Anitha Vangalapudi

Profile & Insights

• 1Anitha Vangalapudi, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), secured the Payakaraopet (SC) assembly seat in 2024 with a decisive mandate, marking her return to this constituency.
• 2In a high-participation election featuring an 83.68% turnout, she polled 120,042 votes to defeat YSRCP’s Jogulu Kambala by a margin of 43,727 votes.
• 3This victory represents a significant recovery for the TDP after the party lost the seat in 2019 to YSRCP’s Golla Baburao, who then won by 31,189 votes.
• 4Anitha’s performance in 2024 also reflects a substantial growth in her local influence compared to 2014, when she won the same seat by a narrow margin of just 2,828 votes.
• 5Beyond her electoral history, Anitha is a highly educated legislator holding a postgraduate degree.
• 6Her 2024 financial affidavit discloses assets valued at approximately ₹1.41 crore against liabilities of ₹1.07 crore, alongside seven declared criminal cases.
• 7As the MLA for this Anakapalle Lok Sabha segment, her wide victory margin suggests a strong party swing back to the TDP, effectively reversing the electoral trend seen during the previous term.