Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar is an Indian politician from

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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 The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

serving as the coordinator for Eluru and

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parliament segments. He is also the Chairman of Sangam Dairy located in Vadlamudi.

Education

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar completed his SSC from Ananthavarappadu village and continued his Intermediate Education from Loyola College,

. He pursued his

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in 1989 from University of Mysore

Career

Narendra Kumar is known for carrying development activities in Ponnur constituency after becoming

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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

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by a margin of 21,729 votes.

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

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party president from 2002 to 2004.

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

in 2004 by a majority of 9,000 votes. He also worked as president for Telugu Raithu an affiliated farmers wing of

Fourth term (2009-2014)

Narendra Kumar won again on TDP ticket for fourth consecutive term with a meagre difference of 2000 votes. He was elevated to position of opposition party

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in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He also became the chairman of Sangam Dairy in 2010.

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. In 2019, he was lost to his opponent by minor difference of 1100 votes.

Sixth term (2024-Present)

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

Election statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Narendra Kumar, Dhulipalla 1967 births Living people Telugu Desam Party politicians University of Mysore alumni Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019