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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Chirri Balaraju
| native_name_lang =
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| office           = Member of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start       = 4 June 2024
| term_end         = 
| predecessor1     = Tellam Balaraju
| constituency     = [[Polavaram Assembly constituency|Polavaram]]
| occupation       = [[Politician]]
| party            = [[Jana Sena Party]] 
}}

'''Chirri Balaraju''' is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is a member of [[Jana Sena Party]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Balaraju first contested the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election as a candidate of the [[Janasena Party|Jana Sena Party]] from the [[Polavaram Assembly constituency]] but was defeated by [[Tellam Balaraju]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> In the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he was elected as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from Polavaram,<ref>{{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}}</ref> winning by a margin of 7,935 votes against Tellam Rajalakshmi of the [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0167.htm |archive-url=https://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}}</ref>

==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     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = YSR Congress Party
  |candidate  = Tellam Rajalakshmi
  |votes      = 93,518
  |percentage = 
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress 
  |candidate  = Srujana Duvvela
  |votes      = 3,568
  |percentage = 
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = NOTA
  |candidate  = None Of The Above 
  |votes      = 5,611
  |percentage = 
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 7,935
   |percentage = 
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 
   |percentage = 
   |change     = 
 }}
 {{Election box gain with party link|
   |winner     = Jana Sena Party
   |loser      = YSR Congress Party
   |swing      = 
 }}
{{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     = 
 }}
{{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      = 
 }}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Jana Sena Party politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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