Vishnu Kumar Raju Penmetsa

Profile & Insights

• 1Vishnu Kumar Raju Penmetsa, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), secured the Visakhapatnam North seat in the 2024 assembly elections, marking a significant return to the constituency he first won in 2014.
• 2Raju polled 108,801 votes, defeating YSRCP’s Kannapara Jukammila by a substantial margin of 47,534 votes.
• 3This victory reflects a major surge in support compared to the narrow 2019 contest, where the TDP won by just 1,944 votes, and Raju's own 2014 victory margin of 18,240.
• 4The 2024 election saw a voter turnout of 64.6% in this urban general category seat under the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
• 5Professionally, Raju is a graduate professional with an educational background that supports his administrative role.
• 6His financial affidavit reveals a high-net-worth profile, with assets valued at approximately ₹1.06 billion against liabilities of ₹74 million.
• 7While his record indicates one pending criminal case, his political trajectory is defined by his ability to reclaim the seat with a significantly expanded mandate, highlighting a decisive swing back to the BJP-TDP alliance in the region following five years of YSRCP opposition dominance.