating [[Seethakka|Anasuya Danasari (Seethakka)]] of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 14,594 votes. But had to wait till [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]] to win again.<ref name=":0" /> However, contesting on Congress ticket, he lost the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Bhadrachalam Telangana Assembly Constituency Election 2023: Date of Result, Voting, Counting; Candidates |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bhadrachalam-telangana-constituency-election-2023-candidates-list-election-voting-election-result-date-winner-runner-up-details/3280939/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bahdrachalam Election Result 2023 Live, Bahdrachalam Elections Vote Counting, Telangana Results 2023 {{!}} ABP News |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselectionselectionselections/telangana-assembly-election-2023/telangana-bahdrachalam-constituency-119.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> to [[Tellam Venkata Rao|Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao]] of BRS by a margin of 5,719 votes.

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[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:People from Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]

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