She was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha and won the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Magunta was born on 27 July 1947 in Buchireddypalem of Nellore district, to Bezawada Rama Reddy and his wife.
She obtained 3,81,475 votes while her nearest rival Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) received 3,31,415.
[1] During the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, she won from Kavali securing 57.68% of the total votes polled.
[3] Parvathamma was one of the contestants for the Ongole assembly seat during the 2012 Andhra Pradesh by-election.