Dasari Sudha

Dasari Sudha 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.

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.

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. She defeated Panathala Suresh of Bharatiya Janata Party by a huge margin of 90,533 votes. 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.