| Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | |
| Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
| Constituency: | Rajahmundry Rural |
| Term Start: | 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Chandana Ramesh |
| Constituency1: | Rajahmundry |
| Term Start1: | 1994 |
| Term End1: | 2004 |
| Successor1: | Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao |
| Predecessor1: | A C Y Reddy |
| Constituency2: | Rajahmundry |
| Term Start2: | 1983 |
| Term End2: | 1989 |
| Successor2: | A C Y Reddy |
| Predecessor2: | Tadavarthi Satyavathi |
| Birth Date: | 1946 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Narasayapalem, Guntur District, Madras State, India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Residence: | H.No.78-6-28, Near Old Somalamma Temple, Gandhipuram-3, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh |
| Father: | Gorantla Veeraiah Chowdary |
| Mother: | Gorantla Anasuyamma |
| Spouse: | Gorantla Jhansi Lakshmi |
| Alma Mater: | Andhra University (BSc) |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party (1983-1995) (1997-present) |
| Otherparty: | NTR Telugu Desam Party (1995-1997) |
| 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], 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.
| Party | Votes Polled | Margin | Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1983 | MLA | Rajahmundry | 50,779 | Challa Appa Rao | 13,428 | 37,351 | |||
| 2 | 1985 | 47,404 | A. C. Y. Reddy | 40,165 | 7,239 | |||||
| 3 | 1989 | 39,679 | A. C. Y. Reddy | 52,821 | -13,142 | |||||
| 4 | 1994 | 48,079 | Vundavalli Aruna Kumar | 41,459 | 6,620 | |||||
| 5 | 1996 | MP | Rajahmundry | 1,22,699 | Chitturi Ravindra | 3,53,861 | -2,31,162 | |||
| 6 | 1999 | MLA | Rajahmundry | 48,438 | Vundavalli Aruna Kumar | 25,411 | 23,027 | |||
| 7 | 2004 | 34,272 | Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao | 41,826 | -7,554 | |||||
| 8 | 2009 | Rajahmundry City | 40,085 | Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao | 41,369 | -1,284 | ||||
| 9 | 2014 | Rajahmundry Rural | 87,540 | Akula Veerraju | 69,481 | 18,059 | ||||
| 10 | 2019 | 74,166 | 63,762 | 10,404 | ||||||
| 11 | 2024 | 1,29,060 | Venugopala Krishna | 64,970 | 64,090 |