Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary

Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
Member of Legislative Assembly; Andhra Pradesh;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Preceded by	Chandana Ramesh
Constituency	Rajahmundry Rural
	In office; 1994–2004
Preceded by	A C Y Reddy
Succeeded by	Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao
Constituency	Rajahmundry
	In office; 1983–1989
Preceded by	Tadavarthi Satyavathi
Succeeded by	A C Y Reddy
Constituency	Rajahmundry
Personal details
Born	15 March 1946 (age 78); Narasayapalem, Guntur District, Madras State, India; (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party; (1983-1995); (1997-present)
Other political; affiliations	NTR Telugu Desam Party; (1995-1997)
Spouse	Gorantla Jhansi Lakshmi
Parents	Gorantla Veeraiah Chowdary (father); Gorantla Anasuyamma (mother);
Residence(s)	H.No.78-6-28, Near Old Somalamma Temple, Gandhipuram-3, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
Alma mater	Andhra University ; (BSc)
Website	www.gorantla.in

Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary (born 15 March 1946), is an Indian politician representing Rajahmundry Rural constituency in Andhra Pradesh for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He has been elected seven times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.^[1]^[2] He has been a general secretary of the TDP.^[3] He served as the cabinet minister for civil supplies.^[4] As of 2014^[update], he lived in Rajahmundry.^[5] He is the first person to be declared won from AP in 2024 elections for the seventh time in a row.

Election Statistics


	Year	Contested For		Constituency	Votes Polled	Opponent		Votes Polled	Margin	Result
1	1983	MLA	Telugu Desam Party	Rajahmundry	50,779	Challa Appa Rao	Indian National Congress	13,428	37,351	Won
2	1985				47,404	A. C. Y. Reddy		40,165	7,239	Won
3	1989				39,679	A. C. Y. Reddy		52,821	-13,142	Lost
4	1994				48,079	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar		41,459	6,620	Won
5	1996	MP	NTR Telugu Desam Party	Rajahmundry	1,22,699	Chitturi Ravindra		3,53,861	-2,31,162	Lost
6	1999	MLA	Telugu Desam Party	Rajahmundry	48,438	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar		25,411	23,027	Won
7	2004			Rajahmundry	34,272	Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao		41,826	-7,554	Lost
8	2009			Rajahmundry City	40,085	Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao		41,369	-1,284	Lost
9	2014			Rajahmundry Rural	87,540	Akula Veerraju	YSR Congress Party	69,481	18,059	Won
10	2019				74,166	Akula Veerraju		63,762	10,404	Won
11	2024				1,29,060	Venugopala Krishna		64,970	64,090	Won

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