2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.64% [1]
Majority party Minority party   Leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu Party INC TDP Alliance UPA Maha Kutami Leader since 1999 1995 Leader's seat Pulivendula (won) Kuppam (won) Last election 185, 38.56% 47, 37.59% Seats won 156 92 Seat change 29 45 Popular vote 15,374,448 11,826,457 Percentage 36.56% 28.12% Swing 2.00% [2] 9.47% [2]   Third party Fourth party   Leader Chiranjeevi K. Chandrashekar Rao Party PRP TRS Alliance – Maha Kutami Leader since 2008 2001 Leader's seat Tirupati (won), Palakollu (lost) Did not contest Last election New party 26, 6.68% Seats won 18 10 Seat change 18 16 Popular vote 6,863,509 1,678,906 Percentage 16.32% 3.99% Swing 16.32% 2.69%
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Chief Minister before election Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy INC Elected Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy INC

The 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase on 16 April 2009 and the second phase on 23 April 2009. The results were declared on 16 May 2009 The incumbent Indian National Congress retained power in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly lower house, though with a reduced majority. The Congress Legislature party re-elected incumbent Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy as its leader thus re-nominating him to the post.

Previous Assembly

In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Left parties also did well, winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) tally to 226. ^[3] As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. ^[4]

As expected, the Government lasted the full term of 5 years and the tenure of the Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 30 May 2009. 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. ^[5]

Background

After the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence, the Left Front withdrew support to the Congress in the state as well. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and TRS then joined the Left parties as part of the national Third Front. In Andhra Pradesh, this alliance called themselves the Maha Kutami or "Grand Alliance" against what they called the "corrupt Congress" and "communal BJP". ^{[6] [7]}

However, after the elections in Andhra Pradesh were completed, but before the counting of votes, TRS switched allegiance to the NDA. ^[8]

Schedule

Poll event	Phase 1	Phase 2
Date of announcement	2 March 2009
Notification date	23 March 2009	28 March 2009
Last date for filing nomination	30 March 2009	4 April 2009
Scrutiny of nomination	31 March 2009	6 April 2009
Last date for withdrawal of nomination	2 April 2009	8 April 2009
Date of poll	16 April 2009	23 April 2009
Date of counting of votes	16 May 2009
Total constituencies	154	140
Source: Election Commission of India [5]

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress					D. Srinivas	294
	Maha Kutami		Telugu Desam Party			N. Chandrababu Naidu	225	302 [lower-alpha 1]
			Telangana Rashtra Samithi			K. Chandrashekar Rao	45
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)			B. V. Raghavulu	18
			Communist Party of India			K. Narayana	14
	Bharatiya Janata Party					Bandaru Dattatreya	271
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Akbaruddin Owaisi	8
	Praja Rajyam Party					Chiranjeevi	288
	Lok Satta Party					Jaya Prakash Narayana	246

Results

Vote share

Vote share by party

  Indian National Congress (36.55%)

  Telugu Desam Part (28.12%)

  Praja Rajyam Party (16.32%)

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi (3.99%)

  Bharatiya Janata Party (2.84%)

  Others (12.18%)

Seat share

Seat share by party

  Indian National Congress (53.06%)

  Telugu Desam Party (31.29%)

  Praja Rajyam Party (6.12%)

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi (3.40%)

  Others (6.13%)

Results by party

Source: Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress			15,374,448	36.55	2.00	294	156	29
	Maha Kutami		Telugu Desam Party	11,826,457	28.12	9.47	225	92	45
			Telangana Rashtra Samithi	1,678,906	3.99	2.69	45	10	16
			Communist Party of India	514,682	1.22	0.22	14	4	2
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	603,407	1.43	0.49	18	1	8
		Total		14,623,452	34.76	N/A	302	107	N/A
	Praja Rajyam Party			6,863,509	16.32	16.32	288	18	18
	Bharatiya Janata Party			1,192,814	2.84	0.21	271	2
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			360,211	0.83	0.22	8	7	3
	Other parties			1,721,522	4.13	N/A	1086	1	N/A
	Independents			1,922,490	4.57	2	1406	3	8
Total				42,058,446	100.00	N/A	3,655	294	N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes				42,058,446	99.92
Invalid votes				36,158	0.08
Votes cast/Turnout				42,096,866	72.72
Abstentions				15,795,393	27.28
Registered voters				57,892,259

Results by district

District	Seats	INC	TDP	PRP	TRS	AIMIM	Others
Adilabad	10	1	4	1	3	0	1
Nizamabad	9	1	5	1	1	0	1
Karimnagar	13	3	5	0	4	0	1
Medak	10	8	1	0	1	0	0
Ranga Reddy	14	6	5	0	0	0	2
Hyderabad	15	7	0	0	0	7	1
Mahbubnagar	14	4	9	0	0	0	1
Nalgonda	12	7	3	0	0	0	2
Warangal	12	7	4	0	1	0	0
Khammam	10	5	3	0	0	0	2
Srikakulam	10	9	1	0	0	0	0
Vizianagaram	9	7	2	0	0	0	0
Visakhapatnam	15	7	4	4	0	0	0
East Godavari	19	11	4	4	0	0	0
West Godavari	15	9	5	1	0	0	0
Krishna	16	6	8	2	0	0	0
Guntur	17	11	6	0	0	0	0
Prakasam	12	10	1	1	0	0	0
Nellore	10	4	5	1	0	0	0
Kadapa	10	9	1	0	0	0	0
Kurnool	14	8	4	2	0	0	0
Anantapur	14	8	6	0	0	0	0
Chittoor	14	7	6	1	0	0	0
Total	294	156	92	18	10	7	11

Results by constituency

Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Adilabad district
1	Sirpur	Kaveti Sammaiah		TRS	47,978	Koneru Konappa		INC	40,564	7,414
2	Chennur (SC)	Nallala Odelu		TRS	45,012	Gaddam Vinod		INC	33,463	11,549
3	Bellampalli (SC)	Gunda Mallesh		CPI	41,957	Chilumula Shankar		INC	33,065	8,892
4	Mancheriala	Gaddam Aravinda Reddy		TRS	58,340	Diwakar Rao Nadipelli		INC	44,513	13,827
5	Asifabad (ST)	Atram Sakku		INC	42,907	Pendram Gopi		TRS	27,621	15,286
6	Khanapur (ST)	Rathod Suman		TDP	56,014	Ajmeera Hari Naik		INC	29,582	26,432
7	Adilabad	Jogu Ramanna		TDP	62,235	Chilkuri Ramchandra Reddy		INC	36,655	25,580
8	Boath (ST)	G. Nagesh		TDP	64,895	Anil Jadhav		INC	33,900	30,995
9	Nirmal	Alleti Maheshwar Reddy		PRP	44,261	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		INC	41,716	2,545
10	Mudhole	Samudrala Venugopal Chary		TDP	45,019	Gaddigari Vittal Reddy		PRP	44,836	183
Nizamabad district
11	Armur	Annapurna Aleti		TDP	49,009	K. R. Suresh Reddy		INC	35,950	13,059
12	Bodhan	Sudarshan Reddy Podduturi		INC	42,494	Shakil Aamir Mohammed		TRS	41,219	1,275
13	Jukkal (SC)	Hanmanth Shinde		TDP	72,971	S. Savithri		INC	38,847	34,124
14	Banswada	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy		TDP	69,857	Baji Reddy Goverdhan		INC	43,754	26,103
15	Yellareddy	Eanugu Ravinder Reddy		TRS	77,153	Janardhan Goud Bogudameedhi		INC	40,294	36,859
16	Kamareddy	Gampa Govardhan		TDP	86,986	Mohammed Ali Shabbir		INC	39,278	47,708
17	Nizamabad Urban	Endela Lakshminarayana		BJP	40,475	Dharmapuri Srinivaas		INC	29,460	11,015
18	Nizamabad Rural	Mandava Venkateshwara Rao		TDP	71,813	Akula Lalitha		INC	43,086	28,727
19	Balkonda	Anil Kumar Eravathri		PRP	46,313	Srinivas Reddy Shanigaram		INC	38,154	8,159
Karimnagar district
20	Koratla	Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao		TRS	41,861	Juvvadi Narsinga Rao		INC	26,316	15,545
21	Jagtial	L. Ramana		TDP	73,264	T. Jeevan Reddy		INC	43,415	29,849
22	Dharmapuri (SC)	Koppula Eshwar		TRS	45,848	Adluri Laxman Kumar		INC	44,364	1,484
23	Ramagundam	Somarapu Satyanarayana		IND	32,479	Kausika Harinath		PRP	30,259	2,220
24	Manthani	Sridhar Babu		INC	63,770	Putta Madhukar		PRP	50,561	13,209
25	Peddapalle	Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao		TDP	64,319	Mukunda Reddy Geetla		INC	40,837	23,482
26	Karimnagar	Gangula Kamalakar		TDP	68,738	C. Lakshmi Narasimha Rao		INC	38,604	30,134
27	Choppadandi (SC)	Suddala Devaiah		TDP	68,841	Gunukonda Babu		INC	35,853	32,988
28	Vemulawada	Chennamaneni Ramesh		TDP	36,601	Aadi Srinivas		INC	34,780	1,821
29	Sircilla	K. T. Rama Rao		TRS	36,783	K. K. Mahender Reddy		IND	36,612	171
30	Manakondur (SC)	Arepalli Mohan		INC	45,304	Voraganti Anand		TRS	43,132	2,172
31	Huzurabad	Etela Rajender		TRS	56,752	V. Krishna Mohan Rao		INC	41,717	15,035
Medak district
32	Husnabad	Aligireddy Praveen Reddy		INC	49,370	V. Lakshmikantha Rao		TRS	36,195	13,175
33	Siddipet	T. Harish Rao		TRS	85,843	Anjaiah Byri		INC	21,166	64,677
34	Medak	Mynampally Hanumantha Rao		TDP	57,942	P. Shashidhar Reddy		INC	36,791	21,151
35	Narayankhed	Patlolla Kishta Reddy		INC	68,472	M. Vijayapal Reddy		PRP	40,799	27,673
36	Andole (SC)	Damodar Raja Narasimha		INC	78,671	Babu Mohan		TDP	75,765	2,906
37	Narsapur	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy		INC	73,924	Chilumula Krishna Reddy		CPI	60,650	13,274
38	Zahirabad (SC)	J. Geeta Reddy		INC	62,758	Y. Narotham		TDP	60,572	2,186
39	Sangareddy	Jagga Reddy		INC	41,101	Chinta Prabhakar		TDP	34,329	6,772
40	Patancheru	T. Nandeshwar Goud		INC	42,516	M. Sapanadev		TDP	41,269	1,247
41	Dubbak	Cheruku Muthyam Reddy		INC	52,989	Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy		TRS	50,349	2,640
42	Gajwel	Tumkunta Narsa Reddy		INC	74,443	Pratap Reddy		TDP	67,268	7,175
43	Medchal	Kichannagari Laxma Reddy		INC	69,312	Nakka Prabhakar Goud		TDP	63,742	5,570
Ranga Reddy district
43	Malkajgiri	A. Rajender		INC	56,629	C. Kanaka Reddy		PRP	47,434	9,195
45	Quthbullapur	Kuna Srisailam Goud		IND	53,753	K. P. Vivekanand Goud		TRS	30,534	23,219
46	Kukatpally	Jaya Prakash Narayana		LSP	71,753	Vaddepalli Narsing Rao		INC	56,110	15,643
47	Uppal	B. Raji Reddy		INC	57,874	M. Yadagiri Reddy		TRS	29,691	28,183
48	Ibrahimpatnam	Manchireddy Kishan Reddy		TDP	56,508	Malreddy Ranga Reddy		INC	47,292	9,216
49	L. B. Nagar	Devireddy Sudheer Reddy		INC	67,510	S. V. Krishna Prasad		TDP	54,368	13,142
50	Maheshwaram	Sabitha Indra Reddy		INC	65,077	Teegala Krishna Reddy		TDP	57,244	7,833
51	Rajendranagar	T. Prakash Goud		TDP	49,522	Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj		INC	42,037	7,485
52	Serilingampally	Bikshapathi Yadav		INC	61,135	Movva Satyanarayana		TDP	59,808	1,327
53	Chevella (SC)	K. S. Ratnam		TDP	62,332	Kale Yadaiah		INC	60,083	2,249
54	Pargi	K. Harishwar Reddy		TDP	53,099	T. Ram Mohan Reddy		IND	38,655	14,444
55	Vicarabad (SC)	Gaddam Prasad Kumar		INC	58,810	A. Chandrasekhar		TRS	53,951	4,859
56	Tandur	P. Mahender Reddy		TDP	63,737	Malkud Ramesh		INC	50,534	13,203
Hyderabad district
57	Musheerabad	T. Manemma		INC	45,966	K. Laxman		BJP	31,123	14,843
58	Malakpet	Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala		AIMIM	30,839	Muzaffar Ali Khan		TDP	22,468	8,371
59	Amberpet	G. Kishan Reddy		BJP	59,134	Mohammed Fareeduddin		INC	31,891	27,243
60	Khairatabad	Danam Nagender		INC	50,655	Vijaya Rama Rao		TDP	36,797	13,858
61	Jubilee Hills	P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy		INC	54,519	Mohammed Saleem		TDP	32,778	21,741
62	Sanathnagar	Marri Shashidhar Reddy		INC	37,994	T. Padma Rao Goud		TRS	29,669	8,325
63	Nampally	Mohammed Virasat Rasool Khan		AIMIM	34,439	Mohammed Feroz Khan		PRP	27,640	6,799
64	Karwan	Mohammed Muqteda Khan		AIMIM	44,950	Devara Karunakar		BJP	25,667	19,283
65	Goshamahal	Mukesh Goud		INC	55,829	Prem Singh Rathore		BJP	35,341	20,488
66	Charminar	Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri		AIMIM	43,725	Ali Bin Ibrahim Masqati		TDP	33030	10,695
67	Chandrayangutta	Akbaruddin Owaisi		AIMIM	45,492	Khayam Khan		MBT	30315	15,177
68	Yakutpura	Mumtaz Ahmed Khan		AIMIM	61,698	Hamza Bin Omer Al Jabri Bin Ateeff		MBT	18,406	43,292
69	Bahadurpura	Mohammad Moazam Khan		AIMIM	65,453	Mir Ahmed Ali		CPI	8,718	56,735
70	Secunderabad	Jayasudha		INC	45,063	Talasani Srinivas Yadav		TDP	40,668	4,395
71	Secunderabad Cantt. (SC)	P. Shankar Rao		INC	36,853	G. Sayanna		TDP	32,670	4,183
Mahbubnagar district
72	Kodangal	Revanth Reddy		TDP	61,685	Gurunath Reddy		INC	54,696	6,989
73	Narayanpet	Yelkoti Yella Reddy		TDP	45,945	Sugappa		INC	33,802	12,143
74	Mahbubnagar	N. Rajeshwar Reddy		IND	38,247	Syed Ibrahim		TRS	33,110	5,137
75	Jadcherla	M. Chandra Shekar		TDP	66,857	Mallu Ravi		INC	53,320	13,537
76	Devarkadra	Seetha Dayakar Reddy		TDP	58,576	Swarna Sudhakar		INC	39,540	19,036
77	Makthal	K. Dhayakar Reddy		TDP	53,261	Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy		INC	47,560	5,701
78	Wanaparthy	Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy		TDP	71,190	G. Chinna Reddy		INC	60,622	10,568
79	Gadwal	D. K. Aruna		INC	63,433	Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy		TDP	53,006	10,427
80	Alampur (SC)	V. M. Abraham		INC	49,722	Prasanna Kumar		TDP	48,539	1,183
81	Nagarkurnool	Nagam Janardhan Reddy		TDP	68,026	Kuchakulla Damodar Reddy		INC	61,433	6,593
82	Achampet (SC)	Pothuganti Ramulu		TDP	67,361	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna		INC	62,530	4,831
83	Kalwakurthy	Gurka Jaipal Yadav		TDP	56,990	Yadma Kista Reddy		INC	56,393	597
84	Shadnagar	Chowlapally Pratap Reddy		INC	62,222	Anjaiah Yelganamoni		TRS	52,384	9,838
85	Kollapur	Jupally Krishna Rao		INC	58,046	Chintalapally Jagadeeswar Rao		TDP	56,538	1,508
Nalgonda district
86	Devarakonda (ST)	Balu Naik Nenavath		INC	64,887	Ravindra Kumar Ramavath		CPI	57,419	7,468
87	Nagarjuna Sagar	Kunduru Jana Reddy		INC	67,958	Tera Chinnapa Reddy		TDP	61,744	6,214
88	Miryalaguda	Julakanti Ranga Reddy		CPI(M)	52,227	Gangadhar Tirunagaru		INC	47,864	4,363
89	Huzurnagar	N. Uttam Kumar Reddy		INC	80,835	Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy		TRS	51,641	29,194
90	Kodad	Chander Rao Vanepally		TDP	64,742	Mahaboob Jani		INC	54,918	9,824
91	Suryapet	Ramreddy Damodar Reddy		INC	57,014	Poreddy Chandra Sekhar Reddy		TRS	50,817	6,197
92	Nalgonda	Komatireddy Venkat Reddy		INC	60,665	Nandyala Narsimha Reddy		CPI(M)	52,288	8,377
93	Munugode	Vujjini Yadagiri Rao		CPI	57,383	Palvai Govardhan Reddy		INC	53,789	3,594
94	Bhongir	Uma Madhava Reddy		TDP	53,073	Jitta Bala Krishna Reddy		IND	43,720	9,353
95	Nakrekal (SC)	Chirumarthi Lingaiah		INC	72,023	Mamidi Sarvaiah		CPI(M)	59,847	12,176
96	Thungathurthi (SC)	Motkupalli Narasimhulu		TDP	80,888	Gudipati Narsaiah		INC	69,025	11,863
97	Alair	Budida Bikshamaiah Goud		INC	66,905	Kallem Yadagiri Reddy		TRS	54,003	12,902
Warangal district
98	Jangaon	Ponnala Lakshmaiah		INC	61,218	Kommuri Pratap Reddy		TRS	60,982	236
99	GhanpurStation (SC)	T. Rajaiah		INC	68,162	Kadiyam Srihari		TDP	56,952	11,210
100	Palakurthi	Errabelli Dayakar Rao		TDP	65,280	Dugyala Shrinivas Rao		INC	62,617	2,663
101	Dornakal (ST)	Satyavathi Rathod		TDP	69,282	D. S. Redya Naik		INC	64,659	4,623
102	Mahabubabad (ST)	Kavitha Maloth		INC	66,209	Azmeera Chandulal		TRS	50,842	15,367
103	Narsampet	Revuri Prakash Reddy		TDP	75,400	Donthi Madhava Reddy		INC	66,777	8,623
104	Parkal	Konda Surekha		INC	69,135	Bikshapathy Moluguri		TRS	56,335	12,800
105	Warangal West	Dasyam Vinay Bhasker		TRS	45,807	Kondapalli Dayasagar Rao		INC	39,123	6,684
106	Warangal East	Basavaraju Saraiah		INC	41,952	Errabelli Pradeep Kumar Rao		PRP	34,697	7,255
107	Waradhanapet (SC)	Kondeti Shridhar		INC	57,871	Gunde Vijaya Rama Rao		TRS	51,287	6,584
108	Bhupalpalle	Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy		INC	69,570	S. Madhusudhana Chary		TRS	57,598	11,972
109	Mulug (ST)	Dansari Anasuya		TDP	64,285	Podem Veeraiah		INC	45,510	18,775
Khammam district
110	Pinapaka (ST)	Rega Kantha Rao		INC	40,028	Payam Venkateswarlu		CPI	39,679	349
111	Yellandu (ST)	Abbaiah Vooke		TDP	41,605	Koram Kanakaiah		INC	38,659	2,946
112	Khammam	Thummala Nageswara Rao		TDP	55,555	Jalagam Venkat Rao		IND	53,083	2,472
113	Palair	Ramireddy Venkatareddy		INC	64,555	Tammineni Veerabhadram		CPI(M)	58,889	5,666
114	Madhira (SC)	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka		INC	59,394	Kamal Raju Lingala		CPI(M)	57,977	1,417
115	Wyra (ST)	Banoth Chandravathi		CPI	53,090	Bhukya Ramachandra Nayak		INC	39,464	13,626
116	Sathupalli (SC)	Sandra Venkata Veeraiah		TDP	79,491	Chandrasekhar Sambhani		INC	65,483	14,008
117	Kothagudem	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao		CPI	47,028	Vanama Venkateshwara Rao		INC	45,024	2,004
118	Aswaraopeta (ST)	Mithrasena Vaggela		INC	46,183	Payam Venkaiah		CPI(M)	41,076	5,107
119	Bhadrachalam (ST)	Kunja Satyavathi		INC	51,466	Sunnam Rajaiah		CPI(M)	45,083	6,383
Srikakulam district
120	Ichchapuram	Piriya Sairaj		TDP	45,277	Nartu Rama Rao		INC	43,002	2,275
121	Palasa	Juttu Jagannaikulu		INC	47,931	Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji		TDP	41.117	6,814
122	Tekkali	Revatipathi Korla		INC	47,513	Kinjarapu Atchannaidu		TDP	45,620	1,893
123	Pathapatnam	Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla		INC	58,936	Kalamata Venkata Ramana Murthy		TDP	38,146	20,790
124	Srikakulam	Dharmana Prasada Rao		INC	56,457	Appala Suryanarayana Gunda		TDP	51,987	4,470
125	Amadalavalasa	Boddepalli Satyavathi		INC	48,128	Thammineni Seetharam		PRP	31,919	16,209
126	Etcherla	Meesala Neelakantam		INC	59,365	Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy		TDP	44,350	15,015
127	Narasannapeta	Dharmana Krishna Das		INC	60,426	Baggu Lakshmana Rao		TDP	42,837	17,589
128	Rajam (SC)	Kondru Murali Mohan		INC	61,771	K. Pratibha Bharati		TDP	34,638	27,133
129	Palakonda (ST)	Nimmaka Sugreevulu		INC	45,909	Nimmaka Gopalarao		TDP	29,759	16,150
Vizianagaram district
130	Kurupam (ST)	Janardhana That Raj Veera Vara Thodaramala		INC	48,493	Nimmaka Jayaraju		PRP	33,440	15,053
131	Parvathipuram (SC)	Jayamani Savarapu		INC	49,614	Bobbili Chiranjeevulu		TDP	46896	2,718
132	Salur (ST)	Peedika Rajanna Dora		INC	49,517	Gummidi Sandhya Rani		TDP	47,861	1,656
133	Bobbili	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao		INC	75,697	Thentu Lakshmu Naidu		TDP	51,525	24,172
134	Cheepurupalli	Botsa Satyanarayana		INC	60,677	Gadde Baburao		TDP	54,735	5,942
135	Gajapathinagaram	Appalanarasayya Botcha		INC	66,670	Aruna Padala		TDP	38,996	27,674
136	Nellimarla	Appalanaidu Baddukonda		INC	48,155	Narayanaswamy Naidu Pathivada		TDP	47,558	597
137	Vizianagaram	Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju		TDP	52890	Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla		INC	49,608	3,282
138	Srungavarapukota	Kolla Lalitha Kumari		TDP	40,142	Allu Kesava Venkata Joginaidu		INC	36,702	3,440
Visakhapatnam district
139	Bhimili	Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao		PRP	52,130	N. R. Anjaneya Raju		TDP	45,820	6,310
140	Visakhapatnam East	Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi		TDP	44,233	Vamsi Krishna Srinivas		PRP	40,202	4,031
141	Visakhapatnam South	Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao		INC	45,971	Kola Guruvulu		PRP	45,630	341
142	Visakhapatnam North	Vijaya Kumar Thynala		INC	49,344	Shirin Rahman Shaik		PRP	43,821	5,523
143	Visakhapatnam West	Vijaya Prasad Malla		INC	45,018	P. G. V. R. Naidu		PRP	40,874	4,144
144	Gajuwaka	Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah		PRP	50,994	Nagireddy Tippala		IND	33,087	17,907
145	Chodavaram	Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju		TDP	55,641	Karanam Dharmasri		INC	54,256	1,385
146	Madugula	Gavireddi Ramanaidu		TDP	52,762	Avugadda Rama Murthy Naidu		INC	45,935	6,827
147	Araku Valley (ST)	Siveri Soma		TDP	34,959	Vanjangi Kanthamma		INC	34,557	402
148	Paderu (ST)	Pasupuleti Balaraju		INC	35,653	Goddeti Demudu		CPI	35,066	587
149	Anakapalle	Ganta Srinivasa Rao		PRP	58,568	Konathala Ramakrishna		INC	47,702	10,866
150	Pendurthi	Panchakarla Ramesh Babu		PRP	51,700	Gandi Babji		INC	48,428	3,272
151	Elamanchili	Kanna Babu (Uppalapati Venkata Ramanamurthy Raju)		INC	53,960	Gonthina Venkata Nageswara Rao		PRP	43,870	10,090
152	Payakaraopet (SC)	Golla Baburao		INC	50,698	Changala Venkata Rao		TDP	50,042	656
153	Narsipatnam	Bolem Muthyala Papa		INC	65,465	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu		TDP	57,178	8,287
East Godavari district
154	Tuni	Venkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi		INC	55,386	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu		TDP	46,876	8,510
155	Prathipadu (East Godavari)	Parvatha Sri Satyanarayanamurthy		TDP	46,925	Varapula Subbarao		INC	43,639	3,286
156	Pithapuram	Vanga Geetha		PRP	46,623	S. V. S. N. Varma		TDP	45,587	1,036
157	Kakinada Rural	Kurasala Kannababu		PRP	53,494	Venkateswara Rao Nulukurthi		INC	45,457	8,037
158	Peddapuram	Pantam Gandhi Mohan		PRP	46,211	Boddu Bhaskara Ramarao		TDP	43,155	3,056
159	Anaparthy	Nallamilli Seshareddy		INC	70,623	Gollala Mamidada D. R. K. Reddy		PRP	34,749	35,874
160	Kakinada City	Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy		INC	44,606	Bandana Hari		PRP	35,327	9,279
161	Ramachandrapuram	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose		INC	56,589	Thota Trimurthulu		PRP	52,558	4,031
162	Mummidivaram	Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar		INC	51,087	Srinuvasa Raju Nadimpalli		TDP	49,162	1,925
163	Amalapuram (SC)	Pinipe Viswarup		INC	57,922	Chinta Krishna Murthy		PRP	51,649	6,273
164	Razole (SC)	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao		INC	52,319	Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik		PRP	46,450	5,869
165	Gannavaram (East Godavari) (SC)	Pamula Rajeswari Devi		INC	44,756	Pulaparthy Narayana Murthy		TDP	41,651	3,105
166	Kothapeta	Bandaru Satyananda Rao		PRP	62,453	Chirla Jaggireddy		INC	59,983	2,470
167	Mandapeta	V. Jogeswara Rao		TDP	68,104	Chowdary Vvss		PRP	50,664	17,440
168	Rajanagaram	Pendurthi Venkatesh		TDP	51,520	Jakkampudi Vijaya Lakshmi		INC	44,584	6,936
169	Rajahmundry City	Routhu Surya Prakasarao		INC	41,369	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary		TDP	40,085	1,284
170	Rajahmundry Rural	Chandana Ramesh		TDP	44,617	Ravanam Swami Naidu		PRP	43,070	1,547
171	Jaggampeta	Thota Narasimham		INC	51,184	Jyothula Nehru		PRP	50,395	789
172	Rampachodavaram (ST)	K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy		INC	32,654	Chinnam Babu Ramesh		TDP	21,851	10,803
West Godavari district
173	Kovvur (SC)	T. V. Rama Rao		TDP	55,669	Koyye Mosenu Raju		INC	40,191	15,478
174	Nidadavole	Burugupalli Sesharao		TDP	51,680	G. Srinivas Naidu		INC	45,914	5,766
175	Achanta	Pithani Satyanarayana		INC	54,903	Karri Radha Krishna Reddy		TDP	39,148	15,755
176	Palakollu	Bangaru Usha Rani		INC	49,720	Konidela Chiranjeevi		PRP	44,274	5,446
177	Narasapuram	Mudunuri Prasada Raju		INC	58,560	Kothapalli Subbarayudu		PRP	41,235	17,325
178	Bhimavaram	Pulaparthy Ramanjaneyulu		INC	63,862	Vegesna Suryanarayana Raju		PRP	41,763	22,099
179	Undi	V. V. Siva Rama Raju		TDP	68,102	Pathapati Sarraju		INC	52,354	15,748
180	Tanuku	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao		INC	53,211	Y. T. Raja		TDP	51,760	1,451
181	Tadepalligudem	Eli Venkata Madhusudhanarao		PRP	48,747	Kottu Satyanarayana		INC	45,727	3,020
182	Unguturu	Vatti Vasant Kumar		INC	52,973	Ganni Laxmi Kantam		TDP	46,514	6,459
183	Denduluru	Chintamaneni Prabhakar		TDP	69,673	Kothari Ramachandra Rao		INC	55,442	14,231
184	Eluru	Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas		INC	49,962	Badeti Kota Rama Rao		PRP	36,280	13,682
185	Gopalapuram (SC)	Taneti Vanitha		TDP	70,659	Usha Tigiripalli		INC	56,006	14,653
186	Polavaram (ST)	Tellam Balaraju		INC	50,298	Punem Singanna Dora		TDP	44,634	5,664
187	Chintalapudi (SC)	Maddala Rajesh Kumar		INC	68,078	Karra Raja Rao		TDP	66,661	1,417
Krishna district
188	Tiruvuru (SC)	Dirisam Padma Jyothi		INC	63,624	Nallagatla Swamy Das		TDP	63,359	265
189	Nuzvid	Chinnam Rama Kotaiah		TDP	70,206	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao		INC	65,063	5,143
190	Gannavaram (Krishna)	Venkata Bala Vardhana Rao Dasari		TDP	82,218	Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao		INC	66,923	15,295
191	Gudivada	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)		TDP	68,034	Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao		INC	50,404	17,630
192	Kaikalur	Jayamangala Venkata Ramana		TDP	50,346	Kamineni Srinivas		PRP	49,372	974
193	Pedana	Jogi Ramesh		INC	44,480	Kagitha Venkat Rao		TDP	43,288	1,192
194	Machilipatnam	Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani)		INC	48,580	Kollu Ravindra		TDP	37,181	11,399
195	Avanigadda	Ambati Brahmanaiah		TDP	55,316	Mandali Buddha Prasad		INC	54,899	417
196	Pamarru (SC)	D. Y. Das		INC	60,048	Uppuleti Kalpana		TDP	53,108	6,940
197	Penamaluru	Kolusu Parthasarathy		INC	61,346	Chalasani Venkateswara Rao		TDP	61,169	177
198	Vijayawada West	Vellampalli Srinivas		PRP	51,467	Mallika Begum		INC	43,125	8,342
199	Vijayawada Central	Malladi Vishnu		INC	52,426	Vangaveeti Radhakrishna		PRP	51,578	848
200	Vijayawada East	Ravi Yalamanchili		PRP	53,319	Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru)		INC	53,129	190
201	Mylavaram	Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao		TDP	78,554	Appasani Sandeep		INC	65,887	12,667
202	Nandigama (SC)	Tangirala Prabhakara Rao		TDP	60,489	Velupla Parameswara Rao		INC	55,318	5,171
203	Jaggayyapeta	Rajagopal Sreeram		TDP	75,107	Samineni Udayabhanu		INC	65,429	9,678
Guntur district
204	Pedakurapadu	Kommalapati Sridhar		TDP	69,013	Noorjahan		INC	59,135	9,878
205	Tadikonda (SC)	Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad		INC	61,406	Tenali Sravan Kumar		TDP	57,786	3,620
206	Mangalagiri	Kamala Kandru		INC	52,585	Tammisetty Janaki Devi		PRP	39,823	12,762
207	Ponnuru	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar		TDP	61,008	Marupudi Leeladhara Rao		INC	58,840	2,168
208	Vemuru (SC)	Nakka Ananda Babu		TDP	55,168	Merugu Nagarjuna		INC	52,938	2,230
209	Repalle	Mopidevi Venkataramana		INC	64,679	Anagani Satya Prasad		TDP	58,734	5,945
210	Tenali	Nadendla Manohar		INC	61,582	Alapati Rajendra Prasad		TDP	58,698	2,884
211	Bapatla	Gade Venkata Reddy		INC	37,456	Chirala Govardhana Reddy		TDP	36,093	1,363
212	Prathipadu (Guntur) (SC)	Mekathoti Sucharita		INC	66,324	Ravela Kishore Babu		TDP	64,282	2,042
213	Guntur West	Kanna Lakshminarayana		INC	44,676	Chukkapalli Ramesh		TDP	41,375	3,301
214	Guntur East	Mastan Vali		INC	45,586	Shaik Showkat		TDP	36,574	9,012
215	Chilakaluripet	Prathipati Pulla Rao		TDP	77,399	Marri Rajasekhar		INC	57,586	19,813
216	Narasaraopet	Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy		INC	58,988	Kodela Siva Prasada Rao		TDP	53,017	5,971
217	Sattenapalle	Yarram Venkateswarareddy		INC	61,949	Nimmakayala Raja Narayana		TDP	54,802	7,147
218	Vinukonda	G. V. Anjaneyulu		TDP	89,961	Narendra Nath Chebrolu		INC	65,858	24,103
219	Gurajala	Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao		TDP	72,250	Ala Venkateswarlu		INC	62,229	10,021
220	Macherla	Ramakrishna Reddy Pinnelli		INC	66,953	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy		TDP	57,168	9,785
Prakasam district
221	Yerragondapalem (SC)	Audimulapu Suresh		INC	67,040	Palaparthi David Raju		TDP	53,846	13,194
222	Darsi	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy		INC	66,418	Mannam Venkata Ramana		TDP	53,028	13,390
223	Parchur	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao		INC	73,691	Gottipati Narasimha Rao		TDP	70,731	2,960
224	Addanki	Gottipati Ravikumar		INC	86,035	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy		TDP	70,271	15,764
225	Chirala	Amanchi Krishna Mohan		INC	56,600	Janjanam Srinivasarao		TDP	45,314	11,286
226	Santhanuthalapadu (SC)	B. N. Vijay Kumar		INC	63,769	Anjaiah Jala		CPI(M)	54,238	9,531
227	Ongole	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		INC	67,214	Edara Hari Babu		TDP	44,228	22,986
228	Kandukur	Maheedhar Reddy Manugunta		INC	74,553	Divi Siva Ram		TDP	70,310	4,243
229	Kondapi	Gurrala Venkata Seshu		INC	72,075	Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy		TDP	66,911	5,164
230	Markapuram	Kandula Narayana Reddy		TDP	69,744	Kunduru Pedda Kondareddy		INC	60,690	9,054
231	Giddalur	Anna Rambabu		PRP	55,573	Byraboina Chandrasekhar		INC	48,027	7,546
232	Kanigiri	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy		INC	60,161	Sunkari Madhu Sudhana Rao		IND	57,226	2,935
Nellore district
233	Kavali	Beeda Masthan Rao		TDP	69,219	Katam Reddy Vishnuvardhan Reddy		INC	50,192	19,027
234	Atmakur	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy		INC	76,907	Kommi Lakshmaiah Naidu		TDP	58,263	18,644
235	Kovur	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy		TDP	73,212	Polam Reddy Srinivasulu Reddy		INC	65,768	7,444
236	Nellore City	Mungamuru Sridhara Krishna Reddy		PRP	36,103	Anil Kumar Poluboina		INC	36,013	90
237	Nellore Rural	Anam Vivekananda Reddy		INC	46,941	Anam Venkata Ramana Reddy		PRP	43,810	3,131
238	Sarvepalli	Adala Prabhakara Reddy		INC	73,760	Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy		TDP	63,476	10,284
239	Gudur (SC)	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		TDP	64,330	Panabaka Krishnaiah		INC	53,092	11,238
240	Sullurpeta (SC)	Parasa Venkata Rathnaiah		TDP	66,089	Vinnamala Saraswathi		INC	60,722	5,367
241	Venkatagiri	Kurugondla Ramakrishna		TDP	69,731	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi		INC	62,965	6,766
242	Udayagiri	Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy		INC	69,352	Kambam Vijaya Rami Reddy		TDP	55,870	13,482
Kadapa district
243	Badvel (SC)	P. M. Kamalamma		INC	78,486	Chennaiah Lakkineni		TDP	41,892	36,594
244	Rajampet	Akepati Amarnath Reddy		INC	60,397	K. Madan Mohan Reddy		TDP	48,055	12,342
245	Kadapa	Ahamadullah Mohammad Syed		INC	61,613	Kandula Sivananda Reddy		TDP	54,263	7,350
246	Kodur (SC)	Koramutla Sreenivasulu		INC	51,747	Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin		TDP	39,359	12,388
247	Rayachoti	Gadikota Srikanth Reddy		INC	71,901	Palakondrayudu Sugavasi		TDP	57,069	14,832
248	Pulivendula	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy		INC	103,556	Satish Reddy Singareddy		TDP	34,875	68,681
249	Kamalapuram	Gandluru Veera Siva Reddy		INC	65,386	Putha Narasimha Reddy		TDP	61,223	4,163
250	Jammalamadugu	Chadipirala Adinarayana Reddy		INC	84,416	Rama Subba Reddy Ponnapureddy		TDP	77,032	7,384
251	Proddatur	Lingaareddy Mallela		TDP	73,023	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy		INC	56,867	16,156
252	Mydukur	D. L. Ravindra Reddy		INC	62,377	Raghuramireddy Settipalli		TDP	58,016	4,361
Kurnool district
253	Allagadda	Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy		PRP	61,555	Gangula Prathap Reddy		INC	59,597	1,958
254	Srisailam	Earasu Prathap Reddy		INC	49,384	Budda Rajasekhara Reddy		TDP	45,077	4,307
255	Nandikotkur (SC)	Labbi Venkata Swamy		INC	63,442	Chimme Bitchanna		TDP	57,669	5,773
256	Kurnool	T. G. Venkatesh		INC	68,467	M. Abdul Gafoor		CPI(M)	24,400	44,067
257	Panyam	Katasani Rambhupal Reddy		INC	63,323	Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy		TDP	54,409	8,914
258	Nandyal	Silpa Mohan Reddy		INC	67,430	A. V. Subba Reddy		PRP	35,541	31,889
259	Banaganapalle	Katasani Rami Reddy		PRP	55,438	Challa Rama Krsihna Reddy		INC	41,752	13,686
260	Dhone	K. E. Krishnamurthy		TDP	60,769	Kotla Sujathamma		INC	56,118	4,651
261	Pattikonda	K. E. Prabhakar		TDP	67,640	S. V. Chandra Mohan Reddy		INC	57,668	9,972
262	Kodumur (SC)	Parigela Murali Krishna		INC	47,844	M. Mani Gandhi		TDP	42,519	5,325
263	Yemmiganur	K. Chenna Kesava Reddy		INC	53,766	B. V. Mohan Reddy		TDP	51,443	2,323
264	Mantralayam	Y. Balanagi Reddy		TDP	52431	Dalavai Ramaiah		INC	41,734	10,697
265	Adoni	Konka Meenakshi Naidu		TDP	45,294	Y. Sai Prasad Reddy		INC	45,038	256
266	Alur	Patil Neeraja Reddy		INC	43,105	Gummanur Jayaram		PRP	37,460	5,645
Anantapur district
267	Rayadurg	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy		INC	76,259	Mettu Govinda Reddy		TDP	62,168	14,091
268	Uravakonda	Payyavula Keshav		TDP	64,728	Y. Visweswara Reddy		INC	64,499	229
269	Guntakal	Kotrike Madhusudan Gupta		INC	61,097	Sainath Goud Ramagowni		TDP	51,753	9,344
270	Tadpatri	J. C. Diwakar Reddy		INC	63,358	Peram Nagi Reddy		TDP	56,403	6,955
271	Singanamala (SC)	Sake Sailajanath		INC	65,367	Pamidi Shamanthakamani		TDP	62,191	3,176
272	Anantapur Urban	B. Gurunatha Reddy		INC	45,275	Mahalakshmi Sreenivasulu		TDP	32,033	13,242
273	Kalyandurg	Raghu Veera Reddy		INC	69,614	Vunnam Hanumantharaya Chowdary		TDP	65,226	4,388
274	Raptadu	Paritala Sunitha		TDP	64,559	Thopudurthi Prakash Reddy		INC	62,852	1,707
275	Madakasira (SC)	K. Sudhakar		INC	70,657	K. Eranna		TDP	60,242	10,415
276	Hindupur	P. Abdul Ghani		TDP	45,506	B. Naveen Nischal		IND	36,742	8,764
277	Penukonda	B. K. Parthasarathi		TDP	68,400	K. T. Sreedhar		INC	54,015	14,385
278	Puttaparthi	Palle Raghunatha Reddy		TDP	59,356	Kadapala Mohan Reddy		INC	58,335	1,021
279	Dharmavaram	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy		INC	61,260	G. Suryanarayana		IND	42,088	19,172
280	Kadiri	Kandikunta Venkata Prasad		TDP	72,308	Battala Venkataramana		INC	57,331	14,977
Chittoor district
281	Thamballapalle	Anipireddy Venkata Praveen Kumar Reddy		TDP	46,653	G. Shankar		INC	43,695	2,958
282	Pileru	Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy		INC	53,905	Imtiyaz Ahmed Shaik		TDP	44,773	9,132
283	Madanapalle	M. Shajahan Basha		INC	53,456	R. Krishna Sagar Reddy		TDP	42,584	10,872
284	Punganur	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy		INC	84,083	M. Venkataramana Raju		TDP	43,356	40,727
285	Chandragiri	Aruna Kumari Galla		INC	71,942	Roja Selvamani		TDP	60,962	10,980
286	Tirupati	Konidela Chiranjeevi		PRP	56,309	Bhumana Karunakar Reddy		INC	40,379	15,930
287	Srikalahasti	Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy		TDP	70,707	S. C. V. Naidu		INC	58,244	12,463
288	Satyavedu (SC)	H. Hemalatha		TDP	65,471	K. Narayana Swamy		INC	55,780	9,691
289	Nagari	Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu		TDP	60,849	Chenga Reddy Reddyvari		INC	59,541	1,308
290	Gangadhara Nellore (SC)	Kuthuhalam Gummadi		INC	62,249	Gandhi		TDP	51,423	10,826
291	Chittoor	C. K. Jayachandra Reddy		INC	46,094	Arani Srinivasulu		PRP	44,384	1,710
292	Puthalapattu (SC)	P. Ravi		INC	64,484	Lalitha Kumari		TDP	63,533	951
293	Palamaner	N. Amarnatha Reddy		TDP	79,977	R. Reddeppa Reddy		INC	64,429	15,548
294	Kuppam	N. Chandrababu Naidu		TDP	89,952	M. Subramanyam Reddy		INC	43,886	46,066

Government formation

Despite losing their alliance partner after voting and fighting anti-incumbency in the state, Congress managed to get the majority in the 294-member Assembly with 157 seats. Analysis of the results showed that the split of the anti-Congress votes between the Maha Kutami and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's newly formed Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) helped increase the Congress overall seat count. ^[9]

The incumbent Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was sworn in for a second term on 20 May 2009. ^[10] His council of 35 ministers were sworn in by Governor N. D. Tiwari a few days later on 25 May 2009. ^[11]

See also

• State Assembly elections in India, 2009
• Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 2009
• 2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election
• List of constituencies of the Assembly of Andhra Pradesh

Notes

1. Seat agreements within the grand alliance differed as some members contested additional seats against each other.

References

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