Dharmaraju Patsamatla

Profile & Insights

• 1Dharmaraju Patsamatla, representing the Jana Sena Party (JSP), secured the Unguturu assembly seat in the 2024 elections with a decisive mandate.
• 2In a constituency characterized by high political engagement, the 2024 election saw a robust voter turnout of 88.85%.
• 3Patsamatla polled 108,894 votes, defeating the incumbent Puppala Srinivasa Rao of the YSRCP by a significant margin of 44,945 votes.
• 4This result marks a notable shift in the constituency’s political trajectory; while the TDP won by a slim margin of 8,930 in 2014 and the YSRCP secured a 33,153-vote victory in 2019, the 2024 swing toward the JSP represents the largest margin of victory in the last three election cycles.
• 5According to his electoral affidavit, Patsamatla is a 10th-pass educated professional with a clean legal record, reporting zero criminal cases.
• 6His financial disclosures reveal a substantial economic profile, with assets valued at approximately ₹34.30 crore against liabilities of roughly ₹21.68 crore.
• 7His victory consolidates the JSP's influence within the Eluru Lok Sabha segment, reflecting a clear departure from the previous decade of alternating TDP and YSRCP dominance.