Koona Ravi Kumar

Profile & Insights

• 1Koona Ravi Kumar of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) reclaimed the Amadalavalasa seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, securing 88,003 votes.
• 2This victory marked a significant political comeback for Ravi Kumar, who defeated the incumbent YSRCP candidate and former Speaker Thammineni Seetharam by a substantial margin of 35,032 votes.
• 3The electoral history of the constituency reveals a persistent rivalry between these two candidates: Ravi Kumar previously won the seat in 2014 with a narrow 5,449-vote margin, only to lose it to Seetharam in 2019 by 13,991 votes.
• 4The 2024 results signify a major swing back to the TDP, underscored by a high voter turnout of 81.03%.
• 5According to his election affidavit, Ravi Kumar is a graduate professional with total assets valued at approximately ₹11.79 crore and liabilities amounting to ₹1.02 crore.
• 6His profile also notes the presence of 15 registered criminal cases.
• 7This decisive win in the Srikakulam Lok Sabha segment reinforces Ravi Kumar’s influence in the district’s political landscape following a decade of fluctuating electoral margins against the YSRCP.