2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 2009 30 April and 7 May 2014 2019 (Andhra Pradesh)→ 2018 (Telangana) →
Andhra Pradesh 175 and Telangana 117 Assembly Constituencies
Turnout	74.68% 2.04%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy K. Chandrashekar Rao Party TDP YSRCP TRS Alliance NDA Leader since 1995 2009 2001 Leader's seat Kuppam Pulivendla Gajwel Last election 92 New 10 Seats won 117 70 63 Seat change 25 70 53 Popular vote 15,746,215 13,494,076 6,620,326 Percentage 32.53% 27.88% 13.68% Swing 4.41% 27.88% 9.64%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Raghu Veera Reddy[1] G. Kishan Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi Party INC BJP AIMIM Alliance UPA NDA Leader since 2014 2010 1999 Leader's seat Amberpet Chandrayangutta Last election 156 2 7 Seats won 21 9 7 Seat change 135 7 Popular vote 5,668,061 2,000,677 737,134 Percentage 11.71% 4.13% 1.52% Swing 24.84% 1.29% 0.69%
Andhra Pradesh result Telangana result
Chief Minister before election Kiran Kumar Reddy INC Chief Minister after election N. Chandrababu Naidu TDP (Andhra Pradesh) K. Chandrashekar Rao TRS (Telangana)

The 2014 Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Assembly elections took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the residual Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K. Chandrashekar Rao won in the new state of Telangana.

Previous Assembly

In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had taken the lead, winning 156 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the government by Governor N. D. Tiwari.

Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which expired on 30 May 2014. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.

Background

On 3 October 2013, the Union Cabinet of India approved the creation of the new State of Telangana.^[2] On 2 June 2014 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.

Schedule of election

Opinion polls

Opinion polls

Andhra Pradesh (New)

Telangana

Election day

The election was held in two phases alongside the 7th and 8th phases of the General Election, taking place on 30 April in Telangana, and on 7 May in the remainder of Andhra Pradesh.

Despite few clashes between supporters of rival parties in Seemandhra and Rayalaseema, the poll percentage was good on the polling day. The initial poll percentage appeared to be dull, but it soon picked up as time went on. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal told the media that he was confident that the percentage could be around 85–90% by the concluding time.^{[citation needed]}

Phase 1 (Telangana)

Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72% of more than 2.81 crore 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.^[4]

Phase 2 (Andhra Pradesh)

Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said around 76.80% of the 3.68 crore voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage were seen as likely to touch 80%. The highest turnout of 82.97% was recorded in the Guntur district and the lowest of 70% in Vishakhapatnam district.^[5]

United Andhra Pradesh Results

Vote share

Results by party before bifurcation

Source: Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party				Popular vote[6]			Seats[6]
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		Telugu Desam Party	15,746,215	32.53	4.41	237	117	25
			Bharatiya Janata Party	2,000,677	4.13	1.29	58	9	7
		Total		17,746,892	36.66	N/A	295	126	N/A
	YSR Congress Party			13,494,076	27.88	27.88	266	70	70
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi			6,620,326	13.68	9.69	119	63	53
	Indian National Congress			5,668,061	11.71	24.84	286	21	135
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			737,134	1.52	0.69	35	7
	Bahujan Samaj Party			458,762	0.95	0.15	253	2	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			407,376	0.84	0.59	68	1
	Communist Party of India			254,859	0.53	0.69	38	1	3
	Other parties			1,219,171	2.52	N/A	1,333	1	N/A
	Independents			1,485,463	3.07	1.50	1,511	2	1
	NOTA			308,286	0.64
Total				48,400,406	100.00	N/A	4,204	294	N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes				48,400,406	99.81
Invalid votes				92,061	0.19
Votes cast/Turnout				48,492,467	74.68
Abstentions				16,441,671	25.32
Registered voters				64,934,138

Results by party after bifurcation

Andhra Pradesh Results

Seat share

Results by party

Party		Seats won
	Telugu Desam Party	102
	YSR Congress Party	67
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4
	Others	1
	Independent	1
Total		175

Results by district

Results by constituency

Telangana Results

Seat share

Results by party

Party		Seats won
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	63
	Indian National Congress	21
	Telugu Desam Party	15
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5
	YSR Congress Party	3
	Bahujan Samaj Party	2
	Communist Party of India	1
	Communist Party of India	1
	Independent	1
Total		119

Results by district

Results by constituency