2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Telugu Desam Party, led by the former chief minister and opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu, in alliance with the Jana Sena Party (led by chief Pawan Kalyan) and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party. With 88 seats required to win a majority, the alliance won 103 out of the available 175 seats. Mr. Naidu was invited to form the government as part of the fourteenth Andhra Pradesh assembly by the then Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan. It was the First Assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Y S Jaganmohan Reddy launched his 3,648-km-long Praja Sankalpa Yatra on 6 November 2017. In this Padayatra, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched an attack on the failed promises and corruption of the ruling Telugu Desam Party. He covered more than 130 out of the 175 assembly constituencies in the state, from YSR Ghat in Idupulapaya in Kadapa to Icchapuram in Srikakulam. During his Padayatra, he addressed 124 public meetings.[4] Meanwhile, Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan hurled allegations of corruption against the TDP and Andhra minister Nara Lokesh, son of CM N. Chandrababu Naidu and BJP for injustice meant to AP on Special category status and broke the alliance.[5] Taken aback by criticism from its ally, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) contested the 2019 assembly elections on its own. The TDP also withdrew from the National Democratic Alliance in March 2018[6] following disputes between the TDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the misuse of funds. This resulted in competition between the Jana Sena, Telugu Desam, and YSR Congress parties. A few weeks later, the BJP announced that they will contest in all 175 assembly constituencies in the state.[7]

The election was held in a single phase on 11 April for 175 assemblies and 25 parliamentary constituencies. A 79.88% voter turnout was recorded by the end of the election day, which was 1.92% higher than the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. 1,55,45,211 Male and 1,57,87,759 Female voters cast their votes in the election. Overall 3,13,33,631 of a possible 3,93,45,717 voters participated in the election.

The highest turnout of 85.93% was recorded in Prakasam District followed by Guntur District with 82.37%, while Visakhapatnam District recorded the lowest turnout of 73.67%. Addanki (Assembly constituency) recorded the highest voter turnout of 89.82% voting and Visakhapatnam West (Assembly constituency) registered the lowest turnout of 58.19%.[9]

Below is a list of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Contesting candidates from each party are arranged with respect to their districts.[10][11][12][13]

2019 elections in India

The results were announced on 23 May 2019, the day of the counting of ballots. YSRCP won the polls by winning a record 151 seats out of 175 seats, their best poll performance to date. YSRCP won all MLA seats in the districts of Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, and Viazayanagram. Furthermore, they lost only 3 seats (Kuppam, Hindupur, Uravakonda) in the Rayalaseema Region. From the 26 ministers in the ruling TDP Cabinet only 3 ministers, Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, and Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, were able to win. The JSP+ alliance won only a single seat (Razole), while the leader of the alliance Pawan Kalyan lost both the seats in Gajuwaka and Bhimavaram. The national parties - INC and BJP - were not able to win a single seat.

Party		Popular Vote			Seats
		Votes	Vote %	±pp	Contested	Won	Change
	YSR Congress Party	1,56,88,569	49.95	22.07	175	151	84
	Telugu Desam Party	1,23,04,668	39.17	6.67	175	23	79
	Jana Sena Party	21,30,367	6.8	1 (New)	140	1	1 (New)
	Indian National Congress	3,68,810	1.17	10.01	175	0
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,63,849	0.84	3.3	175	0	4
	Bahujan Samaj Party	88,264	0.28		21	0	N/A
	Independents	2,86,859	0.91		754	0	2
	None of the above	4,01,315	1.28
Total		3,14,09,811	100.00			175
Valid votes		3,14,09,811	99.15
Invalid votes		2,70,252	0.85
Votes cast / turnout		3,16,80,063	80.39
Abstentions		77,25,874	19.61
Registered voters		3,94,05,937
Source: Election Commission of India

By district

District	Constituencies
		YSR Congress	TDP	JSP+
Srikakulam	10	8 (5)	2 (5)	0
Vizianagaram	9	9 (6)	0 (6)	0
Visakhapatnam	15	11 (8)	4 (7)	0
East Godavari	19	14 (9)	4 (8)	1
West Godavari	15	13 (13)	2 (12)	0
Krishna	16	14 (9)	2 (8)	0
Guntur	17	15 (10)	2 (10)	0
Prakasam	12	8 (2)	4 (1)	0
SPSR Nellore	10	10 (3)	0 (3)	0
Kadapa	10	10 (1)	0 (1)	0
Kurnool	14	14 (3)	0 (3)	0
Anantapur	14	12(10)	2 (10)	0
Chittoor	14	13 (5)	1 (5)	0
Total	175	151	23	1

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

• Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2019 Website