Kandula Durgesh

Profile & Insights

• 1Kandula Durgesh of the Janasena Party (JSP) secured the Nidadavole assembly seat in 2024, marking a significant shift in the constituency’s political landscape.
• 2Winning with 102,699 votes against YSRCP’s G.
• 3Srinivas Naidu, Durgesh established a substantial victory margin of 33,304 votes.
• 4This result continues a decade-long trend of party swings in Nidadavole; the seat moved from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 2014 to the YSRCP in 2019, before tilting toward the JSP in the most recent election.
• 5Voter engagement remains exceptionally high in this region, with the 2024 election recording a robust turnout of 86.07%.
• 6The margin of victory has also seen steady growth, rising from a narrow 6,359 votes in 2014 to over 33,000 today.
• 7According to his legislative affidavit, Durgesh is a post-graduate with assets valued at approximately ₹13.82 crore and liabilities of ₹1.93 crore.
• 8He declared seven pending criminal cases.
• 9His victory reflects the broader success of the NDA alliance in the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha segment, consolidating a decisive mandate against the incumbent runner-up who had previously held the seat since 2019.