Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy (born 12 November 1942) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is the MLA of

Proddatur Proddatur, natively known as Proddaturu, is a city in the YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, located on the banks of the Penna River. The city is a municipality, and also the mandal headquarters of Proddatur mandal. It is the second-largest ...

Kadapa Kadapa is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Rayalaseema region, and is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. It is located south of the Penna River. The city is surrounded on three sides by ...

district from

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. He won as MLA for Proddatur Assembly Constituency five times in a row from 1985 election to 2004 election. In 2009 Assembly election, he was defeated by Mallela Linga Reddy but he regained the seat on

ticket in the

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. He is the oldest candidate in fray in the 2024 Assembly election.

Early life and education

Reddy was born in Nandyala to Nandyala Pedda Varada Reddy and Nandyala Sumitramma. He studied only till Class 10 at ABMH school. He served in the Revenue department for 18 years.

Career

Reddy began his political journey in 1981 when he lost as Samithi president to Settipalli Raghurami Reddy. Later, he contested as an independent in the 1983 election but lost to TDP candidate M. V. Ramana Reddy. He first won as an MLA on Telugu Desam Party ticket in the

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and defeated Ramana Reddy, who contested on Rayalaseema Vimchana Samithi this time around. Later, he switched to

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and won the Proddatur seat for four consecutive times. He won in 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004. In 2009, he lost on Indian National Congress ticket to Mallela Linga Reddy, and later shifted back to TDP as he opposed bifurcation of the state. However, he lost the 2014 election on TDP ticket. He regained the seat winning the

from Proddatur representing

. He polled 1,06,712 votes and defeated his nearest rival Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy of

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by a margin of 22,744 votes.

Member of Legislative Assembly

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Nandyala Varada Rajulu Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 People from Kadapa district 1942 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029 Telugu Desam Party politicians Telugu politicians