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.

2014 Indian general election in United Andhra Pradesh
30 April & 7 May 2014 (phases 7 & 8)
All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout74.64% (Increase1.94%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014.jpg
The Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao calls on the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Irani, in New Delhi on September 07, 2014.jpg
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Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrashekar Rao Y. S. Jagan
Party TDP TRS YSRCP
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat Did not stand[lower-alpha 1] Medak Did not stand[lower-alpha 2]
Last election 6 2 Did not exist
Seats won 16 11 9
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 9 New
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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INC
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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[lower-alpha 3] Did not stand[lower-alpha 4] Hyderabad
Last election 0 33
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 31
Popular vote 4,091,908 5,578,329 685,730
Percentage 8.52% 11.62% 1.43%

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 Votes % ± Seats ±
Telugu Desam Party14,099,23029.3616
YSR Congress Party13,995,43529.149
Telangana Rashtra Samithi6,736,27014.0311
Indian National Congress5,578,32911.622
Bharatiya Janata Party4,091,9088.523
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen685,7301.431
Bahujan Samaj Party397,5670.830
Communist Party of India187,7020.390
Communist Party of India (Marxist)158,5240.330
Lok Satta Party158,2480.330
Aam Aadmi Party102,4870.210
Other parties885,5381.840
Independent politician949,6661.980
Total (valid votes)48,026,634100.0–42±0
Registered voters / turnout64,934,13873.96–
Source: eci.gov.in

Total by state after the split
PartyAndhra PradeshTelangana
Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Telugu Desam Party 11,729,21940.8015 2,370,01112.301
YSR Congress Party 13,131,02945.678 864,4064.491
Telangana Rashtra Samithi ––– 6,736,27034.9411
Indian National Congress 822,6142.860 4,755,71524.682
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,077,0797.222 2,014,82910.461
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 5,5980.020 680,1323.531
Other parties 902,9473.140 1,172,6816.080
Independent politician 266,5070.930 683,1593.550
Total (valid votes) 28,749,431100.025 19,277,203100.017
None of the above 185,5620.65– 154,9920.80–
Registered voters / turnout 36,760,88478.21– 28,173,25468.42–

List of elected members
No. Constituency Turnout Member of Parliament[4] Political Party Margin
1.Adilabad76.15 DecreaseGodam Nagesh TRS 1,71,290
2.Peddapalle71.93 IncreaseBalka Suman TRS 2,91,158
3.Karimnagar72.69 IncreaseVinod Kumar Boinapally TRS 2,05,077
4.Nizamabad69.11 IncreaseKavitha TRS 1,67,184
5.Zahirabad76.09 IncreaseB B Patil TRS 1,44,631
6.Medak77.70 IncreaseK Chandrasekhar Rao TRS 3,97,029
7.Malkajgiri51.05 DecreaseMalla Reddy TDP 28,371
8.Secunderabad53.06 DecreaseBandaru Dattatreya BJP 2,54,735
9.Hyderabad53.30 IncreaseAsaduddin Owaisi AIMIM 2,02,454
10.Chevella60.51 DecreaseKonda Vishweshwar Reddy TRS 73,023
11.Mahbubnagar71.58 IncreaseAP Jithender Reddy TRS 2,590
12.Nagarkurnool75.55 IncreaseYellaiah Nandi INC 16,676
13.Nalgonda79.75 IncreaseGutha Sukendar Reddy INC 1,93,156
14.Bhongir81.27 IncreaseDr. Boora Narsaiah Goud TRS 30,494
15.Warangal76.52 IncreaseKadiyam Srihari TRS 3,92,574
16.Mahabubabad81.21 IncreaseAzmeera Seetaram Naik TRS 34,992
17.Khammam82.55 IncreasePonguleti Srinivasa Reddy YSRCP 11,974
18.Araku71.82 IncreaseKothapalli Geetha YSRCP 91,398
19.Srikakulam74.60 DecreaseKinjarapu Rammohan Naidu TDP 1,27,572
20.Vizianagaram80.19 IncreasePusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju TDP 1,06,911
21.Visakhapatnam67.53 DecreaseKambhapati Hari Babu BJP 90,488
22.Anakapalli82.01 IncreaseMuttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) TDP 47,932
23.Kakinada77.68 IncreaseThota Narasimham TDP 3,431
24.Amalapuram82.63 IncreaseDr. Pandula Ravindra Babu TDP 1,20,576
25.Rajahmundry81.38 IncreaseMurali Mohan Maganti TDP 1,67,434
26.Narsapuram82.19 DecreaseGokaraju Ganga Raju BJP 85,351
27.Eluru84.27 DecreaseMaganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) TDP 1,01,926
28.Machilipatnam83.48 DecreaseKonakalla Narayana Rao TDP 81,057
29.Vijayawada76.64 DecreaseKesineni Srinivas (Nani) TDP 74,862
30.Guntur79.31 IncreaseJayadev Galla TDP 69,111
31.Narasaraopet84.68 IncreaseRayapati Sambasiva Rao TDP 35,280
32.Bapatla85.16 IncreaseMalyadri Sriram TDP 32,754
33.Ongole82.23 IncreaseY V Subba Reddy YSRCP 15,658
34.Nandyal76.71 IncreaseS P Y Reddy YSRCP 1,05,766
35.Kurnool72.08 IncreaseButta Renuka YSRCP 44,131
36.Anantapur78.87 IncreaseJ C Divakar Reddi TDP 61,269
37.Hindupur81.53 IncreaseKristappa Nimmala TDP 97,325
38.Kadapa77.47 IncreaseY S Avinash Reddy YSRCP 1,90,323
39.Nellore74.02 IncreaseMekapati Rajamohan Reddy YSRCP 13,478
40.Tirupati77.14 IncreaseVaraprasad Rao Velagapalli YSRCP 37,425
41.Rajampet78.05 IncreaseP V Midhun Reddy YSRCP 1,74,762
42.Chittoor82.59 IncreaseNaramalli Sivaprasad TDP 44,138

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

Notes
  1. Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kupam (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
  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.
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