Bonela Vijaya Chandra

Profile & Insights

• 1Bonela Vijaya Chandra, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), secured the Parvathipuram (SC) assembly seat in the 2024 elections, marking a significant return for his party in this constituency.
• 2In a high-stakes contest part of the Araku Lok Sabha segment, Chandra polled 83,905 votes to defeat the incumbent YSRCP candidate, Alajangi Jogarao, by a decisive margin of 24,414 votes.
• 3This result reflects a sharp reversal of the 2019 trend, where Jogarao had won by an almost identical margin of 24,199 over the TDP.
• 4The 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 78.78%, significantly higher than the participation levels seen when TDP last held the seat in 2014 with a narrow 6,129-vote lead.
• 5According to his legislative affidavit, Chandra is a professional graduate with assets valued at approximately ₹2.91 crore and liabilities totaling nearly ₹1.98 crore.
• 6His record includes two declared criminal cases.
• 7His victory underscores a major swing in voter sentiment within this reserved segment, re-establishing TDP dominance in a region that has oscillated between the two major parties over the last three electoral cycles.