Kolla Lalitha Kumari

Profile & Insights

• 1Kolla Lalitha Kumari of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) reclaimed the Srungavarapukota assembly seat in 2024, securing 111,026 votes and defeating the YSRCP incumbent Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao by a substantial margin of 38,790 votes.
• 2This victory marks a significant resurgence for Lalitha Kumari, who previously won the seat in 2014 with a 28,572-vote lead before losing it to Rao in 2019 by 11,365 votes.
• 3The 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 86.03%, reflecting high civic engagement in this general category constituency under the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha seat.
• 4Lalitha Kumari’s political journey in the region is characterized by this decade-long rivalry with the YSRCP, with the 2024 results showing her strongest performance to date in terms of both total votes and victory margin.
• 5According to her election affidavit, she is a 12th-pass educated professional with declared assets totaling approximately ₹5.81 crore and liabilities of ₹80 lakh.
• 6Her legal profile includes five pending criminal cases.
• 7Her return to office signifies a decisive party swing back to the TDP, overturning the 2019 result with a margin that more than tripled her opponent's previous lead.