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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bodige Shobha
| image =
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| birth_date = 9 June 1974
| birth_place = [[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]], [[Telangana]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi]]
| office = Member of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| salary =
| term = 2014 - 2018
| predecessor = Suddala Devaiah
| successor = [[Sunke Ravi Shankar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2018-)
| other_party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] (2001-2018)
| parents =
| spouse = Gaalaiah
| children = Divya, Vikas
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
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| source = <ref name="Bodiga Shobha 2018 Election Affidavit">{{cite news |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=Bodiga Shobha 2018 Election Affidavit |url=https://ceotserms2.telangana.gov.in/TS_AFFIDAVITS/Affidavit_View.aspx |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118154525/https://ceotserms2.telangana.gov.in/TS_AFFIDAVITS/Affidavit_View.aspx |archive-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Bodige Shobha''' (born 9 June 1974) is an [[Indian politician]] from [[Telangana state]]. She won the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] as an [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) party candidate from [[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi]].<ref name="election2014">{{cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4055-andhra-pradesh-2014/ |access-date=14 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

==Political career==
Bodige Shobha began her political career in 2001 by joining [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and she contested the local body election and was elected as ZPTC member from [[Shankarapatnam mandal]]. She participated actively in the Madiga Dandora movement for ABC classification & [[Telangana movement|Telangana Movement]] and later in 2009 she was appointed as TRS party Incharge for [[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi Constituency]]. she contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi Constituency]] and won by a huge margin of 54781 votes, defeating [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate Suddala Devaiah.<ref name="Statistical Reports of 2014 Assembly Elections held in Telangana" />

Bodige Shobha was denied TRS party ticket in 2018 Assembly elections and later she joined in [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 15 November 2018 in the presence of Telangana party chief Dr [[K. Laxman]].<ref name="Former Choppadandi MLA Bodige Shobha joins BJP">{{cite news |publisher=The Hans India |first1= |title=Former Choppadandi MLA Bodige Shobha joins BJP |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2018-11-15/Former-Choppadandi-MLA-Bodige-Shobha-joins-BJP/442164 |access-date=18 January 2024 |work= |date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118142334/https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2018-11-15/Former-Choppadandi-MLA-Bodige-Shobha-joins-BJP/442164 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Upset Choppadandi TRS leader Bodige Shobha joins BJP">{{cite news |newspaper=The New Indian Express |title=Upset Choppadandi TRS leader Bodige Shobha joins BJP |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/telangana-elections/2018/Nov/16/upset-choppadandi-trs-leader-bodige-shobha-joins-bjp-1898895.html |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152405/https://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/telangana-elections/2018/Nov/16/upset-choppadandi-trs-leader-bodige-shobha-joins-bjp-1898895.html |archive-date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> She unsuccessfully contested in 2018, 2023 elections on [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Ticket.

==Elections contested==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Election results
!Year
!Election
!Constituency
!Party
!Opponent
!Result
!Majority
! Ref
|-
|[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|[[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi]]
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|Suddala Devaiah ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|{{won}}
|54781
|<ref name="Statistical Reports of 2014 Assembly Elections held in Telangana">{{cite news |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=Statistical Reports of 2014 Assembly Elections held in Telangana |url=https://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2014/General%20Election%20HOP%202014%20Book.pdf |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118144728/https://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2014/General%20Election%20HOP%202014%20Book.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Sunke Ravi Shankar ([[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|{{lost}}
|42,127
|<ref name="Choppadandi Assembly Election Result 2018: TRS' Ravi Shankar Sunke wins by margin of 42,127 votes">{{cite news |date=11 December 2018 |title=Choppadandi Assembly Election Result 2018: TRS' Ravi Shankar Sunke wins by margin of 42,127 votes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/telangana-election/article/choppadandi-assembly-constituency-election-2018-telangana-polls-candidates-bjp-bodiga-shobha-galanna-congress-medipally-sathyam-trs-ravi-shankar-sunke/323028 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118154323/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/telangana-election/article/choppadandi-assembly-constituency-election-2018-telangana-polls-candidates-bjp-bodiga-shobha-galanna-congress-medipally-sathyam-trs-ravi-shankar-sunke/323028 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |access-date=18 January 2024 |work= |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Choppadandi Assembly constituency|Choppadandi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Medipally Sathyam]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|{{lost}}
|63,726
|<ref name="Shobha Galanna Bodiga Election Result 2023 LIVE: Choppadandi Result">{{cite news |publisher=News 8 |title=Shobha Galanna Bodiga Election Result 2023 LIVE: Choppadandi Result Tally Updates |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/telangana/shobha-galanna-bodiga-assembly-candidate-s29aed2008a027e2023c002/ |access-date=18 January 2024 |work= |date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152812/https://www.news18.com/elections/telangana/shobha-galanna-bodiga-assembly-candidate-s29aed2008a027e2023c002/ |archive-date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shobha, Bodige}}
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]]

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