Payyavula Keshav (born 14 May 1965) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh representing the Uravakonda constituency of Anantapur.

Keshav was born into a landlord family that owned more than 2000 acres till the land ceiling laws were enforced in independent India.

His father, Payyavula Venkata Narayana was elected as an MLA from Rayadurg constituency in 1975 and also served as the DCC President of the Indian National Congress party in Ananthapuram district.

In the 2019 Assembly elections, Keshav won as an MLA from Uravakonda even when the whole of Andhra Pradesh voted decisively in favor of Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP.

Only three contestants from TDP won the election in the Rayalaseema region in 2019, the other two being the party chief Nara Chandra Babu Naidu and popular Telugu film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.

In July 2019, Keshav was appointed the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee by the leader of the opposition Nara Chandra Babu Naidu.

[14] 2024 MLA Payyavula Kesav win to Telugu Desam Party Keshav lost the assembly elections in 2014 and contested an MLC seat in 2015 from Anantapur.