Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar

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

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–2019
Preceded byChittineni Venkata Rao
Succeeded byKilari Venkata Rosaiah
ConstituencyPonnur
Personal details
Born (1967-12-14) 14 December 1967 (age 56)
[1]
SpouseJyothirmai[1][2]
Children
  • Veera Vyshnavi
  • Naga Sai Vydeepthi
[1]
Parents
Residence(s)Chintalapudi, Ponnur(M), Guntur

Education edit

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 edit

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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 Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[8][9][10] He also became the chairman of Sangam Dairy in 2010.[11]

Fifth term (2014-2019) edit

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]

Election statistics edit

Year Contested For Party Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result
1 1994 MLA Telugu Desam Party Ponnur T Venkata Ramaiah (INC) 52087 - 30358 21729 Won[17][5]
2 1999 Chittineni Prathap Babu (INC) 54865 - 39332 15533 Won[18][5]
3 2004 Mannava Raja Kishore (INC) 51288 - 42243 9045 Won[5][19]
4 2009 Marupudi Leeladhara Rao (INC) 61008 - 58840 2168 Won[20][6]
5 2014 Ravi Venkata Ramana (YSRCP) 88386 - 80625 7761 Won[6][21]
6 2019 Kilari Venkata Rosaiah (YSRCP) 87570 - 86458 -1112 Lost[22][23]
7 2024 Ambati Murali Krishna (YSRCP)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Telugu Political Wiki".
  2. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ Staff Reporter (27 September 2020). "TDP announces in-charges for Parliamentary constituencies". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "YSRCP Government harasses Sangam Dairy Chairman Dhulipalla Narendra".
  5. ^ a b c d e "Ponnur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Ponnur Vidhan Sabha Election - Ponnur Assembly Election Results, Polling Stations, Voters, Candidates". www.electionsinindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Ponnur Election Results 2019 | 2014 | 2009 | 2004 - 1955 | Present MLA".
  8. ^ "AP Cong Seeks Disqualification of 9 of Its MLAs". www.outlookindia.com/.
  9. ^ "TDP whip Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar escapes unhurt in mishap". Sakshi Post. 30 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Cong, TDP to seek disqualification of 'rebel' MLAs" – via The Economic Times.
  11. ^ Staff Reporter (30 December 2013). "Sangam Dairy to enter global market" – via www.thehindu.com.
  12. ^ "CM to Open New Block at Sangam Dairy". The New Indian Express.
  13. ^ "Tributes paid to N.G. Ranga". 8 November 2016 – via www.thehindu.com.
  14. ^ India, The Hans (26 January 2018). "Kodela unveils Veeraiah Chowdary statue". www.thehansindia.com.
  15. ^ "Ponnur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ponnur Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18.
  16. ^ "ఈయన గాని ఇంకోసారి ఎమ్మెల్యేగా గెలిస్తే...ఇక్కడ రికార్డు బద్దలే!". telugu.oneindia.com. 8 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 1994". Election Commission of India.
  18. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 1999". Election Commission of India.
  19. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 2004". Election Commission of India.
  20. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 2009". Election Commission of India.
  21. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 2014". Election Commission of India.
  22. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India.
  23. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Ponnur Elections Result 2019: Ponnur Voting Result Update, Seats Tally". DNA India.