Jayakrishna Nimmaka

Profile & Insights

• 1Jayakrishna Nimmaka of the Janasena Party (JSP) secured the Palakonda (ST) assembly seat in 2024, marking a significant political shift in the Parvathipuram Manyam district.
• 2In a decisive contest within the Araku (ST) Lok Sabha jurisdiction, Nimmaka polled 75,208 votes, defeating the two-time incumbent Viswasaraya Kalavathi of the YSRCP by a margin of 13,291 votes.
• 3This victory follows a decade of persistence for Nimmaka, who previously contested the seat on a TDP ticket, narrowly losing by just 1,620 votes in 2014 and by a wider margin of 17,980 votes during the 2019 YSRCP wave.
• 4The 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 76.48%.
• 5Nimmaka's rise represents a successful party swing for the JSP in a constituency long held by the YSRCP.
• 6According to his legislative affidavit, Nimmaka is a post-graduate professional with assets totaling approximately ₹8.36 million and liabilities of ₹1.26 million.
• 7His profile also notes the disclosure of six pending criminal cases.
• 8His victory underscores a changing electoral dynamic in the region as voters moved away from the decade-long incumbency of his predecessor.