Errabelli Dayakar Rao is an Indian politician who is the former Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Rural Water Supply for Telangana state and former Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Palakurthi constituency. He was the member of the Parliament of India. He was elected six times to Legislative Assembly.
Errabelli represents Palakurthi constituency of Jangaon district in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. The state of Telangana came into being when Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated and prior to that time, Rao had been elected on several occasions from Wardhannapet constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Errabelli was also briefly a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for the Warangal constituency. He contested a by-election for the seat in June 2008 when numerous members of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti(BRS)formerly Telangana Rashtra Samiti(TRS) resigned their seats in both the Parliament of India and the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in protest. He defeated the sitting TRS politician, Dharavath Ravindra Naik, in the constituency.
In February 2016, Errabelli left the TDP in favour of the TRS. He was at that time leader of the TDP in the Assembly.
Electoral History
Year Constituency Election Type Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Result Margin 1983 Wardhannapet Assembly Independent 13,773 19.4% Jagannadham Macherla INC Lost 13,459 1994 Assembly TDP 55,754 53.4% Takkallapalli Rajeshwar Rao INC Won 22,231 1999 Assembly TDP 62,562 52.8% Errabelli Varada Rajeshwar Rao INC Won 12,184 2004 Assembly TDP 62,431 48.7% Errabelli Varada Rajeshwar Rao INC Won 2,964 2008 (By-poll) Warangal Lok Sabha TDP 311,924 41.2% Dharavath Ravinder Naik TRS Won 21,833 2009 Palakurthi Assembly TDP 65,280 41.6% Dugyala Shrinivas Rao INC Won 2,663 2014 Assembly TDP 57,799 33.0% Dugyala Shrinivas Rao INC Won 4,313 2018 Assembly TRS 117,504 59.19% Janga Ragava Reddy INC Won 53,053 2023 Assembly BRS 79,214 35.98% Mamidala Yashaswini Reddy INC Lost 47,634
Cabinet Roles
Tenure Ministry Chief Minister Government / State Party 19 February 2019 – 3 December 2023 Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, and Rural Water Supply K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana TRS / BRS
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