Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2009

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16 April 2009, 23 April 2009

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All 294 Assembly Constituencies

Turnout

72.64%

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Chiranjeevi
Party	INC	TDP	PRP
Alliance	UPA	TF
Leader since	1994	1995	2008
Leader's seat	Pulivendula	Kuppam	Tirupati (city)
Last election	2004	2004	-
Seats before	185	47	0
Seats won	156	92	18
Seat change	-29	+45	+18
Percentage	36.56%	28.12%	17%
Swing	-2.00%	-9.47%	n/a (new party)

Andhra Pradesh District Map

CM before election

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
INC

CM-elect

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
INC

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
INC

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
INC

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the Indian general election, 2009. The elections were held in the state in the first phase (2009-04-16) and second phase (2009-04-23). The results were declared on 2009-05-16. The incumbent Indian National Congress retained power in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly lower house, though with a reduced majority. The Congress Legislature party re-elected incumbent Chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as its leader thus re-nominating him to the post.

In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners Left Front and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) also did well, winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) tally to 226. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor S.S. Barnala.

As expected, the Government lasted the full term of 5 years and the tenure of the Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 30 May 2009. 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.

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