Vangalapudi Anitha

Anitha was born in Lingarajupalem, S. Rayavaram mandal, Visakhapatnam district. Her father's name is Vangalapudi Apparao. She completed her MA and M.Ed. from Andhra University in 2009. She left teaching to enter politics.^[9] She married K Shiva Prasad. They have a daughter, Rashmita.^[5]

Anitha won as an MLA for the first time in 2014. She won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Payakaraopet Assembly constituency representing Telugu Desam Party. She defeated her nearest rival Chengala Venkatrao of YSRCP by 2,828 votes. In April 2018, she was nominated as a member of the Tirupati Thirumala Devasthanam board.^[10] But after a controversy^[11] in social media, within a few days she requested the chief minister and withdrew the membership. Later, it was cancelled.^[12] In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, she lost the Kovvuru seat to Taneti Vanitha of YSRCP by a margin of 25,248 votes. On 30 January 2021, she became the president of Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of TDP.^[13][14] She regained the Payakaraopet seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[15] In May 2022, she was also involved in a 'cheque bounce' case.^[16]