Konakalla Narayana Rao

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Konakalla Narayana Rao
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 –23 May 2019
Parents
  • Shri Ganapathi
  • Smt. Kasieswaramma
Residence Machilipatnam
Website KonakallaNarayanaRao.in
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Konakalla Narayana Rao (born 4 May 1950) is an Indian politician, who worked for the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Machilipatnam constituency in Andhra Pradesh [1] [2] in the 2009 and 2014 elections. He belongs to the Goud community. [3] [4] He is often associated with many social and cultural activities and is known to organize theater competition in the native town of Machilipatnam. [5]

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Before politics

Konakalla Narayana Rao began his career as a contractor before transitioning to agriculture. He has worked to improve the working conditions of the local fishermen community and scheduled tribes in Machalipatnam. For the last 30 years, he has been the President of the National Mazdoor Trade Union at the RTC Depot of Machilipatnam (Krishna District).

Political career

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 appointed as 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

General Election, 2009: Machilipatnam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Konakalla Narayana Rao409,93639.19-5.40
INC Badiga Ramakrishna 397,48038.00-13.25
PRP Chennamsetti Ramachandraiah 186,92117.87
Majority12,4561.19
Turnout 1,045,90583.60+7.54
TDP gain from INC Swing
General Election, 2014: Machilipatnam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Konakalla Narayana Rao587,28051.47+12.28
YSRCP Kolusu Partha Sarathy 506,22344.36
INC Sistla Ramesh 14,1111.24
Jai Samaikyandhra Party Kammili Srinivas 7,6920.67
Pyramid Party of India Vadapalli Raghunadh4,4010.39
BSP Peggem Prasada Rao 4,0850.36
Independent Parasa Srinivasa Rao3,3990.30
Independent Mohammad Ishaq1,7700.16
Independent Yunduri Subramanyaswara Rao (Mani)1,5970.14
Independent Yarlagadda Rama Mohan Rao1,4050.12
Independent Jampana Srinivasa Goud9310.08
NOTA None of the Above 8,1710.72
Majority81,0577.11
Turnout 1,141,06583.33-0.27
TDP hold Swing

Development activities

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 of the Machilipatnam Railway Station, converting NH 214A into 6 lane 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

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.

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