TDP chief and former Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu won the Kuppam Assembly seat for the eighth time in a row. He defeated YSR Congress Party candidate KRJ Bharath by a margin of over 45,000 votes. Naidu, who was earlier arrested in a ₹371 crore skill development scam but later granted bail, has held the Kuppam Assembly seat since 1989.