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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 2024<br />
| term_end =<br />
| predecessor = [[Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy]]<br />
| constituency = [[Vizianagaram Assembly constituency|Vizianagaram]]<br />
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}}<br />
| father = [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]] <br />
}}<br />
'''Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju''' (born 1983) is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She is a first-time member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from [[Vizianagaram Assembly constituency]] in [[Vizianagaram district]]. She represents the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. She won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, TDP Candidate from Vizianagaram Assembly Election 2024 Seat: Electoral History & Political Journey, Winning or Losing - News18 Assembly Election 2024 Result News |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/andhra-pradesh/aditi-vijayalakshmi-gajapathi-raju-pusapati-assembly-candidate-s01aed2008a018e2024c006/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=www.news18.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vizianagaram Assembly Election Results 2024: Vizianagaram Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/vizianagaram-constituency-result-1018 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Vizianagaram Assembly Election Results 2024: Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh Election Schedule, Vote share and Results |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election/vizianagaram-constituency/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Aditi is from the royal family of [[Vizianagaram]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-14 |title='Royal' challengers enter the election fray |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/royal-challengers-enter-the-election-fray/articleshow/109279715.cms |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She is the daughter of former central minister [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]], a maharaja of Vizianagaram.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Pativada |first=Sreenu Babu |date=2024-04-13 |title=2 women in fray to take forward family legacy in North Andhra politics |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Apr/13/2-women-in-fray-to-take-forward-family-legacy-in-north-andhra-politics |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She completed her MA in psychology in 2013 from [[Andhra University]], Visakhapatnam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju Pusapati(TDP):Constituency- VIZIANAGARAM(VIZIANAGARAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/AndhraPradesh2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=470 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Aditi made her electoral debut in 2019 but was elected as an MLA for the first time winning the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. She polled 121,241 votes and defeated her nearest rival and former deputy assembly speaker [[Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy]] of [[YSR Congress Party]], by a margin of 60,609 votes.<ref name=":0" /> Earlier in [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], she contested from Vizianagaram seat, also on the Telugu Desam Party ticket, but polled 72,432 votes and lost to Veerabhadra Swamy of the YSR Congress Party, by a margin of 6,417 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=marathi |title=Vizianagaram Election Result 2023 Live, Vizianagaram Elections Vote Counting, Andhra-pradesh Results 2023 {{!}} ABP Marathi News |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election-2024/andhra-pradesh-vizianagaram-constituency-18.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=marathi.abplive.com |language=mr}}</ref> Though the constituency is a traditional stronghold of the maharajas, 2019 witnessed a wave in favour of YSR Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-25 |title=YSR Congress wave swamps TDP leaders' kin |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ysr-congress-wave-swamps-tdp-leaders-kin/articleshow/69497715.cms |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
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