 Anagani Satya Prasad is the present MLA of the constituency from Telugu Desam Party.The assembly segment in turn is a part of Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency), which was won by Malyadri Sriram of Telugu Desam Party.Kasinathuni Viswanath, a Film director; S. Janaki, a notable playback singer; Samudrala Raghavacharya, a screenwriter; C. V. S. K. Sarma, an economist and a retired IAS officer are some of the notable people from the city.