The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the

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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 ...

on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth Legislative Assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election. The

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ...

won the election in a

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, winning 151 of the 175 seats, with the incumbent

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 fo ...

winning just 23. The

Jana Sena Party Jana Sena or Jana Sena Party (JSP) (''People's Army Party'') is an Indian Regional political party based in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It was founded by Tollywood actor and politician Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014. ''Jana Sena'' ...

entered the legislature with one seat, while the

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and

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failed to win any seats. YSRCP's 151-seat win (or 86%) is the largest majority government (in % terms) in the history of

, even surpassing TDP's 226-seat victory (or 77%) and equal if number of seats contested is only considered (216 out of 251) in the Undivided 1994 election Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unanimously voted as Legislature leader of the YSR Congress Party, and was invited to form the government by the

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and

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. This was the second assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the

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of the state into

and

Previous Assembly

In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, sethe Telugu Desam Party (TDP), led by chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, in alliance with the Jana Sena Party (JSP), led by chief

Pawan Kalyan Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 ...

, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), emerged as the single largest party. With 88 seats required to win a majority, the alliance won 103 out of the available 175 seats. Mr. Naidu was invited to form the government as part of the fourteenth chief minister of Andhra Pradesh by the then

and

. It was the first Assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the

of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Background

Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was the leader of the main opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, launched his 3,648-km-long ''

Praja Sankalpa Yatra Praja Sankalpa Yatra was a foot march that was undertaken by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy starting 6 November 2017, for 341 days till 10 January 2019, when he walked over 3,648 km and met around two crore people. This was done in the run up to th ...

'' on 6 November 2017. In this

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, Reddy launched an attack on the failed promises and corruption of the ruling TDP. He covered more than 130 out of the 175 assembly constituencies in the state, from YSR Ghat in Idupulapaya in

Kadapa Kadapa (colonial spelled Cuddapah) is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Rayalaseema region, and is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. As of the 2022 Census of India, the city had a popul ...

Ichchapuram Ichchapuram is a town in the Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is located nearly 142 km from the district capital, Srikakulam. Ichchapuram municipality is the largest urban local body in the Srikakulam ...

in Srikakulam district. During his ''padayatra'', he addressed 124 public meetings. Meanwhile, JSP leader Pawan Kalyan hurled allegations of corruption against the ruling TDP and

Nara Lokesh Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Bhuvaneshwari, and grandson of N. T. Rama Rao. Lokesh beca ...

, son of Chandrababu Naidu. He also accused the BJP of inflicting injustice on Andhra Pradesh over the promised Special Category Status. JSP subsequently broke the alliance with the TDP. The TDP also withdrew from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in March 2018 over Special Category Status Issue. The ruling TDP contested the 2019 assembly elections on its own. The JSP and the BJP also contested independently in the 2019 assembly elections. In the four-cornered contest, the YSRCP led by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy swept the polls.

Schedule of election

Election day

The election was held in a single phase on 11 April for 175 assemblies and 25 parliamentary constituencies. A 79.88% voter turnout was recorded by the end of the election day, which was 1.92% higher than the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. 1,55,45,211 Male and 1,57,87,759 Female voters cast their votes in the election. Overall 3,13,33,631 of a possible 3,93,45,717 voters participated in the election. The highest turnout of 85.93% was recorded in Prakasam district followed by

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with 82.37%, while

Visakhapatnam district Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...

recorded the lowest turnout of 73.67%.

Addanki Addanki is a Municipal city in Bapatla district of the Indian State, Andhra Pradesh. Addanki North is the mandal headquarters of Addanki mandal in chirala revenue division. Geography Addanki located at . It has an average elevation of 24&nbs ...

constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 89.82% voting and Visakhapatnam West constituency registered the lowest turnout of 58.19%.

Candidates

Below is a list of constituencies of the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-p ...

. Contesting candidates from each party are arranged with respect to their districts.

Results

The results were announced on 23 May 2019, the day of the counting of ballots. YSRCP won the polls by winning a record 151 seats out of 175 seats, their best poll performance to date. YSRCP won all MLA seats in the districts of Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, and Viazayanagram. Furthermore, they lost only 3 seats (Kuppam, Hindupur, Uravakonda) in the Rayalaseema region. From the 26 ministers in the ruling TDP Cabinet only 3 ministers,

Nimmakayala Chinarajappa Nimmakayala Chinarajappa is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is the present MLA of Telugu Desam Party, representing Peddapuram assembly constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Personal life and education Nimmak ...

Ganta Srinivasa Rao Ganta Srinivasarao (born 1 Dec 1956) was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India. He is representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Visakhapatnam North (Assembly cons ...

, and

Kinjarapu Atchannaidu Kinjarapu Atchannaidu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Tekkali constituency from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) since 2014. He is the chief of TDP for th ...

, were able to win. The JSP+ alliance won only a single seat of Razole, while the leader of the alliance Pawan Kalyan lost both the seats in

Gajuwaka Gajuwaka is a major residential area of Visakhapatnam City, India. This neighborhood of Visakhapatnam is considered the biggest shopping district in Andhra Pradesh by revenue. Though conceived as a residential locality, it is now one of the prin ...

and Bhimavaram. The national parties - Congress and BJP - were not able to win a single seat. TDP candidates lost their security deposit in 1 out of 175 seats contested, JSP candidates lost security deposit in 121 out of 137 seats contested, BJP candidates lost security deposit in 173 out of 173 seats contested, Congress candidates lost security deposit in 174 out of 174 seats contested.

Results by constituency

References

External links

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2019 Website
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State Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh 2010s in Andhra Pradesh