NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)

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NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
AbbreviationNTRTDP-LP
President Lakshmi Parvathi
Founder Lakshmi Parvathi
Founded1996(29 years ago) (1996)
Split from Telugu Desam Party
Colours  Turquoise
ECI StatusDelisted
Alliance National Democratic Alliance (1998)

NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP-LP) was a regional political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was founded by Lakshmi Parvathi, the second wife of the film star and Telugu Desam Party founder N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) in 1996. The party was formed after NTR's death to counter the TDP but failed to make any significant electoral impact. In 2014, Parvathi joined the YSR Congress Party and NTRTDP-LP was delisted by the Election Commission of India in 2016.

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History

The NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP-LP) was founded in 1996 by Lakshmi Parvathi, the second wife of NTR, following his death and an internal coup within the TDP in 1995. [1] The coup was triggered by widespread dissatisfaction among party members and legislators over Lakshmi Parvathi's interference in party and state affairs after her marriage to NTR in 1993. [2] [3] With the majority of TDP legislators supporting N. Chandrababu Naidu, this ultimately led to NTR’s removal as the party leader. [4] [5] The NTRTDP-LP was formed as a counter to the TDP under Naidu's leadership. [6]

In the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, it contested all 42 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and polled 10.66% of the vote share in the state, but it failed to win a single seat. In the 1998 elections, the party allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but the alliance did not yield significant results. The party’s candidates collectively secured only 1.2% of the vote share in Andhra Pradesh. [7]

After the 1998 elections, the party began to decline as several leaders left, and the BJP allied with Naidu's TDP. [8] In the 1999 elections, the NTRTDP (LP) fielded candidates in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections but performed poorly, with negligible vote shares. [9]

By the 2004 elections, the party’s influence had diminished significantly, fielding only a single Lok Sabha candidate and 18 state assembly candidates, none of whom were successful. Lakshmi Parvathi herself secured only 946 votes in the Atmakur constituency. [10]

The party failed to recover politically and Lakshmi Parvathi herself joined the YSR Congress Party in 2014. [11] [12] It was delisted by the Election Commission of India in 2016. [13]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha.svg Lok Sabha elections [14]
YearLok SabhaParty leaderSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seats(%) of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
1996 11th Lakshmi Parvathi 42
0 / 543
Steady2.svgnew0.97Steady2.svgnew3,249,267Lost
1998 12th 5
0 / 543
Steady2.svg0.10Decrease2.svg 0.87384,211Lost
1999 13th 13
0 / 543
Steady2.svg0.18Increase2.svg 0.0861,635Lost
2004 14th 1
0 / 543
Steady2.svg0.00Decrease2.svg 0.18759Lost
Flag of United Andhra Pradesh.svg Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections [15]
YearAssemblyParty leaderSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seats(%) of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
1999 11th Lakshmi Parvathi 71
0 / 294
Steady2.svgnew0.16Steady2.svgnew53,259Lost
2004 12th18
0 / 294
Steady2.svg0.02Decrease2.svg 0.147,857Lost

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