Arava Sreedhar

Profile & Insights

• 1Arava Sreedhar of the Janasena Party (JSP) secured the Kodur (SC) constituency in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, marking a significant political shift in this segment of the Rajampet Lok Sabha seat.
• 2Sreedhar polled 78,594 votes, defeating the two-time incumbent Koramutla Sreenivasulu of the YSRCP by a margin of 11,101 votes.
• 3This result overturned a decade of YSRCP dominance; Sreenivasulu had previously won a narrow 1,972-vote victory in 2014 and a much larger 34,879-vote margin in 2019.
• 4The 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 76.63%, representing 146,919 of the 191,713 registered voters.
• 5As a Graduate Professional, Sreedhar entered the assembly with a relatively modest financial profile, declaring assets worth approximately ₹45.58 lakh and liabilities of ₹8.82 lakh.
• 6His election affidavit lists one pending criminal case.
• 7His victory reflects a successful party swing in a constituency that had remained a YSRCP stronghold throughout the previous two election cycles, highlighting changing voter preferences within the Tirupati district's reserved segments.