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
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Website	www.gorantla.in

Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary is an Indian politician representing Rajahmundry Rural constituency in Andhra Pradesh for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He has been elected six times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He has been a general secretary of the TDP. He served as the cabinet minister for civil supplies. As of 2014, he lived in Rajahmundry.

Election Statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Votes Polled	Opponent	Party		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					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				63,762	10,404	Won
11	2024						Venugopala Krishna