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'''Seetha Dayakar Reddy''' (born 27 October 1961)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Seetha Dayakar Reddy(TDP):Constituency- DEVARKADRA(MAHBUBNAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=300 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She was a former member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Devarkadra Assembly constituency]] in [[Mahabubnagar district|Mahbubnagar district]] which is now in Telangana state. She won the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] representing [[Telugu Desam Party]].

== Early life and education ==
Reddy is from [[Devarakadra|Devarkadra]], Mahbubnagar district, [[Telangana]]. She married Dayakar Reddy, former MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, who died in September 2023. She studied her intermediate at R.B.V.R.R. Women's College in 1978 and later did her BA at R.B.V.R.R. Women's College in 1982. She did her MA at Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1984.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Reddy won from Devarkadra Assembly constituency representing the Telugu Desam Party in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=సీతమ్మ వెనక తోడు'నీడ' {{!}} Mla sitamma Always Follow her husband kottakota dayakar reddy leadership {{!}} Sakshi |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/elections-2014/mla-sitamma-always-follow-her-husband-kottakota-dayakar-reddy-leadership-122877 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.sakshi.com |language=te}}</ref> She polled 58.576 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Swarna Sudhakar of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 19,036 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=అతివలకు అవకాశం తక్కువే {{!}} |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/districts/Mahbubnagar/532/123207829 |access-date=2025-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109073626/https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/districts/Mahbubnagar/532/123207829 |archive-date=9 November 2023 }}</ref>

In September 2023, she joined the Indian National Congress party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=G. Ram |date=2023-09-12 |title=Seetha Dayakar Reddy, former TD MLA, gives Congress boost {{!}} Seetha Dayakar Reddy, former TD MLA, gives Congress boost |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120923/tdp-mla-seetha-dayakar-reddy-joins-congress.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref> In April 2025, she was appointed as the Chairperson of the Telangana State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |title=Kothakota Seetha Dayakar Reddy appointed Telangana child rights chief |url=https://www.siasat.com/kothakota-seetha-dayakar-reddy-appointed-telangana-child-rights-chief-3203254/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |title=TG News: బాలల హక్కుల పరిరక్షణ కమిషన్‌ ఛైర్‌పర్సన్‌గా సీతాదయాకర్‌రెడ్డి {{!}} sitadayakarreddy-appointed-as-chairperson-pf-protection-of-child-rights-commission |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/telangana/sitadayakarreddy-appointed-as-chairperson-pf-protection-of-child-rights-commission/1801/125061136 |access-date=2025-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404151049/https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/telangana/sitadayakarreddy-appointed-as-chairperson-pf-protection-of-child-rights-commission/1801/125061136 |archive-date=4 April 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-05 |title=Commission Chairperson {{!}} కమిషన్ చైర్‌పర్సన్ సీతా దయాకర్ రెడ్డికి శుభాకాంక్షల వెల్లువ |url=https://www.ntnews.com/mahabubnagar/congratulations-poured-in-for-commission-chairperson-kothakota-seetha-dayakar-reddy-1945838 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.ntnews.com |language=te}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dayakar Reddy, Seetha}}
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mahbubnagar district]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]

Seetha Dayakar Reddy - Revision history

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