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'''Siveri Soma''' (1966 – 23 September 2018) was an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2018-09-23 |title=Andhra MLA Sarveswara Rao, ex-MLA Siveri Soma, shot dead by Naxals |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-mla-sarveswara-rao-ex-mla-siveri-soma-shot-dead-naxals-88825 |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> He was a former Member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. <br />
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Soma is from Araku valley. His father was Joyyo. He studied till Class 6 at the Government High School, Araku Valley and later discontinued his studies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siveri Soma(TDP):Constituency- ARAKU VALLEY(VISHAKHAPATNAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/andhra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=3947 |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> His son Siveri Suresh Kumar, was appointed on compassionate grounds as Deputy Tahsildar, after the rules were relaxed as a special case.<ref>{{Cite news |last=M |first=Sambasiva Rao |date=2025-10-31 |title=Govt. gives Group-II post to son of slain former MLA |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/govt-gives-group-ii-post-to-son-of-slain-former-mla/article70226543.ece |access-date=2026-04-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Soma represented the [[Telugu Desam Party]] and won the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Araku Valley Assembly constituency]] which was reserved for Scheduled Tribe community in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district, later became [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district]]. He polled 34,959 votes and defeated his nearest rival Vanjangi Kanthamma of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 402 votes. He lost the 2014 Assembly election to Kidari Sarveswara Rao of YSR Congress Party who polled 63,700 votes. Soma got 29,647 votes and finished second.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Summary: Araku Valley 2009 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/30558 |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Araku Valley Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/araku-valley.html |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
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On 23 September 2018, he was shot dead at Araku valley by [[Naxalite|Maoists]] along with the then sitting MLA [[Kidari Sarveswara Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-23 |title=Maoists kill Araku MLA Kidari Sarvewara Rao, ex-MLA S Soma in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/maoists-kill-tdp-mla-k-sarveswara-rao-ex-mla-s-soma-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/65921235.cms |access-date=2026-04-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1966 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Visakhapatnam district]]</div>PGPS