Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 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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