ANDHRA PRADESH

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar (born 14 December 1967) is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam party and member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Ponnur Assembly constituency from 1994 to 2019, and again in 2024. He is one of the few members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly who won five times continuously, and also one of the senior most leaders in the Telugu Desam Party serving as the coordinator for Eluru and Vijayawada parliament segments.He is also the chairman of Sangam Dairy located in Vadlamudi.

Education
Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar completed his SSC from Ananthavarappadu village and continued his Intermediate Education from Loyola College, Vijayawada. He pursued his B.Tech in 1989 from University of Mysore.

Career
Narendra Kumar is known for carrying development activities in Ponnur constituency after becoming Member of Legislative Assembly continued the legacy of his father.

First term (1994–1999)
He entered politics due to the sudden death of his father Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary in 1994 in a road accident. He defeated his opponent T Venkata Ramaiah of Indian National Congress by a margin of 21,729 votes.

Second term (1999–2004)
Narendra Kumar won again on ticket of TDP by defeating his nearest rival Chittineni Prathap Babu of INC by margin of 15,000 votes. He also worked as the Telugu Desam Party, Guntur district party president from 2002 to 2004.