2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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.

2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout74.64% (Increase1.94%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrashekar Rao Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Party TDP TRS YSRCP
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat Did not stand[a] Medak Did not stand[b]
Last election 6 2 Did not exist
Seats won 16 11 9
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 9 Increase7
Popular vote 14,099,230 6,736,270 13,995,435
Percentage 29.36% 14.03% 29.14%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader G. Kishan Reddy Raghu Veera Reddy Asaduddin Owaisi
Party BJP INC AIMIM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Did not stand[c] Did not stand[d] Hyderabad
Last election 0 33 1
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 31 Steady
Popular vote 4,091,908 5,578,329 685,730
Percentage 8.52% 11.62% 1.43%

Polling

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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

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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

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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

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Results by party wise

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Party Votes % ± Seats ±
Telugu Desam Party 14,099,230 29.36 16
YSR Congress Party 13,995,435 29.14 9
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 6,736,270 14.03 11
Indian National Congress 5,578,329 11.62 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 4,091,908 8.52 3
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 685,730 1.43 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 397,567 0.83 0
Communist Party of India 187,702 0.39 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 158,524 0.33 0
Lok Satta Party 158,248 0.33 0
Aam Aadmi Party 102,487 0.21 0
Other parties 885,538 1.84 0
Independent politician 949,666 1.98 0
Total (valid votes) 48,026,634 100.0 42 ±0
Registered voters / turnout 64,934,138 73.96
Source: eci.gov.in

Total by state after the split

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Party Andhra Pradesh Telangana
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Telugu Desam Party 11,729,219 40.80 15 2,370,011 12.30 1
YSR Congress Party 13,131,029 45.67 8 864,406 4.49 1
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 6,736,270 34.94 11
Indian National Congress 822,614 2.86 0 4,755,715 24.68 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,077,079 7.22 2 2,014,829 10.46 1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 5,598 0.02 0 680,132 3.53 1
Other parties 902,947 3.14 0 1,172,681 6.08 0
Independent politician 266,507 0.93 0 683,159 3.55 0
Total (valid votes) 28,749,431 100.0 25 19,277,203 100.0 17
None of the above 185,562 0.65 154,992 0.80
Registered voters / turnout 36,760,884 78.21 28,173,254 68.42

List of elected members

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

Opinion polls

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Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency Sample size
INC BJP TDP YSR Congress TRSAIMIM
Aug–Oct 2013 [5] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 24,284 7 8 13 13
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 [6] India Today-CVoter 21,792 7 8 13 13
Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,000 6 2 10 13 10
March 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research[9] 46,571 6 9 15 11
March–April 2014 [10] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 1308 4–8 13–19 9–15 4–8
April 2014 [11] NDTV- Hansa Research[12] 24,000 6 18 9 8
4–12 April 2014 [13] India Today-Cicero 1358 4–6 17–21 7–11 6–10

Notes

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  1. ^ Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kuppam (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

References

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  1. ^ Schedule set for Lok Sabha poll battle. The Hindu.
  2. ^ Telangana witnesses high voter turnout. The Hindu.
  3. ^ High voter turnout in Seemandhra. The Hindu.
  4. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 -AP". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ^ "NDA may win over 200 seats as Modi's popularity soars further: India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll : North, News – India Today". India Today. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  7. ^ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  9. ^ The poll was conducted separately for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 1 seat was given to others in Telangana. Moreover, BJP and TDP were taken to be a coalition
  10. ^ "Andhra poll tracker: TDP to get 18–20 seats, YSRCP 1–2, Congress 3–4". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  11. ^ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  12. ^ The poll was conducted separately for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
  13. ^ "Modi powered BJP breaches southern fortress". India Today. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.