2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
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All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 74.64% (1.94%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Polling
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Results by party wise
[edit]Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | ± | |
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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
[edit]Party | Andhra Pradesh | Telangana | |||||
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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
[edit]Opinion polls
[edit]Conducted in Month(s) | Ref | Polling Organisation/Agency | Sample size | |||||
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INC | BJP | TDP | YSR Congress | TRS – AIMIM | ||||
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
[edit]- ^ Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Kuppam (re-elected)
- ^ Represents Pulivendla in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- ^ Represents Amberpet in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- ^ Represented Kalyandurg in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly
References
[edit]- ^ Schedule set for Lok Sabha poll battle. The Hindu.
- ^ Telangana witnesses high voter turnout. The Hindu.
- ^ High voter turnout in Seemandhra. The Hindu.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 -AP". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ The poll was conducted separately for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- ^ "Modi powered BJP breaches southern fortress". India Today. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.