Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao

Profile & Insights

• 1Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao secured the Gurajala assembly seat in the 2024 elections, marking a significant comeback for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in this General category constituency under the Narasaraopet Lok Sabha segment.
• 2Srinivasa Rao polled 1,28,201 votes, defeating the YSRCP incumbent Kasu Mahesh Reddy by a margin of 29,486 votes amidst a high voter turnout of 85.86%.
• 3This result effectively inverted the 2019 outcome, where Mahesh Reddy had unseated Srinivasa Rao with a nearly identical margin of 28,613 votes.
• 4The 2024 victory restores Srinivasa Rao to the position he held following the 2014 elections, though his current win margin is substantially larger than the 7,187-vote lead he maintained a decade ago.
• 5According to his 2024 affidavit, the legislator is a 12th-pass candidate with a substantial financial profile, reporting assets totaling approximately ₹4.83 billion against liabilities of ₹131.9 million.
• 6His legal profile is notable for the disclosure of 22 pending criminal cases, reflecting a contested political career in the Palnadu region.
• 7The shifting margins since 2014 highlight Gurajala as a highly competitive seat defined by direct swings between the TDP and YSRCP.