Gandra Satyanarayana Rao

Gandra Satyanarayana Rao (born 1965) is an Indian politician from Telangana State. He is an MLA from Bhupalpalle Assembly constituency in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. He represents Indian National Congress party and won the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2]

Gandra Satyanarayana Rao
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	S. Madhusudhana Chary
Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy

Early life and education

Rao is from Bhupalpally, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. His father Gandra Samma Rao is a farmer. He did his diploma in ITI civil.^[3]

Career

Rao won from Bhupalpalle Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election. He polled 123,116 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy of Bharat Rashtra Samithi, by a huge margin of 52,699 votes.^[4][5] Earlier in the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, he contested on All India Forward Bloc ticket and lost the Bhupalpalle seat to Ramana Reddy by a margin of 15,635 votes.^[4]