Chinta Prabhakar
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Chinta Prabhakar (born 10 August 1959) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. He is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Sangareddy Assembly constituency in Sangareddy district. He represents Bharat Rashtra Samithi and won the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite web |title=Sangareddy Election Result 2023 Live, Sangareddy Elections Vote Counting, Telangana Results 2023 {{!}} ABP News |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselections/telangana-assembly-election-2023/telangana-sangareddy-constituency-39.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Sangareddy Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/sangareddy-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687920.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=News18 |language=en}}
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| office =Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
| term_start =3 December 2023
| predecessor =Jagga Reddy
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| term_start2 =June 2014
| term_end2 =December 2018
| predecessor2 =Jagga Reddy
| successor2 =Jagga Reddy
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| birth_place =Sadasivpet, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh (present–day Sangareddy district, Telangana), India
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| party =Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2011–present)
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Early life and education
Prabhakar is from Sangareddy, Telangana. His late father, Chinta Nagabhushanam, was a farmer. He did his schooling at Government High School, Sadasivpet, Medak district and passed out in the year 1976.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=Chinta Prabhakar {{!}} MLA {{!}} Sangareddy {{!}} Medak {{!}} Telangana {{!}} TRS |url=https://theleaderspage.com/chinta-prabhakar/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Chinta Prabhakar(BRS):Constituency- SANGAREDDY(SANGAREDDY) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/Telangana2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=286 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.myneta.info}}
Career
Prabhakar started his political career with Telugu Desam Party. He served as the chairman of Sangareddy Municipality. Later, he moved to TRS and won as an MLA for the first time in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He lost the 2018 Assembly election to Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy{{Cite web |title=Sangareddy Constituency Election Results 2023: Sangareddy Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/telangana/constituency-show/sangareddy |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} of Indian National Congress but regained the Sangareddy Assembly constituency seat representing Bharat Rashtra Samithi in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election. He polled 83,112 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Jagga Reddy of Indian National Congress, by a margin of 8,217 votes.{{Cite web |title=Sangareddy assembly election results 2023: Sangareddy Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/sangareddy-assembly-result-29039 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}