Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Y. V. Subba Reddy
Constituency	Ongole
	In office; 2004–2014
Preceded by	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Succeeded by	Y. V. Subba Reddy
Constituency	Ongole
	In office; 1998–1999
Preceded by	Magunta Parvathamma
Succeeded by	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Constituency	Ongole
Member Of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
	In office; 2015–2019
Personal details
Born	15 October 1953 (age 71); Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Telugu Desam Party (March 2024– )
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (1998–2014); YSR Congress Party (2019–2024)
Spouse	Geeta
Children	2 sons
Residence(s)	Ongole, Prakasam district
	As of 16 September, 2006Source: [permanent dead link]

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (born 15 October 1953) is an Indian politician and member of Telugu Desam Party since March 2024. He is NDA candidate from Ongole constituency in the 2024 Indian general election and is associated with the excise duty case which led to the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).^[1] He was elected to the 12th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha as a Candidate of Indian National Congress and again to 17th Lok Sabha as a candidate of YSR Congress Party.^[2]

He quit Congress in 2014, soon after the bill to split Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha and joined Telugu Desam Party and became Member of Legislative Council.

He lost the 2014 Indian general election and joined YSR Congress Party in 2019, where he contested from Ongole as a candidate of YSRCP and won with a record majority of 2,14,000 votes. Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy has resigned from the ruling YSRCP on 28 February 2024^[3] and joined TDP on 16 March in the presence of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu.^[4]

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy was ex-Vice president of National TDP wing.

General Elections 2019

General Election, 2019: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy	7,39,202	55.07	+6.24
	TDP	Sidda Raghava Rao	5,24,351	39.06	−8.47
	JSP	Bellamkonda Saibabu	29,379	2.19	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	20865	1.55	+1.07
Majority			2,14,851	16.01	+14.71
Turnout			13,44,003	86.35
	YSRCP hold		Swing

References

^ "Magunta Reddy, whose son turned approver in excise case against Kejriwal, gets ticket from BJP ally TDP". 29 March 2024.
^ "Lok Sabha Member Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ The Times of India (28 February 2024). "Andhra Pradesh: Ongole MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy resigns from YSRCP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ The Hindu (16 March 2024). "YSRCP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and his son join TDP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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[1] "Magunta Reddy, whose son turned approver in excise case against Kejriwal, gets ticket from BJP ally TDP". 29 March 2024.

[2] "Lok Sabha Member Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[Andhra_Pradesh:_Ongole_MP_Magunta_Sreenivasulu_Reddy_resigns_from_YSRCP-3] The Times of India (28 February 2024). "Andhra Pradesh: Ongole MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy resigns from YSRCP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[YSRCP_MP_Magunta_Sreenivasulu_Reddy_and_his_son_join_TDP-4] The Hindu (16 March 2024). "YSRCP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and his son join TDP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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