The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian

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based in the state of

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 ...

. Its president

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972) also known as Y. S. Jagan or mononymously Jagan, is an Indian entrepreneur and politician serving as the 17th and current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh since 30 May 2019. He is the ...

serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth largest party in the

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with 22 seats.

Origins

After the sudden death of the then-incumbent Chief Minister

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

(YSR) in a helicopter crash in September 2009, his son

, the incumbent MP from

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 ...

, started an ''Odarpu Yatra'' (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, to console the families of those who had committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father. This tour was not supported by the Congress leadership. Defying the

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's order to call off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and

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districts in April 2010. Meanwhile, ''

Sakshi TV Sakshi TV () is an Indian Telugu-language 24-hour news channel. It was launched on 1 March 2009, by Indira Television Ltd. owned by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. It is currently run under the chairmanship of Y. S. Bharathi Reddy, wife of Jagan Moha ...

'' news channel and ''Sakshi'' newspaper, which are closely affiliated with YSR and Jagan, had been continuously criticizing the new Chief Minister

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and the Congress leadership at

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. In a special programme on ''Sakshi TV'' to mark the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Congress party, a voice-over made remarks on Sonia Gandhi and the

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on the "current state of affairs" in the State, which invited anger and protests from the Congress loyalists and increased the gap and friction between Jagan and the Congress loyalists. The channel later deleted those remarks in a re-telecast. After accusing the Congress of ill-treating him and creating rift in his family by luring his uncle Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy (younger brother of YSR) with a state ministerial berth in the aftermath of the death of his father, Jagan and his mother Y. S. Vijayamma resigned from the

and

Pulivendula Pulivendula (2008) is a town located in the YSR Kadapa district, a district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a small town which became 3rd grade municipality in 2008 from nagar Panchayat. Proddatur is the biggest town which is ne ...

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constituencies respectively and also as members of the Congress in November 2010. Many Congress leaders loyal to Jagan also quit the Congress and joined the YSR Congress. This resulted in the weakening of the Congress's strength in both the assembly and the Lok Sabha, necessitating by-elections.

Electoral performance

In the ensuing by-elections, the party won most of the vacated seats with record-breaking majorities, with many of the Congress and 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 ...

(the main opposition) candidates losing their deposits. The party has a strength of 151 members in the 175-member state assembly and 22 members in the Lok Sabha (out of 25 in AP) as the election results declared on 23 May 2019, simultaneously. In March 2012, YSR Congress won the Kovur assembly seat in

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district in a by-election. On 15 June 2012, YSR Congress won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat and 15 of 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. YSRCP leaders P. Subhash Chandra Bose from Ramachandrapuram constituency of East Godavari district and

Konda Surekha Konda Surekha (born 19 August 1965) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. She served as an MLA from Shyampet, Parkal, and Warangal East constituencies in Telangana. Early life Konda Surekha was born in the city of Waran ...

from Parkal constituency of Warangal district, both ministers in the YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races. It lost the

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to the

, which had previously been in opposition to the INC government. One-third of the MLAs who won for the YSR Congress in the 2014 elections had joined the

by 2017. It went for 2019 general elections by appointing

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, a renowned political strategist in Indian elections and emerged as the 5th largest political party in India. It did not contest in Telangana Assembly election 2018. The party won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in a

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, winning 151 of the 175 seats, including a clean sweep of the

Kurnool Kurnool is a city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It formerly served as the capital of Andhra State (1953–1956). The city is often referred to as "The Gateway of Rayalaseema".Kurnool is also known as The City of Gem Stones. It also se ...

and

districts. It has been in government since 30 May 2019.

List of chief ministers

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Electoral history

Indian general elections

State Legislative Assembly elections

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:YSR Congress Party Political parties in Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress breakaway groups 2011 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Political parties established in 2011