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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Bakkani Narsimhulu.png
| caption = Narasimhulu in 2022 at Mahanaadu
| office = 2nd President of [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br/>{{small|[[Telangana]] unit}}
| 1blankname = National President
| 1namedata = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| term_start = 19 July 2021
| term_end = 10 November 2022
| predecessor = [[L. Ramana]]
| successor = [[Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj]]
| assembly2 = Andhra Pradesh Legislative
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| term_start2 = 1994
| term_end2 = 1999
| predecessor2 = [[P. Shankar Rao]]
| successor2 = [[P. Shankar Rao]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br/>{{small|[[United Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| constituency2 = [[Shadnagar Assembly constituency|Shadnagar]]
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
}}

'''Bakkani Narasimhulu''' is an Indian politician belonging to the [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Telangana]]. He was the president of the Telangana unit of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (abbreviated TDP) from 2021 to 2022 and a senior TDP leader from [[Mahabubnagar district]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jul 20 |first1=Sribala Vadlapatla / TNN / Updated |title=Telangana: Ex-MLA Bakkani Narasimhulu is new TTDP chief {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ex-mla-bakkani-is-new-ttdp-chief/articleshow/84567976.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Bakkani Narasimhulu started his political career in 1983 as an ordinary political activist in the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He worked in various capacities in the joint [[Mahabubnagar district]]-TDP unit. Narasimhulu contested the 1994 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections as a Telugu Desam Party candidate from Shadnagar constituency and won against his nearest rival Congress Party candidate [[P. Shankar Rao]] with a majority of 45822 votes and entered the assembly for the first time as an MLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.partyanalyst.com/constituencyPageAction.action?constituencyId=71 |title=Shadnagar Assembly Constituency Details |accessdate=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903230905/http://partyanalyst.com/constituencyPageAction.action?constituencyId=71 |archivedate=3 September 2013 }}</ref>

In 1999 he refrained from contesting in the [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|legislative assembly election of Andhra Pradesh]] as this seat was allotted to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]](abbreviated BJP) as a part of TDP-BJP alliance in the respective elections.<ref>{{cite web |title=A triumph of alliance arithmetic |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/article30159332.ece |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en |date=5 November 1999}}</ref> Later in 2004 he contested in the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|legislative assembly election of Andhra Pradesh]] from [[Shadnagar Assembly constituency]] as a TDP candidate and lost to his nearest rival Congress Party candidate P. Shankara Rao by a margin of 10632 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naidu likely to appoint Bakkani Narasimhulu as next TTDP chief! |url=https://www.telugu360.com/naidu-likely-to-appoint-bakkani-narasimhulu-as-next-ttdp-chief/ |website=Telugu360.com |date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Shadnagar 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2004/andhra-pradesh/shadnagar/27/26632/176 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>

Later, he was in-charge of Shadnagar Constituency of Telugu Desam Party, TDP State Secretary, Executive Secretary, SC Cell State President, TTD Governing Body Member, TDP Election Committee Member, Disciplinary Committee Member{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} and Joint Mahabubnagar District TDP President until it got divided into [[Jogulamba Gadwal district]], [[Wanaparthy district]], [[Nagarkurnool district]], and itself as [[Mahabubnagar district]]. He worked as a member of the national executive committee and as the national general secretary of TDP. Bakkani Narasimhu contested the 2014 parliamentary elections as a TDP candidate from the [[Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency]] and was defeated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha election results 2014: Andhra Pradesh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/lok-sabha-election-results-2014-andhra-pradesh/ |website=The Indian Express |language=en |date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

Narsimhulu was appointed as Telangana Telugu Desam Party State President on 19 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chronicle |first1=Deccan |title=Bakkani Narasimhulu appointed president of Telangana TDP |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/190721/bakkani-narasimhulu-appointed-president-of-telangana-tdp.html |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |date=19 July 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bakkani Narasimhulu was born in Lingareddy Guda village, Farooqnagar Mandal, Rangareddy District, Telangana state. He completed his tenth standard in 1970 from Zilla Parishad High School, Farooqnagar {{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

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[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
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