Gottipati Ravi Kumar

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Gottipati Ravi Kumar
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Minister of Energy
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2024
GovernorS. Abdul Nazeer
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byPeddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byKaranam Balarama Krishna Murthy
ConstituencyAddanki
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byGottipati Narasaiah
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMartur
Personal details
Born (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 51)
Pothurajugandi
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Other political
affiliations		YSR Congress Party
Indian National Congress
SpouseGottipati Jhansi
ChildrenGottipati Harsha vardhan
Parent
  • Gottipati Seshagiri Rao (father)
ResidenceAddanki
Alma materBapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology
(1997)
OccupationIndustrialist
Politician
NicknameBujji

Gottipati Ravi Kumar (born 9 November 1974), commonly known as Bujji, is an Indian politician currently serving as an Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh. He has been elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times, with four terms representing the Addanki Assembly constituency and one term for Martur Assembly constituency.[1][2][3]

Ravi Kumar is the Minister for Energy in the current Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry and has won elections in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2024, representing three different political parties.[4] He is currently the member of Telugu Desam Party.

Early life and education

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Kumar was born in 1976 to Seshagiri Rao. He completed his intermediate studies at Vidwan Junior College in Guntur and graduated from B.I.E.T. College in Davangere, Karnataka in 1993. He is from a farming family, and also runs his own business.[citation needed]

Political career

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Kumar began his political career with the Indian National Congress (INC), contesting in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from the Martur Assembly constituency. He won, defeating Gottipati Narasimha Rao of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by a margin of 13,806 votes.[5][6][7][8][9] In 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was re-elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an INC candidate, this time representing the Addanki Assembly constituency, where he defeated Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy of TDP by a margin of 15,764 votes.[10][11][12][13]

He later joined the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he won from Addanki, defeating Karanam Venkatesh of TDP by a margin of 4,235 votes.[12][11][14][4] On 27 April 2016, Kumar left YSRCP and joined TDP[15] in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.[16][17][18] In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was re-elected from Addanki as a TDP candidate, defeating Bachina Chenchu Garataiah of the YSRCP by a margin of 12,991 votes.[2][19][20][21][22]

Kumar was notably the only candidate from among the 23 YSRCP MLAs who defected to the TDP after the 2014 elections to secure a victory in 2019. In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he continued his winning streak from the Addanki constituency, breaking his previous record by achieving a victory margin of 24,840 votes, setting a new personal and constituency record.[citation needed] In 2024, he was inducted into the Andhra Pradesh cabinet as the Minister of Energy in the Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.[23]

Election history

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Election results
Year Office Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Result Ref
2004 MLA Martur Indian National Congress File:Hand INC.svg 64,983 55.31 Gottipati Narasaih Telugu Desam Party File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 51,177 43.56 Won [24]
2009 Addanki 86,035 49.59 Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy 70,271 40.50 Won [25]
2014 YSR Congress Party File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg 99,537 50.03 Karanam Venkatesh 95,302 47.90 Won
2019 Telugu Desam Party File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 105,545 50.86 Chenchu Garataiah Bachina YSR Congress Party File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg 92,554 44.60 Won [26]
2024 116,418 54.02 Panem Chinna Hanimi Reddy 91,528 42.47 Won [27]

References

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