2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election


The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh 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 Chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the incumbent Telugu Desam Party's chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan with his alliance between Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India, Bahujan Samaj Party were the main contenders. Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party won the polls by winning 151 seats out of 175 seats, securing almost 86% of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Chief of YSR Congress Party was unanimously voted as Legislature leader of the YSR Congress Party, and was invited to form the government by Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, E. S. L. Narasimhan. This was the second assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Previous Assembly

In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Telugu Desam Party, led by the former chief minister and opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu, in alliance with the Jana Sena Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Andhra Pradesh assembly by the then 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

launched his 3,648-km-long Praja Sankalpa Yatra on 6 November 2017. In this Padayatra, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched an attack on the failed promises and corruption of the ruling Telugu Desam Party. He covered more than 130 out of the 175 assembly constituencies in the state, from YSR Ghat in Idupulapaya in Kadapa to Icchapuram in Srikakulam. During his Padayatra, he addressed 124 public meetings. Meanwhile, Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan hurled allegations of corruption against the TDP and Andhra minister Nara Lokesh, son of CM N. Chandrababu Naidu and BJP for injustice meant to AP on Special category status and broke the alliance. Taken aback by criticism from its ally, the ruling Telugu Desam Party contested the 2019 assembly elections on its own. The TDP also withdrew from the National Democratic Alliance in March 2018 following disputes between the TDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party regarding the misuse of funds. This resulted in competition between the Jana Sena, Telugu Desam and YSR Congress parties. A few weeks later, the BJP announced that they will contest in all 175 assembly constituencies in the state.

Schedule of election

Election Day

The election was held in a single phase on 11 April for 175 assembly 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 Guntur District with 82.37%, while Visakhapatnam District recorded the lowest turnout of 73.67%. Addanki recorded the highest voter turnout of 89.82% voting and Visakhapatnam West registered the lowest turnout of 58.19%.

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 in the Rayalaseema Region. From the 26 ministers in ruling TDP Cabinet only 3 ministers, Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, and Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, were able to win. The JSP+ alliance won only a single seat, while the leader of the alliance Pawan Kalyan lost both the seats in Gajuwaka and Bhimavaram. The national parties - INC and BJP - were not able to win a single seat.

By district

Party wise candidates

Below is a list of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Contesting candidates from each party are arranged with respect to their districts.

Srikakulam

Vizianagaram

Visakhapatnam

East Godavari

West Godavari

Krishna

Guntur

Prakasam

SPSR Nellore

Y.S.R.Kadapa

Kurnool

Anantapur

Chittoor

Constituency wise polling percentages

The below is a list of polling percentages in constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly with respect to their districts.
S.NoDistrictConstituency2019 Polling
1SrikakulamIchchapuram70.15
2SrikakulamPalasa72.92
3SrikakulamTekkali78.79
4SrikakulamPathapatnam70.35
5SrikakulamSrikakulam70.01
6SrikakulamAmadalavalasa78.51
7SrikakulamEtcherla84.30
8SrikakulamNarasannapeta80.00
9SrikakulamRajam 73.85
10SrikakulamPalakonda 73.68
11VizianagaramKurupam 77.38
12VizianagaramParvathipuram 76.78
13VizianagaramSalur 79.00
14VizianagaramBobbili79.27
15VizianagaramCheepurupalli83.07
16VizianagaramGajapathinagaram86.73
17VizianagaramNellimarla87.79
18VizianagaramVizianagaram70.88
19VizianagaramSrungavarapukota85.92
20VisakhapatnamBhimili73.90
21VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam East64.73
22VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam South61.15
23VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam North62.65
24VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam West58.19
25VisakhapatnamGajuwaka65.33
26VisakhapatnamChodavaram84.26
27VisakhapatnamMadugula83.59
28VisakhapatnamAraku Valley 70.45
29VisakhapatnamPaderu 61.80
30VisakhapatnamAnakapalle77.54
31VisakhapatnamPendurthi74.74
32VisakhapatnamYelamanchili84.49
33VisakhapatnamPayakaraopet 81.74
34VisakhapatnamNarsipatnam82.33
35East GodavariTuni82.28
36East GodavariPrathipadu80.92
37East GodavariPithapuram80.99
38East GodavariKakinada Rural74.12
39East GodavariPeddapuram81.39
40East GodavariAnaparthy87.48
41East GodavariKakinada City66.38
42East GodavariRamachandrapuram87.11
43East GodavariMummidivaram83.51
44East GodavariAmalapuram 82.46
45East GodavariRazole 79.44
46East GodavariGannavaram 83.03
47East GodavariKothapeta84.30
48East GodavariMandapeta85.52
49East GodavariRajanagaram87.47
50East GodavariRajahmundry City66.34
51East GodavariRajahmundry Rural73.45
52East GodavariJaggampeta85.88
53East GodavariRampachodavaram 78.04
54West GodavariKovvur86.17
55West GodavariNidadavole87.13
56West GodavariAchanta81.46
57West GodavariPalakollu81.55
58West GodavariNarasapuram82.09
59West GodavariBhimavaram78.05
60West GodavariUndi84.73
61West GodavariTanuku80.00
62West GodavariTadepalligudem80.43
63West GodavariUnguturu86.86
64West GodavariDenduluru84.70
65West GodavariEluru67.59
66West GodavariGopalapuram 86.71
67West GodavariPolavaram 86.55
68West GodavariChintalapudi 81.83
69KrishnaTiruvuru 86.77
70KrishnaNuzvid86.83
71KrishnaGannavaram85.29
72KrishnaGudivada80.20
73KrishnaKaikalur88.05
74KrishnaPedana86.92
75KrishnaMachilipatnam79.39
76KrishnaAvanigadda88.11
77KrishnaPamarru 87.44
78KrishnaPenamaluru79.90
79KrishnaVijayawada West67.55
80KrishnaVijayawada Central65.78
81KrishnaVijayawada East66.12
82KrishnaMylavaram83.48
83KrishnaNandigama 88.01
84KrishnaJaggayyapeta89.64
85GunturPedakurapadu88.23
86GunturTadikonda 85.77
87GunturMangalagiri85.45
88GunturPonnuru82.95
89GunturVemuru 87.53
90GunturRepalle82.83
91GunturTenali77.47
92GunturBapatla82.58
93GunturPrathipadu 84.21
94GunturGuntur West65.68
95GunturGuntur East69.99
96GunturChilakaluripet85.51
97GunturNarasaraopet20.50
98GunturSattenapalle87.77
99GunturVinukonda88.16
100GunturGurajala83.52
101GunturMacherla84.41
102PrakasamYerragondapalem 87.23
103PrakasamDarsi89.62
104PrakasamParchur87.56
105PrakasamAddanki89.82
106PrakasamChirala83.76
107PrakasamSanthanuthalapadu 83.86
108PrakasamOngole84.02
109PrakasamKandukur88.86
110PrakasamKondapi 87.09
111PrakasamMarkapuram85.22
112PrakasamGiddalur81.89
113PrakasamKanigiri82.23
114NelloreKavali76.19
115NelloreAtmakur82.44
116NelloreKovur77.92
117NelloreNellore City65.42
118NelloreNellore Rural65.16
119NelloreSarvepalli82.42
120NelloreGudur 78.12
121NelloreSullurpeta 82.86
122NelloreVenkatagiri78.63
123NelloreUdayagiri79.48
124KadapaBadvel 77.64
125KadapaRajampet76.07
126KadapaKadapa62.14
127KadapaKodur 75.29
128KadapaRayachoti75.96
129KadapaPulivendla80.87
130KadapaKamalapuram82.58
131KadapaJammalamadugu85.40
132KadapaProddatur76.67
133KadapaMydukur82.60
134KurnoolAllagadda84.26
135KurnoolSrisailam82.54
136KurnoolNandikotkur 86.98
137KurnoolKurnool59.53
138KurnoolPanyam74.41
139KurnoolNandyal76.81
140KurnoolBanaganapalle80.48
141KurnoolDhone78.94
142KurnoolPattikonda83.97
143KurnoolKodumur 78.77
144KurnoolYemmiganur79.15
145KurnoolMantralayam84.98
146KurnoolAdoni65.31
147KurnoolAlur79.91
148AnantapurRayadurg86.02
149AnantapurUravakonda86.20
150AnantapurGuntakal75.78
151AnantapurTadipatri81.25
152AnantapurSinganamala 84.44
153AnantapurAnantapur Urban63.18
154AnantapurKalyandurg86.75
155AnantapurRaptadu82.33
156AnantapurMadakasira 88.37
157AnantapurHindupur77.50
158AnantapurPenukonda86.99
159AnantapurPuttaparthi85.36
160AnantapurDharmavaram86.50
161AnantapurKadiri79.95
162ChittoorThamballapalle84.00
163ChittoorPileru77.10
164ChittoorMadanapalle73.44
165ChittoorPunganur85.15
166ChittoorChandragiri78.18
167ChittoorTirupati66.05
168ChittoorSrikalahasti81.81
169ChittoorSathyavedu86.09
170ChittoorNagari86.22
171ChittoorGangadhara Nellore 85.86
172ChittoorChittoor79.34
173ChittoorPuthalapattu 85.52
174ChittoorPalamaner86.12
175ChittoorKuppam85.47

Pre polls