Aravinda Babu Chadalavada

Profile & Insights

• 1In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, Aravinda Babu Chadalavada of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) secured the Narasaraopet seat, marking a significant political shift in this Palnadu district constituency.
• 2Moving from a runner-up position in 2019 to the winner’s circle, Chadalavada polled 103,167 votes to defeat the incumbent, Gopireddy Srinivasa Reddy of the YSRCP, by a margin of 19,705 votes.
• 3This victory ended a decade of YSRCP dominance, as Reddy had previously won the seat in both 2014 and 2019.
• 4The election saw a robust voter turnout of 84.58%, reflecting high civic engagement in the segment.
• 5Chadalavada, who holds a postgraduate degree, declared assets totaling approximately ₹42.31 crore against liabilities of ₹25.29 crore in his election affidavit.
• 6His legal profile includes 17 declared criminal cases, a common feature in the intensely contested Palnadu region.
• 7The 2024 result indicates a notable party swing, overturning the 32,277-vote deficit Chadalavada faced in the previous cycle and consolidating the TDP’s presence within the Narasaraopet Lok Sabha segment.