Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao (born 11 October 1950) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a three-time MLA from Nuzvid Assembly Constituency in

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. He won for the third time in 2019. He is nominated by YSR Congress Party to contest the Nuzvid assembly seat in the

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to be held on 13 May 2024.

Early life and education

Pratap hails from Nuzvid in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Meka Venkata Swetha Chalapathi Venu Gopala Apparao of Meka family, which has ruled the Nuzvid seat for over half a century. He is the grandson of Meka Rangaiah Apparao, former vice chancellor of

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. He is a businessman. He did his graduation in commerce from DAR College, Nuzvid in 1971. He married Sujatha Devi.

Career

Pratap was elected as Nuzvid MLA for the first time in 2004 on

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Party ticket. He joined

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in 2014 and contested the Nuzvid seat representing YSRCP and won the

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defeating Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao by a margin of 10,397 votes. He was re-elected for the third time winning on YSRCP seat defeating Rao again by a margin of 16,210 votes in the

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References

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