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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start = 2014
| term_end = 2024
| constituency = [[Nuzvid Assembly constituency|Nuzvid]]
| preceded = Chinnam Rama Kotaiah
| succeeded = [[Kolusu Parthasarathy]]
| term_start1 = 2004
| term_end1 = 2009
| constituency1 = [[Nuzvid Assembly constituency|Nuzvid]]
| preceded1 = Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao
| succeeded1 = Chinnam Rama Kotaiah
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|10|11}}
| birth_place = [[Nuzvid]], [[Krishna district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Businessperson]]
| education = B.Com, DAR College, Nuzvid
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| relatives = [[Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao]] (grandfather)
| spouse = Sujatha Devi
}}

'''Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao''' (born 11 October 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao(Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party):Constituency- NUZVID(KRISHNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/andhra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=2992 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao |url=https://prsindia.org/mlatrack/meka-venkata-pratap-apparao |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=PRS Legislative Research |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a three-time MLA from [[Nuzvid Assembly constituency]] in [[Krishna district]]. He won for the third time in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuzvid Assembly Election 2024: Nuzvid Election Winning Candidates List, Election Date, Results, Vote Share New-IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/nuzvid-constituency-result-1070 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the [[YSR Congress Party]].

== Early life and education ==
Pratap is from Nuzvid in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Meka Venkata Swetha Chalapathi Venu Gopala Apparao of Meka family,<ref>{{Cite web |title=నూజివీడు ఎమ్మెల్యేకు పితృ వియోగం {{!}} Sakshi |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-nuziveedu-mla-meka-venkata-pratap-apparao-father-dies-heart-attack-946577 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.sakshi.com |language=te}}</ref> which has ruled the Nuzvid seat for over half a century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ameen |first=Md |date=2024-02-13 |title=Nuzvid bracing for poll battle between 2 veterans |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/nuzvid-bracing-for-poll-battle-between-2-veterans-858258 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref> He is the grandson of [[Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao|Meka Rangaiah Apparao]], former vice chancellor of [[Andhra University]]. He is a businessman. He did his graduation in commerce from DAR College, Nuzvid in 1971. He married Sujatha Devi.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

== Career ==
Pratap was elected as the [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nuzvid Assembly constituency|Nuzvid]] for the first time in 2004 from the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhrapradesh Andhra-pradesh Results, Andhrapradesh Candidate List, Andhrapradesh Andhra-pradesh Results & Live Updates, Andhrapradesh Polling Booths {{!}} Lokmat News |url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/elections/assembly-election/andhra-pradesh/nuzvid/previous-result/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Lokmat Times |language=en}}</ref> He joined [[YSR Congress Party]] (YSRCP) in 2014 and contested again from the Nuzvid and won the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] defeating Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao by a margin of 10,397 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuzvid Election 2024: Get Latest News Updates of the Nuzvid Constituency Seat in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2024. |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election/nuzvid-constituency/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He was re-elected for the third time from YSRCP, defeating Rao again by a margin of 16,210 votes in the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuzvid Constituency Election Results 2019: Nuzvid Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/nuzvid |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Politicians from Krishna district]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]

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