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{{short description|Indian politician (1949–2023)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gummadi Kuthuhalamma
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1949|06|01}}
| birth_place = [[Kandukur]], [[Prakasam district]], [[Madras State|Madras Province]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|02|15|1949|06|01}}
| death_place = [[Tirupati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (until 2014) <br/> [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (since 2014)
| office = Member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 1985
| term_end = 2014
| constituency = {{ill|Vepanjeri|te|వేపంజేరి}} (1985–2009) [[Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency|Gangadhara Nellore]] (2009–2014)
| successor = [[V. M. Thomas]]
}}

'''Gummadi Kuthuhalamma''' (1 June 1949 – 15 February 2023) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and later the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. She served in the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 1985 to 2014 for five terms.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 March 2014|title=Congress legislator Gummadi Kutuhalamma joins Telugu Desam|trans-title= |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140318/nation-politics/article/congress-legislator-gummadi-kutuhalamma-joins-telugu-desam|language= |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|location= |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2023-02-16 |title=Former AP minister Kuthuhalamma passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/Feb/16/former-ap-minister-kuthuhalamma-passes-away-2547859.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Kuthuhalamma was born in Kandukur, [[Prakasam district]]. She completed her MBBS and was a practicing doctor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Kuthuhalamma: మాజీ మంత్రి కుతూహలమ్మ కన్నుమూత |url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2023/andhra-pradesh/chittoor/former-minister-kuthuhalamma-passes-away-chittoor-andhrapradesh-suchi-1011413.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Andhrajyothy Telugu News |language=te}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kuthuhalamma had hogged the limelight in 1978 as a rebel candidate of the [[Congress party|Congress Party]], and became the Zilla Parishad chairman of the erstwhile united [[Chittoor district]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2023-02-15 |title=Andhra Pradesh: Former Deputy Speaker Kuthuhalamma passes away |url=https://telanganatoday.com/andhra-pradesh-former-deputy-speaker-kuthuhalamma-passes-away |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}</ref> In 1979, she was back as a Youth Congress leader. She was the [[Chittoor]] Zilla Parishad chairperson from 1980 to 1985.

She was first elected as an MLA from the erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly Constituency (SC) in the [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. Later, she successfully contested for three more terms between 1989 and 1999. In 2004, she had won from Vepanjeri for the fifth time on Congress ticket. In the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] she defeated O. Chandramma of [[Telugu Desam Party]] by a margin of 11,582 votes.<ref name=":0" /> Her final stint as an MLA was from the new Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency after her victory in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Later in 2014, she joined TDP but lost the election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Umashanker |first=K. |date=2023-02-15 |title=Former Minister Kuthuhalamma passes away in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/former-minister-kuthuhalamma-passes-away-in-andhra-pradesh/article66512439.ece |access-date=2026-04-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

From 1991 to 1993, she had worked as Minister for Health in the [[N. Janardhana Reddy|N. Janardhan Reddy]] government.<ref name=":1" /> From 2007 to 2009, during the [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] government, she had worked as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, she had joined the [[Telugu Desam Party]] and was defeated from the [[Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency]].<ref name=":0" />

Kuthuhalamma died in [[Tirupati]] on 15 February 2023, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=gummadi kuthuhalamma passed away |url=https://www.vaartha.com/gummadi-kuthuhalamma-passed-away/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Vaartha |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandari |first=Pavan Kumar |date=2023-02-15 |title=Former AP minister Gummadi Kuthuhalamma passes away in Tirupati |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/former-ap-minister-gummadi-kuthuhalamma-passes-away-in-tirupati-783040 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989]]
[[Category:People from Prakasam district]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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N V Raghunath at 05:42, 27 April 2026