2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

The 2014 general election was the last election that a united Andhra Pradesh took part in, as the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states less than a month after the polls. 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.

Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 2014
April–May 2014
42 seats
Turnout74.64%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrasekhar Rao Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Party TDP TRS YSRCP
Last election 6 2 2
Seats won 16 11 9
Seat change 10 9 7
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader G Kishan Reddy Raghu Veera Reddy
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Last election 0 31
Seats won 3 2
Seat change 3 29
Andhra Pradesh loksabha constituents

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
 
Party Seats +/− Votes % +/−
INC 2
TDP 16
YSRCP 9
TRS 11
BJP 3
AIMIM 1
LSP 0
CPI 0
CPI (M) 0
AAP 0
Source: source

Notes:

    List of Elected MPs
    No. Constituency Turnout Member of Parliament[4] Political Party Gender
    1.Adilabad76.15Godam Nagesh TRSM
    2.Peddapalle71.93Balka Suman TRSM
    3.Karimnagar72.69Vinod Kumar Boinapally TRSM
    4.Nizamabad69.11Kavitha TRSF
    5.Zahirabad76.09B B Patil TRSM
    6.Medak77.70K Chandrasekhar Rao TRSM
    7.Malkajgiri51.05Malla Reddy TDPM
    8.Secunderabad53.06Bandaru Dattatreya BJPM
    9.Hyderabad53.30Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIMM
    10.Chevella60.51Konda Vishweshwar Reddy TRSM
    11.Mahbubnagar71.58AP Jithender Reddy TRSM
    12.Nagarkurnool75.55Yellaiah Nandi INCM
    13.Nalgonda79.75Gutha Sukendar Reddy INCM
    14.Bhongir81.27Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud TRSM
    15.Warangal76.52Kadiyam Srihari TRSM
    16.Mahabubabad81.21Azmeera Seetaram Naik TRSM
    17.Khammam82.55Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy YSRCPM
    18.Araku71.82Kothapalli Geetha YSRCPF
    19.Srikakulam74.60Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu TDPM
    20.Vizianagaram80.19Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju TDPM
    21.Visakhapatnam67.53Kambhapati Hari Babu BJPM
    22.Anakapalli82.01Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) TDPM
    23.Kakinada77.68Thota Narasimham TDPM
    24.Amalapuram82.63Dr. Pandula Ravindra Babu TDPM
    25.Rajahmundry81.38Murali Mohan Maganti TDPM
    26.Narsapuram82.19Gokaraju Ganga Raju BJPM
    27.Eluru84.27Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) TDPM
    28.Machilipatnam83.48Konakalla Narayana Rao TDPM
    29.Vijayawada76.64Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) TDPM
    30.Guntur79.31Jayadev Galla TDPM
    31.Narasaraopet84.68Rayapati Sambasiva Rao TDPM
    32.Bapatla85.16Malyadri Sriram TDPM
    33.Ongole82.23Y V Subba Reddy YSRCPM
    34.Nandyal76.71S P Y Reddy YSRCPM
    35.Kurnool72.08Butta Renuka YSRCPF
    36.Anantapur78.87J C Divakar Reddi TDPM
    37.Hindupur81.53Kristappa Nimmala TDPM
    38.Kadapa77.47Y S Avinash Reddy YSRCPM
    39.Nellore74.02Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy YSRCPM
    40.Tirupati77.14Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli YSRCPM
    41.Rajampet78.05P V Midhun Reddy YSRCPM
    42.Chittoor82.59Naramalli Sivaprasad TDPM

    Opinion polls
    Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency Sample size
    INC BJP TDP YSR Congress TRS – AIMIM
    Aug–Oct 2013 [5] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 24,2847–81313
    Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 [6] India Today-CVoter 21,7927–81313
    Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,00062101310
    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

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    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
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    12. The poll was conducted separately for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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