Yarlagadda Venkata Rao

Profile & Insights

• 1Yarlagadda Venkata Rao secured the Gannavaram assembly seat for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 2024, marking a significant political shift in this General category constituency under the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha segment.
• 2Winning with 135,552 votes against YSRCP’s Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, Venkata Rao achieved a substantial margin of 37,628 votes.
• 3This victory follows a highly competitive 2019 contest where he narrowly lost to the same opponent by a razor-thin margin of just 838 votes while representing the YSRCP.
• 4The 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 86.35%, reflecting high civic engagement compared to the steadier margins of 9,548 in 2014.
• 5Venkata Rao is a graduate with declared assets totaling approximately ₹1.25 crore and liabilities of about ₹16.17 lakh.
• 6His legal affidavit discloses nine pending criminal cases.
• 7His transition to the TDP significantly altered the local landscape, reversing the narrow losses of previous cycles and consolidating a decisive lead for the party in a district historically characterized by tight, high-stakes contests between the state’s primary political forces.