Gummadi Sandhya Rani is an Indian politician from

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. She is a member of

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. She has been elected as the

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representing the Salur Assembly constituency in the erstwhile Vizianagaram district that is renamed as Parvathipuram Manyam district. She won the

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. In June 2024, she was inducted into the Fourth

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ministry.

Early life and education

Sandhya Rani is from Salur, Vizianagaram district. She married Jayakumar. She is a science graduate.

Political career

Sandhya Rani first contested from the Salur Assembly Constituency in the erstwhile Vizianagaram district in the

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but lost to Rajanna Dora Peedika of

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by a narrow margin of 1,656 votes. She won from the same seat in the

on TDP ticket defeating Peedika Rajanna Dhora of YSRCP by a margin of 13,733 votes.

References

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