Maddali Giridhar Rao (born 21 March 1976) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh.
In 2014, he contested from Guntur East Constituency but lost to Mohammad Musthafa Shaik of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 3,151 votes.
He contested again from Guntur West Constituency and won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Chandragiri Yesuratnam by a margin of 4,289 votes.
[3] A few days after meeting YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, he wrote a letter to TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu in January 2020, alleging a raw deal for him within the party.
[4] In February 2024, eight MLAs, four from TDP and four from YSRCP were disqualified by the Assembly Speaker as per the anti defection rules and Rao was one of them.