Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi (born 6 October 1958) is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare (2004-2009) and Union Minister of State for Textile (2009-2012). She represents the Bapatla constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress in combined Andhra Pradesh. Now she is a part of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Personal life Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi was born in Kavali, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) and married Dr. P. Krishnaiah, ex I.R.T.S. She has two daughters. She completed her M.A. in Public Administration from Andhra University.
Career She was elected to the 11th, 12th, and 14th Lok Sabha from Nellore and to 15th Lok Sabha from Bapatla. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–09), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Ministry of Textiles (2009–14) in UPA Govt.
She unsuccessfully contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Tirupati as a TDP candidate against Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP. In 2021, she also unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha By-elections from same Tirupati seat, which is vacant following the demise of sitting MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao. Electoral History Lok Sabha Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentParty Votes % Result Margin % 1996Nellore 269,498 39.62 T. Prapancha Bhanu Raju 201,313 29.59 +68,185 +10.03 1998 296,731 40.06 Buduru Swarnalatha 250,204 33.78 +46,527 +6.28 1999 340,713 44.26 Rajeswaramma Vukkala 381,166 49.51 −40,453 −5.25 2004 450,129 53.81 Balakondaiah Karupotala 321,905 38.48 +128,224 +15.33 2009Bapatla 460,757 44.15 Malyadri Sriram 391,419 37.51 +69,338 +6.64 2014 23,072 1.94 Malyadri Sriram 578,145 48.74 −555,073 −46.80 2019Tirupati 494,501 37.56 Balli Durga Prasad Rao 722,877 54.91 −228,376 −17.35 2021^ 354,516 32.09 Maddila Gurumoorthy 626,108 56.67 −271,592 −24.58
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