Maddipati Venkata Raju

Profile & Insights

• 1Maddipati Venkata Raju, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), serves as the MLA for the SC-reserved Gopalapuram constituency in East Godavari district.
• 2In the 2024 elections, Raju secured 114,420 votes, defeating the YSRCP incumbent Taneti Vanita by a decisive margin of 26,784 votes.
• 3This victory marked a significant party swing back to the TDP in a constituency that has fluctuated between major parties over the last decade.
• 4While the TDP held the seat in 2014 with a margin of 11,540, the YSRCP had seized it in 2019 with a substantial 37,461-vote lead.
• 5The 2024 contest saw a high democratic engagement with an 87.5% voter turnout, reflecting the intense political competition in the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha segment.
• 6According to his electoral affidavit, Raju is highly educated with a postgraduate degree and manages a relatively modest financial profile for a legislator, declaring assets worth approximately ₹1.15 crore and liabilities of ₹56.63 lakh.
• 7His legal record includes four pending criminal cases.
• 8His win underscores a trend of shifting mandates in Gopalapuram, where electoral margins have proven volatile across the last three assembly cycles.