Andhra Pradesh Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Landslide win for TDP, Chandrababu back on the saddle after dislodging YSRCP (2024)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending his wishes on the Lok Sabha election results in Andhra Pradesh wrote on X, "Andhra Pradesh has given an exceptional mandate to NDA! I thank the people of the state for their blessings. I congratulate JanaSena leader Pawan Kalyan, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, Garu and the Karyakartas of TDP, JanaSena and BJP workers in Andhra Pradesh."

Andhra Pradesh has given an exceptional mandate to NDA! I thank the people of the state for their blessings. I congratulate @ncbn Garu, @PawanKalyan Garu and the Karyakartas of @JaiTDP, @JanaSenaParty and @BJP4Andhra for this emphatic victory.

We will work for the all-round…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 4, 2024

Speaking for the first time after the TDP wrested power from the YSRCP, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy said he had never imagined an adverse outcome.

'Never imagined that the outcome would be like this,' he said, as per PTI.

Nearly four hours after the counting of votes began, the ruling BJP – which had won 303 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections – appeared to be struggling to reach the 240 mark. If the numbers hold, the BJP will have to ride on the coattails of its allies – particularly the TDP and JD(U) – to form the government.

While theBJPis leading in 238 seats,Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP is leading in 16 of the 17 seats it contested inAndhra Pradesh;Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) in 15 of the 17 seats in Bihar; the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) five;Eknath Shinde’sShiv Senain 6 seats inMaharashtra; JD(S) in three; andPawan Kalyan’s JanaSena Party in two seats in Andhra Pradesh. Read More

The Telugu Desam Party-led alliance headed towards a comprehensive victory in the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, leading in over 150 out of 175 seats. The party was also leading in 21 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

This is likely to bring TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu back as chief minister, just months after he was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh CID in connection with an alleged scam in the AP Skill Development Corporation during his last tenure.

His party’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections will also make him an important player nationally at a time when the BJP looks unlikely to cross the majority mark by itself for the Lok Sabha.

Chandrababu Naidu, who contested the Lok Sabha polls and the Assembly polls in Andhra in alliance with the BJP and the Jana Sena party, has been a kingmaker on many occasions in the past.

In 1996, when the electorate delivered a fractured mandate in the Lok Sabha polls, Naidu, as the convenor of the United Front, a coalition of parties not aligned with either the Congress or the BJP, propped up the H D Deve Gowda government with outside support from the Congress.

He also helped form a government at the Centre with I K Gujaral at the helm during this period.

In 1999, Naidu contested the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with the BJP and notched up 29 seats in united Andhra Pradesh. He supported the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government which was short of majority mark. In fact, with 29 seats, TDP was BJP’s biggest ally although it did not join the government.

In 2014 too, Naidu contested in alliance with the BJP and joined the Modi government, only to leave the alliance in 2018 ahead of Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh. Read More

With the BJP likely to fall behind the majority mark, the formation of a new Narendra Modi government will now depend on the support of two veteran kingmakers — the Telugu Desam Party or TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu and Janata Dal (United) or JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar, both partners of the BJP in the NDA.

According totrends released by the Election Commission of India (ECI),at 4.15 pm, theBJPwas leading or had won on 244 seats, almost 30 seats short of the majority mark of 272. The TDP was leading or had won on 16 seats, all inAndhra Pradesh, and the JD(U) was leading or had won at 14 seats, all in Bihar.

If these numbers do not change significantly, Naidu and Nitish could be the men who would prop upNarendra Modiin New Delhi.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu arrives at the party office amid celebrations over election victory.

#WATCH | Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh | TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu arrives at party office amid celebrations over election victory. pic.twitter.com/czubD3JJAL

— ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2024

It seems like Naidu and his TDP party have their work cut out for them now that they have regained power in Andhra Pradesh. The first big hurdle would be convincing their coalition partner, the BJP at the central level, to grant the state the much-promised "special status" - something the rival YSRCP party has yet to deliver on.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Naidu and his team would also have to tackle the state's massive fiscal woes. We're talking a staggering debt of over Rs 13.50 lakh crore, which translates to a burden of Rs 7 lakh per family and Rs 2 lakh per individual! The current administration has struggled to manage the finances, made even more challenging by the TDP's promises of generous freebies and subsidies.

From complimentary bus travel for women to three free cooking gas cylinders per year and Rs 20,000 in annual support for farmers, the list of commitments goes on. And that's not all - the party's manifesto also outlines plans for old-age pensions, support for the physically challenged and backward classes, and free power for weavers.

Clearly, Naidu and his team have their work cut out for them. Balancing the state's books and delivering on all these promises will be a herculean task, to say the least.

From a brutal majority to a virtual battle for survival. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's electoral fortunes seem to have plummeted to unexpected depths within a span of five years, during which the outgoing Chief Minister launched a slew of populist measures.

Having floated his YSRCP in 2011 following the death of his father and charismatic late Chief Minister of the undivided Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhar Reddy, Reddy had to wait for another eight years before getting into the ruling saddle.

Born on December 21, 1972 at Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy first entered electoral politics in 2009 to contest for the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat from the Congress party. He emerged victorious under the leadership of his father Rajasekhar Reddy but that joy was short-lived.

In an unfortunate turn of events, Rajasekhar Reddy succumbed in a helicopter accident on September 2, 2009, which dumped his son into the abyss of political vagaries.

Aiming to cash in on the legacy of his father through padayatras (marathon political walkathons), which were being hindered by the Congress high command, led Jagan Mohan Reddy to cut ties with the national party to form his own Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on March 12, 2011. However, the political vagaries were so intense that they led to his arrest for 16 long months on corruption charges.

On being released from the Chanchalguda prison on September 24, 2013 Jagan Mohan Reddy straightaway dived into electoral politics but failed to capture power narrowly in the 2014 polls, under the bleak shadow cast by the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

TDP in alliance with BJP and outside support from Janasena emerged victorious, compelling the YSRCP chief to slog it out for another five years to taste victory in 2019 polls, which was a landslide, enabling him to bag 151 Assembly and 22 Lok Sabha seats.

Through his hundreds of kilometres of padayatras across the length and breadth of the southern state over the years leading up to 2019 polls, Jagan Mohan Reddy had struck a chord with the masses.

Following five years of welfare-centric governance, Jagan Mohan Reddy again fought against the NDA alliance of TDP, BJP and Janasena in the 2024 polls.

Besides political opponents, he also had to deal with the opposition and adverse campaigning which emanated from his family members such as Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and sister Y S Sharmila and cousin Suneetha Narreddy.

In this backdrop, Jagan Mohan Reddy could not manage another win for his party in the hustings, as it was headed for a virtual rout, as per the latest EC updates.

Five years after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of a much younger Jagan Mohan Reddy, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday was on course to lead his party towards a landslide victory in the Andhra Pradesh assembly polls, with allies BJP and Janasena Party (JNP) in tow. PTI

Naidu's latest electoral triumph, where his Telugu Desam Party was ahead in 130 of the 175 seats as per latest figures, comes months after his arrest in an alleged corruption case. In the outgoing House, TDP has 23 members.

TDP put up a good show in the Lok Sabha polls as well, leading in 16 of the total 25 seats, with allies BJP and JNP ahead in three and two segments, respectively.

Born on April 20, 1950 at Naravaripalli in undivided Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, Nara Chandrababu Naidu started his more than four-decade long political career on the student politics platform at Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati. Following that solid foundation, Naidu (74) joined the Congress party and went on to become a cabinet minister. However, he later jumped ship to the TDP founded by his late father-in-law and legendary actor N T Rama Rao.

Naidu first ascended the chief minister's chair in 1995 and went on to become a three-time CM. His first two terms as CM came during the era of united Andhra Pradesh, beginning from 1995 and ending in 2004, nine years at a stretch while the third term came post bifurcation of the united state. Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh 10 years ago.

As the CM of erstwhile undivided state, he emerged as the chief architect of modern Hyderabad, playing a key role in developing the hi-tech city and turning it into a major hub. During the late 90s, Naidu played a key role in forming the Central Government of that time and the first NDA government formed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee was supported from outside by the TDP.

In 2014, Naidu emerged as the first chief minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh and served it until 2019.

In his third-term as CM, he championed Amaravati to be the capital city of the southern state but losing power left his brainchild as an unfulfilled promise, especially after his successor and YSRCP supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy dealt a debilitating blow to Amaravati.

Moreover, Naidu's arrest in 2023 under the Skill Development Corporation Scam case by the YSRCP government was the lowest point in his career. After a pre-dawn arrest on September 9, Naidu spent nearly two months in the Rajamahendravaram central jail.

However, an interim bail on October 31, which was made absolute on November 20 set Naidu free to prepare for the 2024 polls, enabling him to join the NDA alliance of TDP, BJP and Janasena.

As the BJP appeared to fall short of a majority, Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said the ball was now in the court of NDA allies N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) who once united the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was leading on 16 seats in Andhra Pradesh while the Janata Dal (United) was leading on 14 seats, as per the initial trends shown on the Election Commission of India's website.

Taking to his social media handle on X, Bharadwaj reposed his faith in the TDP and JD(U) leadership to prevent the BJP from forming its government.

"Interesting facts - In 2019, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu visited all opposition leaders to unite them against Modi, and in 2024 Mr Nitish Kumar visited all opposition leaders to unite them against Modi. Now, over to them," he wrote alongside a picture of the two leaders shaking hands.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu with BJP's AP affairs in-charge Siddharth Nath Singh. Chandrababu Naidu reportedly congratulated the NDA alliance on its great victory.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former CM N Chandrababu Naidu todaycalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah and congratulated them on NDA winning majority seats. The PM and Shah congratulated Naidu on NDA's victory in Andhra Pradesh, a statement from TDP said. The TDP-led alliance comprising Jena Sena Party and BJP are leading in 132 of the 175 assembly seats and 21 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has sought an appointment with the governor at 4 pm to submit his resignation, sources said.

AIMIM president Owaisi maintains lead against K Madhavi Latha by over 70,000 votes. According to latest trends from the counting of voted polled for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi maintained his lead against his nearest BJP rival K Madhavi Latha by over 70,000 votes.

The BJP candidates were leading in Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri, Chevella and Mahabubnagar LS seats.

The Congress nominees were leading in Peddapalle (SC), Mahabubabad (ST), Warangal (SC), Bhongir, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool (SC) and Zaheerabad.

The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS appeared to be the biggest loser as the party was not leading in any of the constituencies. The party had won nine seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The BRS had suffered a defeat in the Legislative Assembly polls held in November last year. PTI

The BJP had won four seats, while Congress bagged three constituencies in the 2019 general elections. The counting votes in Telangana began at 8 am.

The polling was held in a single phase on May 13.

Jana sena party chief actor K Pawan Kalyan has won from Pithapuram.

His opponents were Vanga Geetha, the Kakinada Lok Sabha member from the YSRCP, and Congress'Madepalli Satyananda Rao.

Previous Results: In the last election, YSRCP's Dorababu Pendem won the Pithapuram seat, defeating TDP's SVSN Varma by over 14,000 votes.

NDA alliance partners, TDP, JNP and BJP muster 133, 20 and seven votes respectively. YSRCP tally stands at 15.

Watch the celebrations outside TDP office:

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— Telugu Desam Party (@JaiTDP) June 4, 2024

The welfare government of YSRCP led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was headed for a complete rout as the TDP-led alliance was leading in over 150 of the 175 Assembly seats and 21 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state. It is a reversal of the 2019 verdict when the YSRCP won a landslide with 151 seats, while the TDP won just 23 and Jana Sena Party won just one seat.

The TDP is leading in 128 seats, the BJP is leading in six of the 10 seats it contested and JSP in 19 of the 21 seats it contested. The YSRCP was leading in 20 seats with almost all its ministers trailing and only Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his senior colleague Botcha Satyanayarana were leading in Pulivendula and Cheepuripalle respectively. TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu was leading in Kuppam while JSP chief K PAwan Kalyan was leading in Pithapuram Assembly seat.

The dejected YSRCP ministers and candidates are leaving the counting centres, disappointed by the leads by rival party candidates. The YSRCP headquarters at Tadepalle wore a deserted look as shocked supporters of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy slowly left the place. The electoral map of Andhra Pradesh which was marked by a sea of blue of the YSRCP which won 151 seats in 2019 has turned into a platter of yellow, saffron and red of TDP, BJP and JSP. Except in the undivided Prakasam district where the YSRCP was leading in eight of the 12 assembly seats, the TDP was dominating in all the remaining districts including the 34 seats in combined districts of East Godavari and West Godavari, and 52 seats in the Rayalaseema region. TDP, BJP and Jana Sena Party cadre and supporters have started bursting crackers and celebrating across the state in anticipation of a huge victory. While initial trends indicated a fight between YSRCP and TDP in rural constituencies, the tide turned slowly in favour of the TDP-led alliance as the counting progressed.

Dejected YSRCP candidates and supporters said that Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s over dependence of welfare schemes alone has brought it down, while political observers indicated that the arrest of N Chandrababu Naidu, the lack of development in the state with no new projects or industries coming during the YSRCP regime, and a general dissent towards elected YSRCP representatives worked against the party. In spite of Jagan changing or dropping several candidates, the people of the state appear to have rejected the government which was only implementing welfare schemes while neglecting issues like unemployment, rising prices, lack of clarity on the state capital, and lackassidical attitude of local elected representatives of the ruling YSRCP over governance issues.

The shock to YSRCP is similar to the one in Telangana where the BRS suffered a defeat last November, sending a reminder that welfare schemes alone do not win elections. While the TDP and JSP were strengthening their grassroots and were trying to bring down the YSRCP which seemed to be on a strong ground until the elections were announced in March, the equations joined as BJP joined the alliance just as the elections were announced. Although, things changed a bit in favour of TDP with the arrest of Naidu on September 9 last year by the AP CID in connection with an alleged scam in the AP Skill Development Corporation that occurred during the Telugu Desam Party’s regime from 20014 to 2019, which many voters feel was unfair and highhandedness of Jagan, the TDP-JSP combine were still trying hard counter the YSRCP.

AP BJP president D Purandeswari from Rajahmundry Parliament seat, and BJP candidates C M Ramesh and B R Srinivasa Varma from Anakapalle and Narasampuram were also headed for big wins.

As per the latest trends, the NDA alliance comprising TDP, BJP, and Jana Sena Party is leading in 127 out of the 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.

In contrast, the ruling YSRCP party is leading in only 7 seats so far.

In the Lok Sabha elections, the NDA is leading in 18 out of the 25 parliamentary seats, while the YSRCP is ahead in 7 seats.

The Rajahmundry Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a tight contest between the candidates of the major political alliances. According to the latest trends:

Dr. Daggubati Purandeswari, the Andhra Pradesh BJP president and daughter of former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao, is leading the race with over 50,000 votes.

Purandeswari, a former Congress MP who joined the BJP in 2014, is locked in a close fight against the Congress candidate Gidugu Rudra Raju and the YSRCP's Guduri Srinivas.

Purandeswari's candidature is seen as significant as the BJP seeks to forge an alliance with the TDP and Jana Sena Party (JSP) to counter the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh.

Madhavi Latha, a 49-year-old Bharatanatyam exponent and former NCC cadet, had generated hopes for the BJP in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency. Latha, who has worked extensively among Muslim communities and is close to the RSS, had campaigned against triple talaq in the minority-dominated areas of Hyderabad.

However, her campaign was marred by controversy after a video surfaced on April 17, purportedly showing her symbolically shooting an arrow towards a mosque during a Sri Rama Navami rally. Latha later apologized, claiming the video was incomplete.

Despite her efforts, the communally-charged atmosphere and hate comments during the campaign seemed to have impacted her performance. After several rounds of counting, the incumbent AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi was comfortably leading in all seven assembly segments under the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, including Malakpet, Goshamahal, Karwan, Charminar, Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura and Barkatpura.

The contest in Hyderabad is between four-time AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi and rookie BJP candidate K Madhavi Latha as been one of the most high profile electoral duels this election season.

Taking on Asaduddin Owaisi, a four-time MP and popular in the constituency, seemed to be a case of David versus Goliath. However, the BJP also put in its immense machinery behind him.

What had happened in 2019?

In the 2019 elections, Owaisi defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Bhagavanth Rao Pawar with a margin of 2,82,186 votes. Owaisi polled 517471 votes.

Across the state, the NDA alliance comprising TDP, JSP and BJP is leading in over 145 of the 175 Assembly seats and 19 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats. The YSRCP is ahead in only 24 Assembly and 5 Lok Sabha seats so far.

The TDP is out performing in north Andhra and the East and West Godavari districts, while also making inroads into the YSRCP stronghold of Rayalaseema, where it is leading in over 40 of the 52 Assembly seats.

The Andhra Pradesh elections are seeing a strong performance by the TDP-led opposition alliance. Early trends indicate that over 15 of the 26 YSRCP ministers are headed for a defeat, with TDP and JSP candidates establishing leads in their constituencies.

Only Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and senior minister Botcha Satyanarayana are currently leading in Pulivendula and Cheepurupalli respectively. The three Deputy CMs - P. Rajanna Dora, K. Satyanarayana, and Amzath Basha Shaik - are in tough battles to retain their seats.

Across the state, the NDA alliance comprising TDP, JSP and BJP is leading in over 145 of the 175 Assembly seats and 19 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats. The YSRCP is ahead in only 24 Assembly and 5 Lok Sabha seats so far.

The TDP is performing strongly in north Andhra and the East and West Godavari districts, while also making inroads into the YSRCP stronghold of Rayalaseema, where it is leading in over 40 of the 52 Assembly seats.

The YSRCP headquarters in Tadepalli wore a deserted look as shocked party supporters slowly left the premises, indicating the scale of the opposition's lead in the early trends.

In the latest update from the Kuppam constituency, NChandrababu Naiduis currently holding a slender lead. This closely contested race has drawn significant attention from the public and political analysts alike. Meanwhile, in Pithapuram, the well-known actor turned politician KPawan Kalyanof the Jana Sena Party is leading the race.

In the last Assembly election in 2019, Nara Chandra Babu Naidu of TDP had won against Krishna Chandra Mouli of YSRCP.

The latest updates on the election results show that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has made significant gains, leading in 50 seats, while the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) is currently leading in 11 seats. In terms of parliamentary representation, TDP is ahead in 8 out of the 25 MP seats, with YSRCP leading in 3.

These numbers indicate a strong showing for TDP in the current election, with a clear lead in both assembly and parliamentary seats. However, it's important to note that these are preliminary results and the final outcome may vary as more votes are counted.

In Andhra Pradesh, the TDP has established a slender lead in 30 of 175 assembly seats. The YSRCP is leading in three.

In the Lok Sabha polls, the TDP is leading in four constituencies, the YSRCP in two and the BJP in two.

Results of Lok sabha seats of Rajahmundry and Narasapuram are expected to come in early.

In 2019, the TDP suffered a shocking defeat, winning only 23 Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats. There was severe anti-incumbency against YSRCP ministers and MLAs but Jagan tackled it by dropping many candidates or shifting them to other constituencies.

The YSRCP is leading in Ramachandrapuram assembly seat. Here's who is in the fray:

Kota. Srinivas Rao (INC), Matha Rani Subrahmanyam (BSP), Juttuka Venkatarao (PPOI), Vasamsetti. Subash (TDP), Pilli Surya Prakash (YSRCP), Barla Srinivas Yadav (BCYP), Chandra Sekhar Madiki (Independent), Jhai Sree Sureyendra Nadha Babuji Sreeguthula (Independent), Kate Subrahmanyam (Independent), Koyya Bangaru Babu (Independent), Lanka. Praveen Kumar (Independent), Sujata Chekka (Independent), Yarramsetti Ramaraju (Independent)

Here are the stats:

• TDP+3
• YSRCP+0
• INC+0
• OTH+0

The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections saw 2.39 lakh postal ballots being cast. The average number of postal ballots per constituency added up to around 1,300 votes. However, since the YSRCP started “decentralised governance” through village and ward-levelsachivalayams(secretariats), the number of government employees, who form the major chunk of the voters eligible for postal ballots, has seen a rise.

In the recently-concluded polls, an estimated 5.3 lakh people were eligible to vote through postal ballots, taking the average to around 4,000 per constituency.

In the 2019 polls, the YSRCP won around 15 Assembly seats with a margin of around 4,000 votes. “The election is much closer than it was in 2019. The seats where we narrowly won could switch if all the postal ballots are counted. This is a cause of concern for us,” a YSRCP leader in Vijayawada said.

The leader added that postal ballots could play a key role in deciding the outcome in seats like Vizianagaram, Nellore Rural, Srikakulam and Gudur. Read more

Counting is underway for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats in underway in Andhra Pradesh. Presently, postal ballots are being counted and EVM votes will begin at around 8.30 am.

Counting begins!

The Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are a triangular contest between the ruling YSRC party, the Congress-led INDIA coalition, and the BJP-led NDA alliance, comprising Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and the Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP).

Counting will take place for 25 Lok Sabha, 175 Assembly seats