2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
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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.
30 April 2014 & 7 May 2014 (phases 7 & 8)
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All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties and alliances
| Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | Telugu Desam Party | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 30 | 42 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | G. Kishan Reddy | 12 | |||||||
| UPA | Indian National Congress | Raghu Veera Reddy | 41 | 42 | |||||
| Communist Party of India | K. Narayana | 1 | |||||||
| YSR Congress Party | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | 38 | |||||||
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | K. Chandrasekhar Rao | 17 | |||||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Asaduddin Owaisi | 4 | |||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | 40 | |||||||
| Jai Samaikyandhra Party | Kiran Kumar Reddy | 27 | |||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | B. V. Raghavulu | 4 | |||||||
| Lok Satta Party | Jaya Prakash Narayana | 1 | |||||||
List of Candidates
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
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]
Results by Party/Alliance
United Andhra Pradesh
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| NDA | TDP | 1,40,99,230 | 29.15 | 30 | 16 | ||||
| BJP | 40,91,908 | 8.46 | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 1,81,91,138 | 37.61 | 42 | 19 | |||||
| UPA | INC | 55,78,329 | 11.53 | 41 | 2 | ||||
| CPI | 1,87,702 | 0.39 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 57,66,031 | 11.92 | 42 | 2 | |||||
| TRS | 67,36,270 | 13.93 | 17 | 11 | |||||
| YSRCP | 1,39,95,435 | 28.94 | 38 | 9 | |||||
| AIMIM | 6,85,730 | 1.42 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| BSP | 3,97,567 | 0.82 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| JaSaPa | 2,04,260 | 0.42 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| CPI(M) | 1,58,524 | 0.33 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| LSP | 1,58,248 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| AAP | 1,02,487 | 0.21 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 6,81,278 | 1.41 | 128 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 9,49,666 | 1.96 | 233 | 0 | |||||
| NOTA | 3,40,554 | 0.70 | |||||||
| Total | 4,83,67,188 | 100% | - | 598 | 42 | - | |||
Total by state after the split
| 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 | – | |
Detailed results
Telangana
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1 | Adilabad | 76.15% | G. Nagesh | TRS | 430,847 | 40.82 | Dr. Naresh Jadhav | INC | 259,557 | 24.59 | 171,290 | 16.38 | ||
| 2 | Peddapalli | 71.93% | Balka Suman | TRS | 565,496 | 56.82 | G. Vivekanand | INC | 274,338 | 27.57 | 291,158 | 28.48 | ||
| 3 | Karimnagar | 74.71% | B. Vinod Kumar | TRS | 505,783 | 44.93 | Ponnam Prabhakar | INC | 300,706 | 26.71 | 205,007 | 18.22 | ||
| 4 | Nizamabad | 69.10% | Kalvakuntla Kavitha | TRS | 439,307 | 42.49 | Madhu Goud Yaskhi | INC | 272,123 | 26.32 | 167,184 | 16.17 | ||
| 5 | Zahirabad | 77.28% | B. B. Patil | TRS | 508,661 | 46.46 | Shetkar Suresh Kumar | INC | 364,030 | 33.25 | 144,631 | 13.21 | ||
| 6 | Medak | 77.70% | K. Chandrashekar Rao | TRS | 657,492 | 55.20 | Shravan Reddy | INC | 260,463 | 21.87 | 397,029 | 33.33 | ||
| 7 | Malkajgiri | 50.90% | Malla Reddy | TDP | 523,336 | 32.30 | M. Hanumanth Rao | TRS | 494,965 | 30.54 | 28,371 | 1.76 | ||
| 8 | Secunderabad | 53.01% | Bandaru Dattatreya | BJP | 438,271 | 43.66 | Anjan Kumar Yadav | INC | 183,536 | 18.28 | 254,735 | 25.35 | ||
| 9 | Hyderabad | 53.30% | Asaduddin Owaisi | AIMIM | 513,868 | 52.94 | Bhagavanth Rao | BJP | 311,414 | 32.05 | 202,454 | 20.83 | ||
| 10 | Chevella | 60.51% | K. Vishweshwar Reddy | TRS | 435,077 | 33.06 | P. Kartik Reddy | INC | 362,054 | 27.51 | 73,023 | 5.55 | ||
| 11 | Mahabubnagar | 72.94% | A. P. Jithender Reddy | TRS | 334,228 | 32.94 | Jaipal Reddy | INC | 331,638 | 32.68 | 2,590 | 0.26 | ||
| 12 | Nagarkurnool | 75.55% | Nandi Yellaiah | INC | 420,075 | 37.88 | Manda Jagannath | TRS | 403,399 | 36.38 | 16,676 | 1.50 | ||
| 13 | Nalgonda | 81.42% | Gutha Sukender Reddy | INC | 472,093 | 39.63 | Tera Chinnapa Reddy | TDP | 278,937 | 23.45 | 193,156 | 16.24 | ||
| 14 | Bhongir | 81.27% | Boora Narsaiah Goud | TRS | 448,245 | 36.99 | K. Raj Gopal Reddy | INC | 417,751 | 34.47 | 30,494 | 2.52 | ||
| 15 | Warangal | 76.52% | Kadiyam Srihari | TRS | 661,639 | 56.33 | Siricilla Rajaiah | INC | 269,065 | 22.91 | 392,574 | 33.42 | ||
| 16 | Mahabubabad | 81.21% | Sitaram Naik | TRS | 320,569 | 28.51 | Balram Naik | INC | 285,577 | 25.40 | 34,992 | 3.11 | ||
| 17 | Khammam | 82.13% | P. Srinivasa Reddy | YCP | 421,957 | 35.67 | Nama Nageswara Rao | TDP | 409,983 | 34.66 | 11,974 | 1.01 | ||
Andhra Pradesh
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 18 | Araku | 72.92% | Kothapalli Geetha | YCP | 413,191 | 45.42 | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | TDP | 259,557 | 24.59 | 171,290 | 16.38 | ||
| 19 | Srikakulam | 74.36% | Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu | TDP | 556,163 | 52.90 | Reddy Shanthi | YCP | 428,591 | 40.76 | 127,572 | 12.14 | ||
| 20 | Vizianagaram | 79.79% | Ashok Gajapathi Raju | TDP | 536,549 | 47.89 | Ravu Venkata Swetha | YCP | 429,638 | 38.35 | 106,911 | 9.54 | ||
| 21 | Visakhapatnam | 67.54% | Kambhampati Hari Babu | BJP | 566,832 | 48.71 | Y. S. Vijayamma | YCP | 476,344 | 40.94 | 90,488 | 7.78 | ||
| 22 | Anakapalle | 81.92% | Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao | TDP | 568,463 | 49.51 | Gudivada Amarnath | YCP | 520,531 | 45.34 | 47,932 | 4.17 | ||
| 23 | Kakinada | 77.68% | Thota Narasimham | TDP | 514,402 | 46.76 | Chalamalasetti Sunil | YCP | 510,971 | 46.45 | 3,431 | 0.31 | ||
| 24 | Amalapuram | 82.55% | Pandula Ravindra Babu | TDP | 594,547 | 53.04 | Pinipe Viswarupu | YCP | 473,971 | 42.28 | 120,576 | 10.76 | ||
| 25 | Rajahmundry | 81.22% | Murali Mohan | TDP | 630,573 | 54.62 | Boddu Chowdary | YCP | 463,139 | 40.12 | 167,434 | 14.50 | ||
| 26 | Narasapuram | 82.19% | Gokaraju Ganga Raju | BJP | 540,306 | 49.61 | Vanka Ravindranath | YCP | 454,955 | 41.77 | 85,351 | 7.84 | ||
| 27 | Eluru | 84.17% | Maganti Venkateswara Rao | TDP | 623,471 | 51.88 | Thota Chandra Sekhar | YCP | 521,545 | 43.40 | 101,926 | 8.48 | ||
| 28 | Machilipatnam | 83.33% | Konakalla Narayana Rao | TDP | 587,280 | 51.47 | Kolusu Parthasarathy | YCP | 506,223 | 44.36 | 81,057 | 7.11 | ||
| 29 | Vijayawada | 76.39% | Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) | TDP | 592,696 | 49.59 | Koneru Rajendra Prasad | YCP | 517,834 | 43.72 | 74,862 | 6.26 | ||
| 30 | Guntur | 79.20% | Galla Jayadev | TDP | 618,417 | 49.67 | Vallabhaneni Balashowry | YCP | 549,306 | 44.12 | 69,111 | 5.55 | ||
| 31 | Narasaraopet | 84.63% | Rayapati Sambasiva Rao | TDP | 632,464 | 49.33 | Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy | YCP | 597,184 | 46.58 | 35,280 | 2.75 | ||
| 32 | Bapatla | 85.04% | Malyadri Sriram | TDP | 578,145 | 48.80 | Varikuti Amruthapani | YCP | 545,391 | 46.04 | 32,754 | 2.76 | ||
| 33 | Ongole | 82.17% | Y. V. Subba Reddy | YCP | 589,960 | 48.83 | Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy | TDP | 574,302 | 47.53 | 15,658 | 1.30 | ||
| 34 | Nandyal | 76.71% | S. P. Y. Reddy | YCP | 622,411 | 51.65 | N. M. D. Farooq | TDP | 516,645 | 42.88 | 105,766 | 9.13 | ||
| 35 | Kurnool | 71.92% | Butta Renuka | YCP | 472,782 | 44.36 | B. T. Naidu | TDP | 428,651 | 40.22 | 44,131 | 4.14 | ||
| 36 | Anantapur | 78.41% | J. C. Diwakar Reddy | TDP | 606,509 | 50.33 | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | YCP | 545,240 | 45.25 | 61,269 | 5.08 | ||
| 37 | Hindupur | 81.39% | Kristappa Nimmala | TDP | 604,291 | 51.33 | Duddukunta Sreedhar Reddy | YCP | 506,966 | 43.06 | 97,325 | 8.27 | ||
| 38 | Kadapa | 77.45% | Y. S. Avinash Reddy | YCP | 671,983 | 55.95 | Reddeppagari S. Reddy | TDP | 481,660 | 40.10 | 190,323 | 15.85 | ||
| 39 | Nellore | 74.02% | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | YCP | 576,396 | 48.53 | Adala Prabhakara Reddy | TDP | 562,918 | 47.40 | 13,478 | 1.13 | ||
| 40 | Tirupati | 77.04% | Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli | YCP | 580,376 | 47.84 | Karumanchi Jayaram | BJP | 542,915 | 44.76 | 37,425 | 3.08 | ||
| 41 | Rajampet | 77.87% | P. V. Midhun Reddy | YCP | 601,752 | 51.95 | Daggubati Purandeswari | BJP | 426,990 | 36.86 | 174,762 | 15.09 | ||
| 42 | Chittoor | 82.59% | Naramalli Sivaprasad | TDP | 594,862 | 49.62 | G. Samanyakiran | YCP | 550,724 | 45.94 | 44,138 | 3.68 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Vizianagaram | Cabinet Minister | Civil Aviation | 27 May 2014 |
9 March 2018 |
TDP | |
| 2 | Y. S. Chowdary | Rajya Sabha (Andhra Pradesh) |
MoS | Science and Technology Earth Sciences |
9 November 2014 |
9 March 2018 | ||
| 3 | Nirmala Sitharaman | MoS (I/C) | Commerce and Industry | 27 May 2014 |
3 September 2017 |
BJP | ||
| MoS | Finance Corporate Affairs |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 | |||||
| 4 | Suresh Prabhu | Cabinet Minister | Railways | 9 November 2014 |
3 September 2017 | |||
| Commerce and Industry | 3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 | ||||||
| Civil Aviation | 10 March 2018 |
30 May 2019 | ||||||
NOTE:
- Nirmala Sitharaman represented Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha until 1 July 2016, after which she represented Karnataka.
- Suresh Prabhu represented Haryana in the Rajya Sabha until 22 June 2016, after which he represented Andhra Pradesh for the remainder of the term.
Opinion polls
| Conducted in Month(s) | Ref | Polling Organisation/Agency | Sample size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | TDP | YSR Congress | TRS – AIMIM | ||||
| Aug–Oct 2013 | [4] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 24,284 | 7 | – | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 | [5] | India Today-CVoter | 21,792 | 7 | – | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| Jan–Feb 2014 | [6] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 14,000 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| March 2014 | [7] | NDTV- Hansa Research[8] | 46,571 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | |
| March–April 2014 | [9] | CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS | 1308 | 4–8 | 13–19 | 9–15 | 4–8 | |
| April 2014 | [10] | NDTV- Hansa Research[11] | 24,000 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 8 | |
| 4–12 April 2014 | [12] | India Today-Cicero | 1358 | 4–6 | 17–21 | 7–11 | 6–10 | |
Assembly Segment wise lead
Andhra Pradesh
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2014 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 96 | 102 | |
| Y. S. R. Congress Party | 65 | 67 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 14 | 4 | |
| Others | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 175 | ||
Telangana
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2014 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 67 | 63 | |
| Indian National Congress | 18 | 21 | |
| Telugu Desam Party | 8 | 15 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 | 5 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | 7 | |
| Y. S. R. Congress Party | 7 | 3 | |
| Others | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 119 | ||
Notes
- Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kuppam (re-elected)
- Represents Pulivendla in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Represented Kalyandurg in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly

