The National Democratic Alliance is an Indian big tent multi-party political alliance,led by country's biggest political party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 19 Indian states and one Union territory.
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP (LP)) was a regional political party in the India state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was founded by Lakshmi Parvathi,the widow of the film star and Telugu Desam Party politician N.T. Rama Rao. Parvathi formed the party after the internal coup in which NTR's son-in-law Chandrababu Naidu took control over TDP in 1995.
The West Godavari district is a coastal district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with an administrative headquarters in Bhimavaram. As of the 2011 Census of India,the district has an area of 2,178 km2 (841 sq mi) and a population of 1,779,935. It is bounded by the Krishna district and Bay of Bengal to the south,East Godavari district to the east,and Eluru district,Kolleru Lake and Upputeru Drain to the northwest.
In United Andhra Pradesh,the general elections and state assembly elections were held simultaneously. In both,the ruling Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party (TDP-BJP) combine was routed. BJP could not win a single seat. The result was a landslide victory for the United Progressive Alliance which won 34 out of 42 seats,which reflects the state elections that occurred before the general elections,where National Democratic Alliance (NDA) member,TDP,was defeated soundly by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and the Indian National Congress. Alliance with CPM and CPI helped the Congress party. Congress had contested in alliance with the communist parties and the TRS.
Vundavalli Arun Kumar is an Indian politician,lawyer,political analyst and a former Member of Parliament of India. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha from Rajahmundry constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Grandhi Srinivas is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two-time member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Bhimavaram. He won the 2019 election representing YSR Congress Party.
Daggubati Purandeswari is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party,Andhra Pradesh. She is currently serving as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha representing the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.
Elections in Andhra Pradesh are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Andhra Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition,the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Bakkani Narasimhulu is an Indian politician belonging to the state of Telangana. He was the president of the Telangana unit of the Telugu Desam Party from 2021 to 2022 and a senior TDP leader from Mahabubnagar district.
Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju was a politician and industrialist. He was also the founder of Delta Paper Mills established in 1975,situated at Vendra Village,West Godavari Dist.,Andhra Pradesh.
Godam Nagesh,is an Indian politician. He hails from the Gond people. G. Nagesh was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 1994 election from the Boath seat,contesting as a Telugu Desam Party candidate. His father G. Rama Rao,former Minister for Tribal Welfare,was incumbent legislator of Boath at the time. G. Nagesh won the seat,obtaining 51,593 votes. He was amongst the youngest legislators in the Legislative Assembly at the time. G. Nagesh was named as Minister of State for Scheduled Tribes Welfare and Welfare of the Handicapped in the TDP state government after the election.
Gokaraju Ganga Raju is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Narsapuram,Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. He is also the founder of Laila Group of Companies. Recently,he was elected as vice-president to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) South Zone.
Chintakunta Munuswamy Ramesh is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and businessman.
Ganta Srinivasa Rao is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam Party and member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly currently representing Bheemili constituency from 4 June 2024. He served as the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India. He hails from Kamepalli village in Prakasam district.
Vetukuri Venkata Siva Rama Raju is an Indian politician and former member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Undi Assembly constituency.
Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy is an Indian politician,an ex-Member of Parliament from Kakinada,and political activist known for campaigning for the inclusion of the Kapu (caste) in the Backward Class (BC) category.
Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju is an Indian industrialist and politician who is the 23rd Deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He is a Member of Legislative assembly (MLA) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly representing Undi assembly constituency. He previously served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Narasapuram constituency,Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to Telugu Desam Party.
Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Bapatla Assembly constituency in Bapatla district. He represents Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election where TDP had an alliance with BJP and JSP.
Chadalavada Aravinda Babu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of Telugu Desam Party. He has been elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing the Narasaraopet Assembly constituency in Palnadu district.
Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA from Chirala Assembly constituency,which is in Bapatla district. He represents Telugu Desam Party. He won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election where TDP had an alliance with BJP and Jana Sena Party.
