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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = T. Kalpana Devi
| image =
| alt =
| office = Member of the [[8th Lok Sabha]] for [[Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Warangal]]
| term_start = 1984
| term_end = 1989
| majority = 8,456
| predecessor = [[Kamaluddin Ahmed]]
| successor = [[Surendra Reddy]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1941|7|13}}
| birth_place = [[Bhatlapenumarru]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|5|29|1941|7|13}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}
'''T. Kalpana Devi''' (1941–2016) was a doctor and politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She was a member of the [[8th Lok Sabha]].

==Early life==
Kalpana Devi was born on 13 July 1941 at [[Bhatlapenumarru]] village of [[Krishna district]] to Chalasani Veera Raghavaiah. She did her [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] from [[Kakatiya Medical College]] in Warangal.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Kalpana Devi, Dr. (Smt.) T.|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3050.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Kalpana Devi was a [[medical practitioner]] at the private nursing home in [[Hanamkonda]] before joining the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP).<ref name="LS" /> During the [[1984 Indian general election]] for the [[8th Lok Sabha]], she contested from [[Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Warangal]] and defeated her nearest rival [[Kamaluddin Ahmed]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 8,456 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_II_LS84.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=27 November 2017|page=43}}</ref> In the [[1989 Indian general election|next general election]] however, she lost to INC's [[Rama Sahayam Surender Reddy]].<ref name="ECI">{{cite web|title=Warangal Partywise Comparison|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S01/partycomp39.htm|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

Later, Devi left TDP for INC and contested the general elections held successively in [[1998 Indian general election|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]. She secured 38.25% and 44.74% votes in these elections and lost to TDP's candidates [[Azmeera Chandulal]] and [[Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu]] respectively.<ref name="ECI" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Charya|first1=KVVV|title=Warangal set to witness a triangular contest|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980211/04255634.html|accessdate=27 November 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=11 February 1998}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Devi married Dr. T. Narasimha Reddy on 10 July 1961. She had two sons from him.<ref name="LS" /> She died on 29 May 2016, at a hospital in Hyderabad. Her funeral rites were performed in Warangal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-MP Kalpana Devi passes away|url=http://www.uniindia.com/ex-mp-kalpana-devi-passes-away/other/news/500104.html|accessdate=27 November 2017|agency=[[United News of India]]|date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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