Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy (born 8 February 1974) is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. He is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kanigiri Assembly constituency in

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the twelve districts in the coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised on 4 April 2022. The headquarters of the district is ...

. 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 ...

and won the

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 13 May 2024 for constituting the 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly, sixteenth Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The ...

where TDP had an alliance with BJP and

Jana Sena Party The Jana Sena Party (; JSP) is an Indian political party active in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Founded by Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014, it is currently the second largest party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and a pa ...

Early life and education

Reddy is from Kanigiri, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. His father, Chinna Narasa Reddy Mukku, was a former sarpanch and his mother, Rattamma, was a former ZPTC member. He and his wife are doctors. He completed his MBBS in 2000 at J.J.M Medical College,

Davanagere Dāvanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly kno ...

which is affiliated with

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), located in Bengaluru, India, is a public university chartered in 1996 by the Government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences throughou ...

Career

Reddy started his political journey with the Youth wing of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

in early 2000. He was first elected as a Congress MLA winning the

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase on 16 April 2009 and the second phase on 23 April 2009. ...

. He polled 60,161 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Sunkari Madhu Sudhana Rao, an independent candidate, by a margin of 2,935 votes. He became the

Congress committee president in 2015. In 2019, he joined Telugu Desam Party. He won the

from Kanigiri Assembly constituency representing

. In 2024, he polled 107,045 and defeated his nearest rival, Daddala Narayana Yadav of the YSR Congress Party, by a margin of 14,604 votes.

References

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