B. Virupakshi

Profile & Insights

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• 2Virupakshi of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) secured the Alur assembly seat in the 2024 elections, maintaining the constituency as a party stronghold despite a significant shift in competition intensity.
• 3Winning with 100,264 votes, Virupakshi defeated B.
• 4Veerabhadra Gowd of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by a slender margin of 2,831 votes.
• 5This result reflects a return to the narrow contest dynamics seen in 2014, where the margin was just 1,919 votes, and marks a sharp departure from the dominant 39,896-vote victory recorded by the YSRCP in 2019.
• 6Voter engagement remained exceptionally high at 82.04%, indicating a deeply mobilized electorate in this Kurnool district segment.
• 7According to his legislative affidavit, Virupakshi is an 8th-grade educated representative with one criminal case declared.
• 8His financial profile shows assets valued at approximately ₹8.64 crore against liabilities of roughly ₹84 lakh.
• 9His victory is notable within the 2024 political landscape as he managed to withstand the broader statewide swing against his party, albeit with a greatly reduced majority compared to his predecessor’s performance five years prior.