Dasari Sudha

Dasari Sudha (born 1970) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. She won from Badvel Assembly constituency in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing YSR Congress Party.^[1][2][3]

Dasari Sudha
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah
Constituency	Badvel
Personal details
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Spouse	Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah
Children	One Daughter & One Son
Residence(s)	Badvel, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh
Education	MBBS
Alma mater	Kurnool Medical College
Profession	Gynecologist

Early life and education

Sudha is from Badvel, Kadapa district. Her late husband Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah was also an MLA. They have a daughter and a son. She completed her MBBS in 1999 from Kurnool Medical College.^[4]

Career

Sudha first became an MLA in the 2021 Andhra Pradesh Assembly by-election for Badvel which was necessitated after her husband Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah died of ill-health in 2021.^[5][6][7][4] She defeated Panathala Suresh of Bharatiya Janata Party by a huge margin of 90,533 votes.^[8][9] She retained the seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Bojja Roshanna despite a wave in favour of TDP-BJP-JSP alliance. She polled 90,410 votes and won by a margin of 18,567 votes.^[2][10][11]