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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ganti Vijaya Kumari
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Amalapuram]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2004
| predecessor = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| successor = [[G. V. Harsha Kumar]]
| spouse = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| children = [[Ganti Harish Madhur]] (son)
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}
'''Ganti Vijaya Kumari''' is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She served as a Member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha, representing the [[Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Amalapuram constituency]]. She was elected in a 2002 [[by-election]] following the death of her husband, [[G. M. C. Balayogi]], who was then the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

==Career==
The sudden death of Amalapuram MP and Lok Sabha Speaker [[G.M.C. Balayogi|Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi]] necessitated a by-election for the reserved constituency.<ref name="Hindu" /> Before fielding Balayogi's widow Ganti for the seat, senior members of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) were considering her nomination to the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sarma|first1=Ramu|title=TDP leaders want RS berth for Balayogi's wife|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TDP-leaders-want-RS-berth-for-Balayogis-wife/articleshow/3200006.cms|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 March 2002}}</ref> Ganti herself, being in a state of shock, was reluctant to contest the election and Balyogi's family wanted his sister to succeed him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Naidu persuades Balayogi's wife|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Naidu-persuades-Balayogis-wife/articleshow/8908100.cms|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Messias|first1=Lionel|title=TDP to field Balayogi's wife from Amalapuram seat|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/tdp-to-field-balayogi-s-wife-from-amalapuram-seat-1.384591|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=2 May 2002}}</ref>

The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) didn't contest the by-election and TDP had thought Ganti would win unopposed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Balayogi's widow wins from Amalapuram|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Balayogis-widow-wins-from-Amalapuram/articleshow/11807351.cms|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 June 2002}}</ref> Even a legislator of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was present when she filed her nomination.<ref>{{cite news|title=Balayogi's wife files nomination|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/05/10/stories/2002051002960600.htm|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 May 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Only [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and [[Republican Party of India]] placed their candidates against her and both forfeited their security deposit. She won by a margin of 3,13,660 votes.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news|title=Landslide win for TDP candidate|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/03/stories/2002060302030600.htm|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 June 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Ganti took her oath of office on the first day of the 2002 monsoon session of the Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Session 10 Date 15-07-2002|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Debates/Result13.aspx?dbsl=4217|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> For the next [[2004 Indian general election|general election]] TDP made Dunna Janardhana Rao its official candidate instead of her.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|title=TDP drops Balayogi's wife|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/26tdp.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=3 November 2017|date=26 March 2004}}</ref>

The spouses of the speakers of Lok Sabha are provided a house in New Delhi. Ganti, however, faced trouble in getting a house allocated.<ref name="Gulf">{{cite news|last1=Messias|first1=Lionel|date=27 March 2004|title=Balayogi's wife dumped by Naidu|work=[[Gulf News]]|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/balayogi-s-wife-dumped-by-naidu-1.317589|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Vijaya Kumari married G.M.C. Balayogi on 16 April 1982. Together they had one son and three daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Balayogi, Shri Ganti Mohana Chandra – Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok12/biodata/12ap09.php|publisher=IndiaPress|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> Balayogi died in a helicopter accident on 3 March 2002.<ref>{{cite news|title=Balayogi killed in copter crash|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/03/04/stories/2002030403080100.htm|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 March 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

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[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]

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