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{{Short description|Indian politician (1951–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = G. Sayanna
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| birth_date = 5 March 1951
| birth_place = [[Chikkadpally]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|02|19|1951|03|05}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]]
| constituency = [[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
| office = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana]]
| salary =
| term = 2 June 2014 – 19 February 2023
| predecessor = ''Telangana Assembly Created''
| successor = [[G. Lasya Nanditha]]
| office1 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly <br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| term1 = 1994 - 2009
| predecessor1 = D. Narsing Rao
| successor1 = [[P. Shankar Rao]]
| constituency1 = [[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
| party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
| other_party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| parents = Sayanna, Bhudevi
| spouse = Geetha
| children = 3 daughters, including [[G. Lasya Nanditha]]
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'''G. Sayanna''' (5 March 1951 – 19 February 2023) was an Indian politician from Telangana state.<ref name="Telangana: 5-time Secunderabad Cantt MLA G Sayanna passes away">{{cite news |newspaper=The Indian Express |title=Telangana: 5-time Secunderabad Cantt MLA G Sayanna passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/telangana-five-time-secunderabad-cantt-mla-g-sayanna-passes-away-8454822/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114121549/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/telangana-five-time-secunderabad-cantt-mla-g-sayanna-passes-away-8454822/ |archive-date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He hailed from the Scheduled Caste community and won [[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency]] reserved seat five times.<ref name="BRS MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment G. Sayanna no more">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=BRS MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment G. Sayanna no more |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/brs-mla-from-secunderabad-cantonment-g-sayanna-no-more/article66528702.ece |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114121748/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/brs-mla-from-secunderabad-cantonment-g-sayanna-no-more/article66528702.ece |archive-date=14 January 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Early life==
G. Sayanna was born to Sayanna (Sr.) and Bhudevi in 1951 at Valbhapur, Nizamabad.He later on lived in Chikkadpally, Hyderabad. He was a graduate in science, arts and law from [[Osmania University]]. He married Geetha who is a law graduate and had three daughters Namratha, Niveditha and Lasya Nanditha. After his death, his daughter Lasya Nanditha won the MLA seat but she too died in a road accident on 23 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telangana MLA Dies After Car Loses Control, Crashes Into Divider |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/telangana-mla-lasya-nandita-died-in-horrific-road-accident-5110540 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==Political career==
Sayanna began his political career in [[Telugu Desam Party]] and was elected to the Assembly from [[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]] in 1994, 1999 and 2004, he lost the seat in 2009 to Congress candidate [[P. Shankar Rao|P Shankar Rao]] in undivided [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He also served as director of [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority|HUDA]] ([[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority]]) six times in the erstwhile [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He worked as the Chairman of the House Committee on Rehabilitation of Street Children in the erstwhile [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Sayanna also worked as a member of the House Committee on Child trafficking.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Sayanna wrested the seat in [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014 Telangana Assembly Elections]] on a TDP ticket and was a member of the [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams|Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Board (TTD)]] and quit membership in 2015 after joining TRS (now [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]]) and retained the seat in 2018.<ref name="‘Merger Man’ & 5-time Telangana's Secunderabad Cantonment MLA G Sayanna dies before his dream comes true">{{cite news |newspaper=The Times of India |title='Merger Man' & 5-time Telangana's Secunderabad Cantonment MLA G Sayanna dies before his dream comes true |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/merger-man-5-time-telanganas-secunderabad-cantonment-mla-g-sayanna-dies-before-his-dream-comes-true/articleshow/98075089.cms |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114132224/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/merger-man-5-time-telanganas-secunderabad-cantonment-mla-g-sayanna-dies-before-his-dream-comes-true/articleshow/98075089.cms |archive-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>

==Elections contested==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Election results
!Year
!Election
!Constituency
!Party
!Opponent
!Majority
!Result
|-
|1994
|[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|D. Narsing Rao ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| 3636
|{{won}}
|-
|1999
|[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|D. B. Devender ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|29,941
|{{won}}
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|Ravula Anjaiah ([[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|15,032
|{{won}}
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|P. Shankar Rao ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|4183
|{{lost}}
|-
|2014<ref name="Statistical Reports of 2014 Assembly Elections held in Telangana">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=2014 |title=Statistical Reports of 2014 Assembly Elections held in Telangana |url=https://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2014/General%20Election%20HOP%202014%20Book.pdf |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 |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
|[[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|Gajjela Nagesh ([[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
| 3,275
|{{won}}
|-
|2018<ref name="Telangana election results: Here is the full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=12 December 2018 |title=Telangana election results: Here is the full list of winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/telangana-election-results-here-is-the-full-list-of-winners-1407250-2018-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114135114/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/telangana-election-results-here-is-the-full-list-of-winners-1407250-2018-12-11 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency|Secunderabad Cantonment]]
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|Sarvey Sathyanarayana ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|37,563
|{{won}}
|}

==Death==
Sayanna suffered from a kidney-related ailment and undergoing treatment at [[Yashoda Hospitals|Yashoda Hospital]], [[Secunderabad]]. He was suffering from kidney and heart problems. He was admitted to the hospital on 18 February 2023 due to a [[heart attack]] and his condition was said to have deteriorated leading to his sudden death due to a cardiac arrest on 19 February 2023.<ref name="G Sayanna, BRS MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment, passes away at 72">{{cite news |last1=India Today |title=G Sayanna, BRS MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment, passes away at 72 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/g-sayanna-brs-mla-from-secunderabad-cantonment-passes-away-2336896-2023-02-19 |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114131436/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/g-sayanna-brs-mla-from-secunderabad-cantonment-passes-away-2336896-2023-02-19 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Secunderabad Cantonment MLA from BRS G Sayanna passes away at 72">{{cite news |last1=The News Minute |first1= |title=Secunderabad Cantonment MLA from BRS G Sayanna passes away at 72 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/secunderabad-cantonment-mla-brs-g-sayanna-passes-away-72-173483 |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114131810/https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/secunderabad-cantonment-mla-brs-g-sayanna-passes-away-72-173483 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2018–2023]]

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