Muppidi Venkateswara Rao

Profile & Insights

• 1Muppidi Venkateswara Rao, representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), secured the Kovvur seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections with a significant mandate.
• 2In this SC-reserved constituency under the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha segment, Rao polled 92,743 votes, defeating YSRCP’s Talari Venkata Rao by a substantial margin of 33,946 votes.
• 3This victory marks a return to power for the TDP in Kovvur, reversing the 2019 swing when YSRCP won by 25,248 votes.
• 4Notably, the victory margins in this constituency have steadily widened over the last three election cycles, rising from 12,745 in 2014 to the current high in 2024.
• 5Voter engagement remains exceptionally high in the region, with the 2024 election recording an 86.7% turnout.
• 6Rao, a postgraduate with a formal education, declared assets totaling approximately ₹1.33 crore and liabilities of roughly ₹49.6 lakh in his election affidavit.
• 7His profile also notes the disclosure of ten pending criminal cases.
• 8His win underscores a decisive tactical shift in the district, as the TDP reclaimed a seat it had previously held in 2014 but lost during the subsequent YSRCP wave.