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Balli Durga Prasad Rao
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2019-16 September 2020
Preceded byVaraprasad Rao Velagapalli
Succeeded byVacant
ConstituencyTirupati
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2009-2014
Preceded byPatra Prakasa Rao
Succeeded byPasim Sunil Kumar
ConstituencyGudur
In office
1994-2004
Preceded byPatra Prakasa Rao
Succeeded byPatra Prakasa Rao
ConstituencyGudur
In office
1985-1989
Preceded byBalli Durga Prasad
Succeeded byPatta Prakash Rao
ConstituencyGudur
Personal details
Born(1956-06-15)15 June 1956
Died16 September 2020(2020-09-16) (aged 64)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyYSR Congress Party
Other political
affiliations		Telugu Desam Party
SpouseB. Saralamma
Source: [1]

Balli Durga Prasad Rao (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the YSR Congress Party.

Balli Durga Prasad Rao was elected as MLA from Gudur Assembly constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He served as MLA from 1985-1989, 1994-1999, 1999-2004 & 2009-2014 (4 terms). He also served as Minister for Primary Education from 1996-1998 in the NTR government. He became MLA at the age of 28 years. He served as Member of PAC, Andhra Pradesh (2009-2014) [2][3][4] He joined YSRCP in 2019.

In September 2020, Prasad Rao tested positive for COVID-19 and he was hospitalized at a hospital in Chennai. He suffered cardiac arrest on 16 September and was pronounced dead.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tirupati MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao dies of Covid-19". Sandeep Raghavan. The Times of India. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Tirupati Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP Wins". News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Tirupati Election Results 2019: YSRCP's Balli Durga Prasad Rao has won with 228376 votes". Times Now. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, and Sikkim Held in 1994: Statistical. Election Commission of India. 1995. p. 136. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ^ Tirupati MP dies, becomes 2nd sitting parliamentarian to succumb to Covid
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Tirupati
2019 – 2020 		Succeeded by
Vacant
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