Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy

Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy (born 8 February 1974) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kanigiri Assembly constituency in Prakasam district. He represents Telugu Desam Party and won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election where TDP had an alliance with BJP and Jana Sena Party.^[1][2]

Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav
Constituency	Kanigiri
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu
Succeeded by	Kadiri Babu Rao
Constituency	Kanigiri
Personal details
Born	(1974-02-08) 8 February 1974 (age 51) Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Occupation	Politician

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 which is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.^[3]

Career

Reddy started his political journey with the Youth wing of the Indian National Congress in early 2000. He was first elected as a Congress MLA winning the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[4] He polled 60,161 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Sunkari Madhu Sudhana Rao, an independent candidate, by a margin of 2,935 votes.^[5]

He became the Prakasam district Congress committee president in 2015. In 2019, he joined Telugu Desam Party. ^[4] He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Kanigiri Assembly constituency representing Telugu Desam Party.^[2][6] 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.^[7]