Kandula Narayana Reddy (born 5 August 1968) is an Indian politician from

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. He is an MLA from Markapuram Assembly constituency in

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. He represents

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

. He won the

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where TDP had an alliance with BJP and

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Early life and education

Reddy is from Markapuram. He was born to Narayana Reddy and Narayanamma. He married Vasantha Lakshmi and they have two children. He completed his intermediate but discontinued his studies during his B.E. at

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Political career

Reddy started his political journey with Telugu Desam Party in 2004. He first contested as an MLA in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election but lost to K. P. Konda Reddy. He became a two time MLA winning the

from Markapuram Assembly constituency representing

. He polled 99,005 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Anna Rambabu of

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by a margin of 13,979 votes. Earlier in 2009, he was termed as a giant killer as he won the

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by defeating four time MLA of

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Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy by a margin of 9,054 votes. He organised an agitation for about 50 days to demand a separate Markapuram district, with Kanigiri, Giddalur, Darsi, Yerragondapalem, so that the western region would be developed, when TDP forms the government in the state.

References

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