Mamidi Govinda Rao

Profile & Insights

• 1Mamidi Govinda Rao of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) secured the Pathapatnam assembly seat in Srikakulam district during the 2024 elections, marking a significant political shift in the constituency.
• 2Rao polled 89,452 votes, defeating the incumbent YSRCP candidate Reddy Shanthi by a substantial margin of 26,527 votes.
• 3This victory reflects a growing trend of dominance for the TDP in the region, as the margin of victory increased significantly compared to the 2019 polls, where Reddy Shanthi won by 15,551 votes, and the narrow 3,865-vote margin seen in 2014 when the YSRCP first held the seat.
• 4The 2024 election saw a voter turnout of 71.72%, with 163,923 out of 228,557 registered voters participating.
• 5According to his legislative affidavit, Rao finished his education at the 12th-grade level.
• 6Financially, he declared total assets worth approximately ₹7.91 crore against liabilities of ₹3.63 crore.
• 7His legal profile includes two pending criminal cases.
• 8Rao’s win confirms a decisive swing back to the TDP in this General category constituency, reversing a decade of YSRCP influence in Pathapatnam.