The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

and

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the rump

, while

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

led by

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won in the new state of

Previous Assembly

In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had taken the lead, winning 156 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party,

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was invited to form the government by

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. Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which expired on 30 May 2014. The

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(ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the

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. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.

Background

On 3 October 2013, the

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approved the creation of the new State of Telangana. On 2 June 2014 the

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issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation of

from

Schedule of election

Opinion polls

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

Results

United Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

By district

By Constituency

Telangana

By constituency

Election day

The election was held in two phases alongside the 7th and 8th phases of the General Election, taking place on 30 April in Telangana, and on 7 May in the remainder of Andhra Pradesh. Despite few clashes between supporters of rival parties in Seemandhra and Rayalaseema, the poll percentage was good on the polling day. The initial poll percentage appeared to be dull, but it soon picked up as time went on. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal told the media that he was confident that the percentage could be around 85–90% by the concluding time.

Phase 1 (Telangana)

Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72% of more than 2.81 crore voters exercising their franchise in the 10 districts in the region. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said the polling could touch 75 percent. In 2009, the percentage was 67.71 in the region.

Phase 2 (Andhra Pradesh)

Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said around 76.80% of the 3.68 crore voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage were seen as likely to touch 80%. The highest turnout of 82.97% was recorded in the Guntur district and the lowest of 70% in Vishakhapatnam district.

References

External links

Chief Election Officer's website for General Elections 2014

* ttp://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS011.htm?ac=1 Elections commission – 2014 Parliament elections results {{Andhra Pradesh elections State Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh 2010s in Andhra Pradesh 2014 State Assembly elections in India April 2014 events in India May 2014 events in India

Previous Assembly

Background

Schedule of election

Opinion polls

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

Results

United Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

By district

By Constituency

Telangana

By constituency

Election day

Phase 1 (Telangana)

Phase 2 (Andhra Pradesh)

See also

References

External links