2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the rump Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao won in the new state of Telangana.
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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, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor N. D. Tiwari.
Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which will expire on 30 May 2014. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. 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 Union Cabinet of India approved the creation of the new State of Telangana.[4] On 2 June 2014 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
Schedule of election
| Poll Event | Telangana | Andhra Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Issue of Notification | Wednesday, 2 Apr 2014 | Saturday 12 Apr 2014 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2014 | Saturday 19 Apr 2014 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | Thursday, 10 Apr 2014 | Monday, 21 Apr 2014 |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | Saturday, 12 Apr 2014 | Wednesday, 23 Apr 2014 |
| Date of Poll | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 | Wednesday, 7 May 2014 |
| Counting of Votes | Friday, 16 May 2014 | |
| Date of the election being completed | Wednesday, 28 May 2014 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India[5] | ||
Opinion polls
Telangana
| Conducted in month(s) |
Ref | Polling organisation / agency |
Sample size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | TRS+AIMIM | TDP | YSRCP | ||||
| Apr 2014 | [6] | Deccan Chronicle-Aaraa | ? | 23–25 | 58–64 | 12–15 | 3–5 |
Andhra Pradesh
| Conducted in month(s) |
Ref | Polling organisation / agency |
Sample size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | tDP | YSRCP | ||||
| Apr 2014 | [6] | Deccan Chronicle-Aaraa | 25,000 | 0–5 | 120–130 | 60–70 others:5 |
Results of United Andhra Pradesh
| Parties and Coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | +/- | Contested | Won | +/- | |||
| Telugu Desam Party | 1,57,46,215 | 32.53 | 237 | 117 | ||||
| YSR Congress Party | 1,34,94,076 | 27.88 | 266 | 70 | ||||
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 66,20,326 | 13.68 | 119 | 63 | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 56,68,061 | 11.71 | 286 | 21 | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 20,00,677 | 4.13 | 58 | 9 | ||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7,37,134 | 1.52 | 35 | 7 |  | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 4,58,762 | 0.95 | 253 | 2 | ||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4,07,376 | 0.84 | 68 | 1 | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 2,54,859 | 0.53 | 38 | 1 | ||||
| Navodayam Party | 57,793 | 0.12 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | 14,85,463 | 3.07 | 1511 | 2 | ||||
| None of the above (India) | 3,08,286 | 0.64 | 294 | |||||
| Total | 4,84,00,406 | 100.00 | 294 | |||||
| Valid votes | 4,84,00,406 | 99.81 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 92,061 | 0.19 | ||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 4,84,92,467 | 74.68 | ||||||
| Abstentions | 1,64,41,671 | 25.32 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 6,49,34,138 | |||||||
Andhra Pradesh Results
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| Parties and coalitions | Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 102 | |||||
| YSR Congress Party | 67 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | |||||
| Navodayam Party | 1 | |||||
| Independents | 1 | |||||
| Total | 175 | |||||
By district
| District | Constituencies | TDP | YSRCP | BJP | INC | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srikakulam | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vizianagaram | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visakhapatnam | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| East Godavari | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Godavari | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Krishna | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guntur | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prakasam | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nellore | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kadapa | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurnool | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anantapur | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chittoor | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 175 | 102 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Results by Constituency
Telangana Results
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| Parties and coalitions | Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 63 | |||||
| Indian National Congress | 21 | |||||
| Telugu Desam Party | 15 | |||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 | |||||
| YSR Congress Party | 3 | |||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 2 | |||||
| Communist Party of India | 1 | |||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | |||||
| Independents | 1 | |||||
| Total | 119 | |||||
By district
| District | Constituencies | TRS | INC | TDP | AIMIM | BJP | YSRCP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adilabad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nizamabad | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karimnagar | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medak | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranga Reddy | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hyderabad | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahbubnagar | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nalgonda | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Warangal | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Khammam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 119 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
By constituency
Election Day
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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.[7]
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.[8]
See also
External links
References
- Special Correspondent. "Jagan to contest from Pulivendula". The Hindu.
- "Ponnala Lakshmaiah is Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Raghuveera APCC president". The Times of India. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- Staff Reporter. "KCR to contest from Gajwel". The Hindu.
- "Creation of a new state of Telangana by bifurcating the existing State of Andhra Pradesh". Home Ministry, Govt. of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- "ECI-ElectionSchedule".
- "Jaganmohan Reddy to lead in Andhra Pradesh, says survey". deccanchronicle. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- Special Correspondent. "Telangana witnesses high voter turnout". The Hindu.
- Special Correspondent. "High voter turnout in Seemandhra". The Hindu.
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