2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Previous Assembly
In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative 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 expired on 10 March 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.
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Background
On 3 October 2013, the Union Cabinet of India approved the creation of the new State of Telangana. On 2 June 2014 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
Summary
Parties and alliances
The election was the first to be held after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, with the leftist parties contesting separately following differences over the creation of Telangana, which was supported by the Communist Party of India and opposed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
In Telangana, the CPI allied with the Indian National Congress while both parties contested separately in Andhra Pradesh. The CPI(M) had an electoral understanding with the YSR Congress Party in assembly constituencies under the Khammam and Mahabubabad parliament constituencies in Telangana, while contesting independently in Andhra Pradesh.
The Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party contested together as part of the National Democratic Alliance in both states, with the support of the newly formed Janasena Party. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi contested independently in Telangana alone.
Former and last Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy formed the Jai Samaikyandhra Party, advocating the reunification of the state.
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Candidates
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Opinion polls
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
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 turnout 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%. In 2009, the turnout 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 Visakhapatnam district.
Results
Vote share before bifurcation
Results by party before bifurcation
Results by party after bifurcation
Andhra Pradesh Results
Vote share
Seat share
Results by party
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