Gottipati Ravi Kumar | |
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| Minister of Energy Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
| Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy |
| Member of theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy |
| Constituency | Addanki |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Gottipati Narasaiah |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Martur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (age 51) Pothurajugandi |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Other political affiliations | YSR Congress Party Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Gottipati Jhansi |
| Children | Gottipati Harsha vardhan |
| Parent |
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| Residence | Addanki |
| Alma mater | Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology (1997) |
| Occupation | Industrialist Politician |
| Nickname | Bujji |
Gottipati Ravi Kumar (born 9 November 1974), commonly known asBujji, is an Indian politician currently serving as anMember of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and cabinet minister inAndhra Pradesh. He has been elected to theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times, with four terms representing theAddanki Assembly constituency and one term forMartur Assembly constituency.[1][2][3]
Ravi Kumar is theMinister for Energy in the currentFourth 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 ofTelugu Desam Party.
Kumar was born in 1976 to Seshagiri Rao. He completed his intermediate studies at Vidwan Junior College in Guntur and graduated fromB.I.E.T. College in Davangere, Karnataka in 1993. He is from a farming family, and also runs his own business.[citation needed]
Kumar began his political career with theIndian National Congress (INC), contesting in the2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from theMartur Assembly constituency. He won, defeating Gottipati Narasimha Rao of theTelugu Desam Party (TDP) by a margin of 13,806 votes.[5][6][7][8][9] In2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was re-elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an INC candidate, this time representing theAddanki Assembly constituency, where he defeatedKaranam Balaram Krishna Murthy of TDP by a margin of 15,764 votes.[10][11][12][13]
He later joined theYSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and in the2014 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 MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu.[16][17][18] In the2019 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 the2024 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 theAndhra Pradesh cabinet as theMinister of Energy in theFourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.[23]
| Year | Office | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | Result | Ref | ||
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| 2004 | MLA | Martur | Indian National Congress |  | 64,983 | 55.31 | Gottipati Narasaih | Telugu Desam Party |  | 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 |  | 99,537 | 50.03 | Karanam Venkatesh | 95,302 | 47.90 | Won | |||||
| 2019 | Telugu Desam Party | | 105,545 | 50.86 | Chenchu Garataiah Bachina | YSR Congress Party | | 92,554 | 44.60 | Won | [26] | ||
| 2024 | 116,418 | 54.02 | Panem Chinna Hanimi Reddy | 91,528 | 42.47 | Won | [27] | ||||||