Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar (born 14 December 1967) is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam party and member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Ponnur Assembly constituency from 1994 - 2019 and again in 2024. He is one of the few members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, who won five times continuously and also the senior most leaders in the Telugu Desam Party serving as the coordinator for Eluru and Vijayawada parliament segments.^{[3] [4]} He is also the Chairman of Sangam Dairy located in Vadlamudi.

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah
Constituency	Ponnur
In office 1994–2019
Preceded by	Chittineni Venkata Rao
Succeeded by	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah
Constituency	Ponnur
Personal details
Born	(1967-12-14) 14 December 1967 (age 57) Chintalapudi, Andhra Pradesh, India [1]
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Jyothirmai[1][2]
Children	Veera Vyshnavi Naga Sai Vydeepthi [1]
Parents	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary Prameela Dhulipalla
Residence(s)	D.No. 4-83, Chintalapudi(V), Ponnur(M), Guntur(Dt) - 522124
Alma mater	University of Mysore (B.Tech.)

Education

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar completed his SSC from Ananthavarappadu village and continued his Intermediate Education from Loyola College, Vijayawada. He pursued his B.Tech in 1989 from University of Mysore.^[1]

Career

Narendra Kumar is known for carrying development activities in Ponnur constituency after becoming Member of Legislative Assembly continued the legacy of his father.

First term (1994-1999)

He entered in to politics due to sudden demise of his father Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary in 1994 in a road accident. He defeated his opponent T Venkata Ramaiah of Indian National Congress by a margin of 21,729 votes.^[5]

Second term (1999-2004)

Narendra Kumar won again on ticket of TDP by defeating his nearest rival Chittineni Prathap Babu of INC by margin of 15,000 votes. He also worked as the Telugu Desam Party, Guntur district party president from 2002 to 2004.^[6]

Third term (2004-2009)

He continued to win again for third time though his Telugu Desam party was suffered badly in huge congress wave and was the only MLA elected from Guntur district in 2004 by a majority of 9,000 votes. He also worked as president for Telugu Raithu an affiliated farmers wing of Telugu Desam Party.^[5]

Fourth term (2009-2014)

Narendra Kumar won again on TDP ticket for fourth consecutive term with a meagre difference of 2000 votes.^[7] He was elevated to position of opposition party Chief Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[8][9][10] He also became the chairman of Sangam Dairy in 2010.^[11]

Fifth term (2014-2019)

He continued his winning storm even in 2014 and became few of the MLA's who won consecutively five times in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly with a majority of 7,761 votes. He focused on expansion of Sangam Dairy for the public.^[12][13][14]

In 2019, he was lost to his opponent by minor difference of 1100 votes.^[15][16]

Sixth term (2024-Present)

He won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections 2024 by a margin of 32,915 votes, defeating Ambati Murali Krishna.^[17]

Election statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result
1	1994	MLA		Telugu Desam Party	Ponnur	T Venkata Ramaiah (INC)	52087 - 30358	21729	Won[18][5]
2	1999					Chittineni Prathap Babu (INC)	54865 - 39332	15533	Won[19][5]
3	2004					Mannava Raja Kishore (INC)	51288 - 42243	9045	Won[5][20]
4	2009					Marupudi Leeladhara Rao (INC)	61008 - 58840	2168	Won[21][6]
5	2014					Ravi Venkata Ramana (YSRCP)	88386 - 80625	7761	Won[6][22]
6	2019					Kilari Venkata Rosaiah (YSRCP)	87570 - 86458	-1112	Lost[23][24]
7	2024					Ambati Murali Krishna (YSRCP)	110410 - 77,495	32915	Won

References

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8. "AP Cong Seeks Disqualification of 9 of Its MLAs". www.outlookindia.com/.
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16. "ఈయన గాని ఇంకోసారి ఎమ్మెల్యేగా గెలిస్తే...ఇక్కడ రికార్డు బద్దలే!". telugu.oneindia.com. 8 August 2018.
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