Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi

Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi (born 6 December 1984) is an Indian politician from East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.

Personal life
She was born in 1984 to Nagulapalli Raghava and Veerabbayi Dora in Gondolu village of Addateegala mandal in the then East Godavari district. She completed her B.A. at SKR College in Rajahmundry in 2011 and later did her B.Ed. She was a teacher at the Girijan Welfare residential school in Errampalem. Her mother Nagulapalli Raghava was elected as a sarpanch of Gondolu Panchayat for the third time in 2021.

Career
Dhanalakshmi became a first-time MLA in 2019. She resigned her job as a teacher in June 2018 to enter politics. She was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in the 2019 Assembly election from Rampachodavaram constituency of East Godavari district defeating Telugu Desam Party candidate Vanthala Rajeswari by 39,206 votes.