Konakalla Narayana Rao
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Konakalla Narayana Rao | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ramakrishna Badiga |
Constituency | Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Machilipatnam, Madras State, India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) | 4 May 1950
Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
Spouse | Smt. Padmaja |
Relations | Konakalla Bullaiah (Brother) |
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Residence | Machilipatnam |
Website | KonakallaNarayanaRao.in |
Source: [1] |
Konakalla Narayana Rao (born 4 May 1950) is an Indian politician, who worked for the Telugu Desam Party. In the 2009 and 2014 elections, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Machilipatnam constituency in Andhra Pradesh[1][2]. He belongs to the Goud community.[3][4] He is often associated with many social and cultural activities and is known to organize theatre competitions in his native town of Machilipatnam.[5]
Before politics
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Konakalla Narayana Rao was a contractor before transitioning to agriculture. Before entering politics he was the President of the National Mazdoor Trade Union at the RTC Depot of Machilipatnam (Krishna District).
Political career
[edit]Konakalla Narayana Rao is a part of the Telugu Desam Party. In the 2009 & 2014 (15th and 16th Lok Sabha) elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Machilipatnam constituency: Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh. Konakalla Narayana Rao was appointed as a panel speaker within the Lok Sabha, also known as the Panel of Chairpersons. Konakalla Narayana Rao occupied a place in the hierarchy which is next to the Deputy Speaker of the house. In the 15th Lok Sabha (2009) he was appointed as a member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas.
At the Lok Sabha, he was on the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas 3 May 2013 Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 12 June 2014 onwards Member, House Committee 1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture.
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Konakalla Narayana Rao | 409,936 | 39.19 | −5.40 | |
INC | Badiga Ramakrishna | 397,480 | 38.00 | −13.25 | |
PRP | Chennamsetti Ramachandraiah | 186,921 | 17.87 | ||
Majority | 12,456 | 1.19 | |||
Turnout | 1,045,905 | 83.60 | +7.54 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Konakalla Narayana Rao | 587,280 | 51.47 | +12.28 | |
YSRCP | Kolusu Partha Sarathy | 506,223 | 44.36 | ||
INC | Sistla Ramesh | 14,111 | 1.24 | ||
Jai Samaikyandhra Party | Kammili Srinivas | 7,692 | 0.67 | ||
Pyramid Party of India | Vadapalli Raghunadh | 4,401 | 0.39 | ||
BSP | Peggem Prasada Rao | 4,085 | 0.36 | ||
Independent | Parasa Srinivasa Rao | 3,399 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Mohammad Ishaq | 1,770 | 0.16 | ||
Independent | Yunduri Subramanyaswara Rao (Mani) | 1,597 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Yarlagadda Rama Mohan Rao | 1,405 | 0.12 | ||
Independent | Jampana Srinivasa Goud | 931 | 0.08 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 8,171 | 0.72 | ||
Majority | 81,057 | 7.11 | |||
Turnout | 1,141,065 | 83.33 | −0.27 | ||
TDP hold | Swing |
Development activities
[edit]While contesting the Lok Sabha elections, Konakalla Narayana Rao promised to deliver results on long pending projects within the Parliamentary Constituency of Machilipatnam. His election promises include re-establishing the Machilipatnam port re-establishment, Machilipatnam-Gudivada-Vijayawada Railway Doubling and Electrification, the creation of a new Machilipatnam–Repalle railway line, modernizing the Machilipatnam Railway Station, converting NH 214A into 6 lanes in Machilipatnam to Vijayawada, and converting National highway into 4 lane road from Machilipatnam to Ongole. All these projects are at various stages of implementation.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Konakalla Narayana Rao’s native place is Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, was born on 4 May 1950. His father is Shri Ganapathi and his mother is Smt. Kasi Eshwaramma. He was married to Smt. Padmaja on 30 May 1975. They have two sons, Kiran Ganapathi and Chaithanya Ganapathi.
References
[edit]- ^ ECI Winners List Andhra Pradesh Archived 27 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official Parliament Biography". Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Caste factors likely to influence outcome of LS poll battle in Machilipatnam". Business Today. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Election 2019: Contest between Kapu and Gowda community leaders". Times Now. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
While KN Rao is a Gowda member .....
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.192. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "::Konakalla Narayana Rao::". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.