Chirri Balaraju
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chirri Balaraju
| native_name_lang =
| residence = Polavaram
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor1 = Tellam Balaraju
| constituency = Polavaram
| occupation = Politician
| party = Jana Sena Party
| nationality = India
}}
Chirri Balaraju is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of Jana Sena Party.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Polavaram Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/polavaram-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916929.html |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Political career
Balaraju first contested the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Jana Sena Party from the Polavaram Assembly constituency but was defeated by Tellam Balaraju.{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Polavaram 2019 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2019/andhra-pradesh-%5B2014-onwards%5D/polavaram/62/43548/272 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=IndiaVotes}} In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Polavaram,{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Polavaram, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: JSP's Chirri Balaraju with 101453 defeats YSRCP's Tellam Rajya Lakshmi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/polavaram-andhra-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-2548258-2024-06-04 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}} winning by a margin of 7,935 votes against Tellam Rajalakshmi of the YSR Congress Party.{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0167.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240607173545/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0167.htm |archive-date=2024-06-07 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=results.eci.gov.in |language=en}}
Election Results
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = Chirri Balaraju
|votes = 1,01,453
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Tellam Rajalakshmi
|votes = 93,518
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Srujana Duvvela
|votes = 3,568
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 5,611
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,935
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Jana Sena Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Tellam Balaraju
|votes = 11,0523
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Boragam Srinivasarao
|votes = 68,453
|percentage = 32.09%
|change = -18.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = Chirri Balaraju
|votes = 13,378
|percentage = 6.27%
|change = +6.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Boragam Venkata Lakshmi
|votes = 1,119
|percentage = 0.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 6,004
|percentage = 2.81%
|change =N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 42,070
|percentage = 19.80%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 212,466
|percentage = 86.55%
|change = +0.56
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Jana Sena Party politicians
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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