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| name = Balli Durga Prasad Rao<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date |1956|6|15|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|16|1956|6|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/tirupati-mp-balli-durga-prasad-rao-dies-of-covid-19/articleshow/78150151.cms | title=Tirupati MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao dies of Covid-19 | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Sandeep Raghavan | date=16 September 2020 | access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = <br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term = 2019-16 September 2020<br />
| constituency = [[Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupati]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli]]<br />
| successor = [[Maddila Gurumoorthy]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term2 = 2009-2014<br />
| constituency2 = [[Gudur (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Gudur]]<br />
| predecessor2 = Patra Prakasa Rao<br />
| successor2 = Pasim Sunil Kumar<br />
| constituency3 = [[Gudur (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Gudur]]<br />
| term3 = 1994-2004<br />
| predecessor3 = Patra Prakasa Rao<br />
| successor3 = Patra Prakasa Rao<br />
| constituency4 = [[Gudur (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Gudur]]<br />
| term4 = 1985-1989<br />
| predecessor4 = Balli Durga Prasad<br />
| successor4 = Patta Prakash Rao<br />
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| spouse = B. Saralamma<br />
| children = Balli Kalyanachakravarthy<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| website = <br />
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| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5101<br />
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'''Balli Durga Prasad Rao''' (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a member of the [[YSR Congress Party]].<br />
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Balli Durga Prasad Rao was elected as MLA from [[Gudur (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Gudur]] Assembly constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He served as MLA from 1985 to 1989, 1994–1999, 1999-2004 & 2009-2014 (4 terms). He also served as Minister for Primary Education from 1996 to 1998 in the NTR government. He became MLA at the age of 28 years. He served as Member of PAC, Andhra Pradesh (2009-2014)<br />
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tirupati-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154161.html| title=Tirupati Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP Wins| publisher=News 18| date=23 May 2019 | access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/tirupati-andhra-pradesh-election-2019-tirupati-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/403662 | title=Tirupati Election Results 2019: YSRCP's Balli Durga Prasad Rao has won with 228376 votes | publisher=Times Now | date=24 May 2019 | access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Report on the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, and Sikkim Held in 1994: Statistical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQKLAAAAMAAJ|access-date=30 September 2019|date=1995|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=136}}</ref> He joined YSRCP in 2019.<br />
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In September 2020, Prasad Rao tested positive for [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] and he was hospitalized at a hospital in Chennai. He suffered cardiac arrest on 16 September and was pronounced dead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tirupati-mp-dies-becomes-2nd-sitting-parliamentarian-to-succumb-to-covid/articleshow/78158420.cms | title=Tirupati MP dies, becomes 2nd sitting parliamentarian to succumb to Covid | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=17 September 2020 | accessdate=12 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5092 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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| after = [[Maddila Gurumoorthy]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5101 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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