Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy (born 1 June 1957) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a four time MLA from Kandukur Assembly Constituency in Parkasam District. He won the

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ticket. He was denied a ticket to contest the

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Early life and education

Reddy is born in Machavaram village,

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, Prakasam District. His late father Manugunta Adinarayana Reddy, was a former MLA and his mother Lalitha is a housewife. After completing his intermediate, the two year pre university course, from Sarvodaya College, Nellore, he studied B.Com. and LLB from S. V. Arts College. He married Jyothi and has two daughters Bhavya and Sathya.

Career

Reddy started his political journey with

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in 1989 following the footsteps of his late father. He was elected as an MLA for the first time winning the

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from Kandukur Assembly Constituency on INC ticket. He was denied a Congress ticket and contested as an independent in 1994 and lost the election. In 1999, he was nominated by the Congress Party but lost the election again. He regained the seat for a second term from Kandukur Constituency on Congress ticket in the

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when he defeated Divi Siva Ram of

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by a margin of 7,879 votes. He was elected for the third time from Kandukur representing Congress in the

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defeating TDP's Divi Siva Ram again by a narrow margin of 4,243 votes. He served in the Congress government as Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development under former chief minister

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. Later, he joined

in July 2017 and won the

defeating Pothula Rama Rao of

by a margin of 14,637 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maheedhar Reddy, Manugunta Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh YSR Congress Party politicians 1957 births Telugu politicians People from Prakasam district Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024