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He finished in second place with 310,268 votes (4337% of the votes in the constituency).
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Tammineni Veerabhadram
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Career
Veerbhadram hails from Khammam District. Veerbhadram contested the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1991 Indian general election. There was less than 1% margin between him and the winning candidate, P.V. Rangaiah Naidu of the Indian National Congress.
He contested the Khammam seat again in the 1996 election and got elected to the 11th Lok Sabha.
He obtained 374,675 votes (4282%), defeating P.V. Rangaiah Naidu. He lost the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 election.
He was the most voted Consumer price index(M) candidate in the fray outside of the left strongholds West Bengal and Kerala. Veerabhadram was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 2004 election, standing as a candidate in the Khammam constituency.
He obtained 46,505 votes.
In the 2009 Legislative Assembly election he contested the neighbouring Palair constituency instead, where he finished in second place with 58,889 votes (3798%). As of 2011 he served as honorary president of the Khammam District unit of the Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham. When the Consumer price index(M) decided to create a separate State Committee for Telangana in March 2014, following the passing of the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill, Veerabhadram was elected as its Secretary.
A book titled "Nippuku Chedalu" was published that narrates the controversial allegations on Tammineni Veerabhadram and his loyalists.
This book has been instrumental and been used by the congress and other opposition parties to attack the Communist Parties attributing them also to be corrupt.
Achievements
Politics
He entered politics through activism in the Students Federation of India. Controversies: There have been accusations by his own party members who have been later expelled from his party.
Membership
As of 2011 he was a Central Committee member of the party.
