Gunda Lakshmi Devi is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. She is a former member of

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: ''Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh. ...

representing

Srikakulam Assembly constituency Srikakulam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha const ...

from 2014 to 2019. She was denied a ticket from TDP to contest the 2024 Assembly election. Following the decision of the Party, her followers burnt the flags and literature of TDP. She said she would contest as an independent candidate.

Early life

Devi is from

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census, it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaan ...

. She is from Velama community. After her husband, Gunda Appala Suryanarayana's death, she entered politics and made her debut in the 2014 elections. Her son is resides in the United States.

Career

Devi won the

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Assembly, Telangana. It was held ...

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

ticket defeating

Dharmana Prasada Rao Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He was former Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Prad ...

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registere ...

by a margin of 24,131 votes. Earlier, she served as Srikakulam Municipality vice chairperson and chairperson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunda Lakshmi Devi Living people People from Srikakulam district Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Telugu politicians Telugu Desam Party politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 1961 births