Nasyam Mohammed Farook

Profile & Insights

• 1In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly elections, Nasyam Mohammed Farook of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) secured the Nandyal seat, reclaiming the constituency from the YSRCP.
• 2In a high-stakes contest that saw a robust 78.69% voter turnout, Farook polled 103,075 votes, defeating the incumbent Silpa Ravi Chandra Kishore Reddy by a margin of 12,333 votes.
• 3This result reflects a significant electoral swing compared to 2019, when the YSRCP held the seat with a much larger margin of 34,560 votes.
• 4The constituency has a history of competitive shifts; in 2014, the YSRCP won by a narrow margin of 3,604 votes.
• 5According to his electoral affidavit, Farook is a 10th-grade graduate with declared assets totaling approximately ₹12.53 crore and no outstanding liabilities.
• 6He reported three pending criminal cases.
• 7His victory marks a pivotal shift for the TDP in the Nandyal district, overturning the YSRCP's previous dominance and restoring the seat to the TDP fold after a decade, emphasizing the volatile nature of the region's political loyalties between the two major parties.