Badeti Radha Krishnayya

Profile & Insights

• 1Badeti Radha Krishnayya reclaimed the Eluru assembly seat for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 2024, securing a landslide victory that marks a significant shift in the constituency’s political trajectory.
• 2Winning with 111,562 votes, Krishnayya defeated the YSRCP incumbent, Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas, by a massive margin of 62,388 votes.
• 3This result represents a dramatic surge in support compared to the 2014 and 2019 cycles; while the seat was narrowly lost by the TDP in 2019 by just 4,072 votes and won in 2014 by 24,603 votes, the 2024 margin highlights a decisive party swing.
• 4The election saw a voter turnout of 72.03% within this General category segment under the Eluru Lok Sabha seat.
• 5A graduate by education, Krishnayya’s financial affidavit discloses assets totaling approximately ₹6.94 crore against liabilities of ₹86.35 lakh.
• 6His profile also notes the presence of two pending criminal cases.
• 7The 2024 outcome reinforces the Badeti family's historical influence in the region, effectively reversing the narrow defeat suffered by the TDP in the previous assembly term through an unprecedented voter mandate.