Summary:
Although Raju has done good work as the Union civil aviation minister, he did not focus enough on the constituency development. In 1998, the previous Pusapati MP to contest from this constituency (then known as Bobbili parliamentary constituency), Pusapati Anand Gajapathi Raju, the present MP’s older brother lost to a TDP candidate from Chipurupalli, Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu. In 2014, most of the Kapus and sub-groups in Gajapathinagaram, Chipurupalli, Etcherla and Nellimarla supported him. However, this time, there will be a shift in his vote bank. If so, how would it work?In the last election in 2014, the voter turnout was close to 80%, with over 11 lakh votes being polled..