Daggupati Prasad

Profile & Insights

• 1Daggupati Prasad secured the Anantapur Urban assembly seat for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 2024, reclaiming a constituency that has fluctuated between major parties over the last decade.
• 2Prasad polled 103,334 votes, defeating the YSRCP incumbent Anantha Venkatarami Reddy by a decisive margin of 23,023 votes.
• 3This victory represents a significant swing back to the TDP, which had previously won the seat in 2014 by 9,334 votes before losing it in 2019 to YSRCP by 28,698 votes.
• 4The 2024 election saw a voter turnout of 66.1% out of an electorate of 268,368.
• 5According to his official affidavit, Prasad’s financial profile is notable for his liabilities outweighing his assets; he declared total assets worth approximately ₹3.58 crore against liabilities of roughly ₹4.47 crore.
• 6Educationally, he is classified under the "Others" category, and his legal record shows one pending criminal case.
• 7His win marks a critical shift in the Anantapur Lok Sabha segment, reflecting the broader resurgence of the TDP-led alliance in the Rayalaseema region’s urban centers.