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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kandikunta Venkata Prasad<br />
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start = 2024<br />
| predecessor = [[P. V. Sidda Reddy]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kadiri Assembly constituency|Kadiri]]<br />
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| birth_date = 1971<br />
}}<br />
'''Kandikunta Venkata Prasad''' (born 1967) is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]] who is an MLA from [[Kadiri Assembly constituency]] in [[Sri Sathya Sai district]]. He represents [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] where TDP had an alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and [[Jana Sena Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kandikunta Venkata Prasad, TDP Candidate from Kadiri Assembly Election 2024 Seat: Electoral History & Political Journey, Winning or Losing - News18 Assembly Election 2024 Result News |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/andhra-pradesh/kandikunta-venkata-prasad-assembly-candidate-s01aed2008a161e2024c002/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.news18.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadiri Constituency Election Results 2024: Kadiri Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/kadiri |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Prasad is from Rayachoti Road, Kadiri. His father is Kandikunta Raguramappa. He married Kandikunta Yashoda Devi. He completed school at Government Boys High School in 1980, [[Nandikotkur]], [[Kurnool district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Affidavits of Anantapur Kandikunta Venkata-Prasad |url=https://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2009/Affidavits/Anantapur/280/Kandikunta%20VenkataPrasad%20(new).pdf.pdf |website=ceotelangana.nic.in}}</ref> He did intermediate education in 1982 at Government Junior College, [[Kadiri]] in the former Anantapur district. He did his B.Tech. from 1983 to 1987 at Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, [[Davanagere]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kandikunta Venkata Prasad(TDP):Constituency- KADIRI(ANANTAPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=2107 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=myneta.info}}</ref><br />
He is from [[Thogata]] Veera Kshatriya caste.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Prasad became an MLA for the second time winning the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Kadiri Assembly constituency]] representing [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He polled 103,610 votes and defeated his nearest rival B. S. Maqbool Ahmed of [[YSR Congress Party]] by a narrow margin of 6,265 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadiri Assembly Election Results 2024: Kadiri Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/kadiri-constituency-result-1161 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Earlier, he won the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Kadiri on TDP seat by defeating Battala Venkataramana by a margin of 14,977 votes. In between, he lost to [[YSR Congress Party]] candidates in both the 2014 and 2019 Assembly elections. He lost the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to Attar Chand Basha by a narrow margin of 968 votes while he lost to [[P. V. Sidda Reddy]] in the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] by a margin of 27,243 votes due to the wave in favour of YSR Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-24 |title=Anantapur Election Results 2019: MLA & MP Winner List {{!}} District & Constituency Wise |url=https://www.sakshipost.com/andhrapradesh-politics/2019/05/24/anantapur-election-results-2019-mla-mp-winner-list-district-constituency-wise |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en}}</ref><br />
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