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]

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Former Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Preceded byDhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary
ConstituencyPonnur
Personal details
Born(1967-12-14)14 December 1967
Chintalapudi[1]
SpouseJyothirmai[1][2]
Children
  • Veera Vyshnavi
  • Naga Sai Vydeepthi
[1]
Parents

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[4]

Fourth term (2009-2014)

Narendra Kumar won again on TDP ticket for fourth consecutive term with a meagre difference of 2000 votes.[6] He was elevated to position of opposition party Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[7][8][9] He also became the chairman of Sangam Dairy in 2010.[10]

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. He focused mainly on expansion of Sangam Dairy.[11][12][13]

In 2019 he was lost to his opponent by minor difference of 1100 votes.[14][15]

Election statistics
Year Contested For Party Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result
1 1994 MLA TDP Ponnur T Venkata Ramaiah (INC) 52087 - 30358 21729 Won[16][4]
2 1999 TDP Chittineni Prathap Babu (INC) 54865 - 39332 15533 Won[17][4]
3 2004 TDP Mannava Raja Kishore (INC) 51288 - 42243 9045 Won[4][18]
4 2009 TDP Marupudi Leeladhara Rao (INC) 61008 - 58840 2168 Won[19][5]
5 2014 TDP Ravi Venkata Ramana (YSRCP) 88386 - 80625 7761 Won[5][20]
6 2019 TDP Kilari Venkata Rosaiah (YSRCP) 87570 - 86458 -1112 Lost[21][22]

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