2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
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  2009 30 April 2014 & 7 May 2014 (phases 7 & 8) 2019
2019 (Telangana)
 

All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout74.64% (Increase2.svg1.94%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014.jpg
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao calls on the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Irani, in New Delhi on September 07, 2014.jpg
Jagan Mohan Reddy.jpg
Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrashekar Rao Y. S. Jagan
Party TDP TRS YSRCP
Alliance NDA
Leader's seatDid not stand [lower-alpha 1] Medak Did not stand [lower-alpha 2]
Last election62Did not exist
Seats won16119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 9Increase2.svg7
Popular vote14,099,2306,736,27013,995,435
Percentage29.36%14.03%29.14%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader G. Kishan Reddy Raghu Veera Reddy Asaduddin Owaisi
Party BJP INC AIMIM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seatDid not stand [lower-alpha 3] Did not stand [lower-alpha 4] Hyderabad
Last election033
Seats won321
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 31
Popular vote4,091,9085,578,329685,730
Percentage8.52%11.62%1.43%

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The 2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held on 30 April 2014 and 7 May 2014. In Andhra Pradesh there are 25 Lok sabha constituencies and were scheduled to go for voting on 7 May 2014 and results are announced on 16 May 2014, [1] and the new state of Telangana was carved out from Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014.

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Polling

Elections were held in 2 phases i.e. 7th and 8th phases of General election 2014 on 30 April, and 7 May 2014.

Phase 1

Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72 percent of more than 28.1  a million 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 [2]

Phase 2

Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal said around 76.80 percent of the 36.8  a million voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage is likely to touch 80. The highest turnout of 82.97 percent was recorded in Guntur district and the lowest of 70 percent in Visakhapatnam district. [3]

Voting and results

Results by party wise

PartyVotes%±Seats±
Telugu Desam Party 14,099,23029.3616
YSR Congress Party 13,995,43529.149
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 6,736,27014.0311
Indian National Congress 5,578,32911.622
Bharatiya Janata Party 4,091,9088.523
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 685,7301.431
Bahujan Samaj Party 397,5670.830
Communist Party of India 187,7020.390
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 158,5240.330
Lok Satta Party 158,2480.330
Aam Aadmi Party 102,4870.210
Other parties885,5381.840
Independent politician 949,6661.980
Total (valid votes)48,026,634100.042±0
Registered voters / turnout64,934,13873.96
Source: eci.gov.in

Total by state after the split

PartyAndhra PradeshTelangana
Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Telugu Desam Party 11,729,21940.80152,370,01112.301
YSR Congress Party 13,131,02945.678864,4064.491
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 6,736,27034.9411
Indian National Congress 822,6142.8604,755,71524.682
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,077,0797.2222,014,82910.461
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 5,5980.020680,1323.531
Other parties902,9473.1401,172,6816.080
Independent politician 266,5070.930683,1593.550
Total (valid votes)28,749,431100.02519,277,203100.017
None of the above 185,5620.65154,9920.80
Registered voters / turnout36,760,88478.2128,173,25468.42

List of elected members

No.ConstituencyTurnoutMember of Parliament [4] Political partyMargin
1. Adilabad 76.15 Decrease2.svg Godam Nagesh TRS 1,71,290
2. Peddapalle 71.93 Increase2.svg Balka Suman TRS 2,91,158
3. Karimnagar 72.69 Increase2.svg B. Vinod Kumar TRS 2,05,077
4. Nizamabad 69.11 Increase2.svg K. Kavitha TRS 1,67,184
5. Zahirabad 76.09 Increase2.svg B. B. Patil TRS 1,44,631
6. Medak 77.70 Increase2.svg K. Chandrashekar Rao TRS 3,97,029
7. Malkajgiri 51.05 Decrease2.svg Malla Reddy TDP 28,371
8. Secunderabad 53.06 Decrease2.svg Bandaru Dattatreya BJP 2,54,735
9. Hyderabad 53.30 Increase2.svg Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM 2,02,454
10. Chevella 60.51 Decrease2.svg Konda Vishweshwar Reddy TRS 73,023
11. Mahabubnagar 71.58 Increase2.svg A. P. Jithender Reddy TRS 2,590
12. Nagarkurnool 75.55 Increase2.svg Yellaiah Nandi INC 16,676
13. Nalgonda 79.75 Increase2.svg Gutha Sukendar Reddy INC 1,93,156
14. Bhongir 81.27 Increase2.svg Boora Narsaiah Goud TRS 30,494
15. Warangal 76.52 Increase2.svg Kadiyam Srihari TRS 3,92,574
16. Mahabubabad 81.21 Increase2.svg Azmeera Seetaram Naik TRS 34,992
17. Khammam 82.55 Increase2.svg Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy YSRCP 11,974
18. Araku 71.82 Increase2.svg Kothapalli Geetha YSRCP 91,398
19. Srikakulam 74.60 Decrease2.svg Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu TDP 1,27,572
20. Vizianagaram 80.19 Increase2.svg Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju TDP 1,06,911
21. Visakhapatnam 67.53 Decrease2.svg Kambhampati Hari Babu BJP 90,488
22. Anakapalli 82.01 Increase2.svg Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) TDP 47,932
23. Kakinada 77.68 Increase2.svg Thota Narasimham TDP 3,431
24. Amalapuram 82.63 Increase2.svg Pandula Ravindra Babu TDP 1,20,576
25. Rajahmundry 81.38 Increase2.svg Murali Mohan Maganti TDP 1,67,434
26. Narasapuram 82.19 Decrease2.svg Gokaraju Ganga Raju BJP 85,351
27. Eluru 84.27 Decrease2.svg Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) TDP 1,01,926
28. Machilipatnam 83.48 Decrease2.svg Konakalla Narayana Rao TDP 81,057
29. Vijayawada 76.64 Decrease2.svg Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) TDP 74,862
30. Guntur 79.31 Increase2.svg Jayadev Galla TDP 69,111
31. Narasaraopet 84.68 Increase2.svg Rayapati Sambasiva Rao TDP 35,280
32. Bapatla 85.16 Increase2.svg Malyadri Sriram TDP 32,754
33. Ongole 82.23 Increase2.svg Y. V. Subba Reddy YSRCP 15,658
34. Nandyal 76.71 Increase2.svg S. P. Y. Reddy YSRCP 1,05,766
35. Kurnool 72.08 Increase2.svg Butta Renuka YSRCP 44,131
36. Anantapur 78.87 Increase2.svg J. C. Diwakar Reddy TDP 61,269
37. Hindupur 81.53 Increase2.svg Kristappa Nimmala TDP 97,325
38. Kadapa 77.47 Increase2.svg Y. S. Avinash Reddy YSRCP 1,90,323
39. Nellore 74.02 Increase2.svg Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy YSRCP 13,478
40. Tirupati 77.14 Increase2.svg Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli YSRCP 37,425
41. Rajampet 78.05 Increase2.svg P. V. Midhun Reddy YSRCP 1,74,762
42. Chittoor 82.59 Increase2.svg Naramalli Sivaprasad TDP 44,138

Opinion polls

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/AgencySample size
INC BJP TDP YSR Congress TRSAIMIM
Aug–Oct 2013 [5] Times Now-India TV-CVoter24,284781313
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 [6] India Today-CVoter21,792781313
Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter14,00062101310
March 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research [9] 46,571691511
March–April 2014 [10] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 13084–813–199–154–8
April 2014 [11] NDTV- Hansa Research [12] 24,00061898
4–12 April 2014 [13] India Today-Cicero 13584–617–217–116–10

Notes

  1. Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kupam (re-elected)
  2. Represents Pulivendla in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  3. Represents Amberpet in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  4. Represented Kalyandurg in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly

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