Yeluri Sambasiva Rao

Profile & Insights

• 1Yeluri Sambasiva Rao of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) secured a third consecutive victory in the Parchur constituency within Bapatla district during the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.
• 2Rao triumphed over YSRCP’s Yadam Balaji with 110,575 votes, establishing a significant winning margin of 24,013.
• 3This result marks a substantial recovery and growth in his electoral lead compared to 2019, when he narrowly retained the seat by a slim margin of just 1,647 votes against Daggubati Venkateswara Rao.
• 4In 2014, he had won the seat with a margin of 10,775 votes, indicating a consistent upward trend for the TDP in this general category segment.
• 5The 2024 election saw a remarkably high voter turnout of 89.39%, reflecting intense local engagement.
• 6According to his affidavit, Rao is highly educated with a post-graduate degree and oversees a substantial financial portfolio, reporting assets valued at approximately ₹2.95 billion against liabilities of nearly ₹68.7 million.
• 7His legal profile includes six pending criminal cases.
• 8His ability to withstand the statewide YSRCP wave in 2019 and expand his majority in 2024 underscores a consolidated political stronghold in Parchur.