Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

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Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

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  1999
2009  

All 294 Legislative Assembly seats

  Majority party Minority party
  Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 2008.jpg N. Chandrababu Naidu.jpg
Leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Party INC TDP
Leader's seat kuppam
Last election 1999 1989
Seats before 91 180
Seats won 185 47
Seat changeIncrease2.svg94Decrease2.svg133

Chief minister before election

Nara Chandrababu Naidu
TDP

Elected Chief minister

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
INC

In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners Left Front and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) 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 S.S. Barnala.[4] Expectedly, 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.

Results

s.no party seats contested seats won seats change vote share no of votes
1 Indian National Congress 234 185 +94 38.56% 13793461
2 Telugu Desam Party 267 47 -133 37.59% 13444168
3 Telangana Rashtra Samithi 54 26 +26 6.68% 2390940
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 14 9 +7 1.84% 656721
5 Communist Party of India 12 6 +6 1.53% 545867
6 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 7 4 0 1.05% 375165
7 Bharatiya Janata Party 27 2 -10 2.63% 942008
8 Independent (politician) 4 -1 10.12% 2349689

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