Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019
April/May 2019
175 Assembly Constituencies
88 seats needed for a majority

  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Kanna Lakshminarayana
Party TDP YSRCP BJP
Leader since 1995 2011 2018
Leader's seat Kuppam Pulivendula[1] Guntur West
Last election 103 67 4
Seats before 127 44 4
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Pawan Kalyan N. Raghuveera Reddy
Party JSP INC
Leader since 2014 2013
Last election Did not contest 0
Seats before 0 0
CM before election

N. Chandrababu Naidu
TDP

 Elected CM

TBD

Assembly Elections are due to be held in Andhra Pradesh in April or May 2019 to constitute the fifteenth Legislative Assembly. These elections are to be held concurrently with the Indian general election, 2019. The incumbent Telugu Desam Party headed by chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, the YSR Congress Party headed by opposition leader Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Jana Sena Party headed by actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan are considered to be the main contestants in the election.[2]

Previous Assembly

In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Telugu Desam Party led by former chief minister and opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu emerged as the single largest party with 117 seats while 88 were required for majority. Naidu was invited to form the government as part of the fourteenth Andhra Pradesh assembly by Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan. It was the first assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Background

The TDP's withdrawal from the National Democratic Alliance in March 2018[3] following the disputes between the TDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the Special Category Status (SCS), a part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 has resulted in competition between the two parties. A few weeks later, the BJP announced that they will contest in all 175 assembly constituencies in the state.[4] Head of YSR Congress Party and leader of the opposition in the fourteenth assembly, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy has been campaigning in the state since November 2017. As part of the campaign, Reddy had walked over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) on foot, across the state and had plans to cover an additional 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) as of May 2018.[5] Meanwhile, Pawan Kalyan's JSP had been gaining significant support in Uttarandhra (North Coastal Andhra Pradesh).[6]

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See also

2019 elections in India

References

  1. ↑ Special Correspondent. "Jagan to contest from Pulivendula". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Pawan's Jana Sena to contest all 175 seats in Andhra". The Times of India. 2 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "What Triggered Chandrababu Naidu To Withdraw TDP From NDA: 10 Points". NDTV. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "BJP gearing up to fight TDP in 2019 Andhra election". LiveMint. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Yatra politics of Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP Jagan's strategy ahead of 2019 polls". The News Minute. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "JSP to hit TDP prospects in north-coast Andhra?". GreatAndhra. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ↑ http://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/sensational-andhra-pradesh-cm-chandrababu-naidu-ttd-plundered-tirupati-temples-wealth-claims-ex-head-priest
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