2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh explained

Election Name:	2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
Country:	India
Ongoing:	no
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	2009 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
Previous Year:	2009
Election Date:	30 April 2014 & 7 May 2014 (phases 7 & 8)
Seats For Election:	All 42 Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana after split) seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout:	74.64% (1.94%)
Leader1:	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Leaders Seat1:	Did not stand
Last Election1:	6
Party1:	Telugu Desam Party
Alliance1:	National Democratic Alliance
Seats1:	16
Seat Change1:	10
Popular Vote1:
Percentage1:	29.36%
Leader2:	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Party2:	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Leaders Seat2:	Medak
Last Election2:	2
Seats2:	11
Seat Change2:	9
Percentage2:	14.03%
Leader3:	Y. S. Jagan
Party3:	YSR Congress Party
Leaders Seat3:	Did not stand
Last Election3:	Did not exist
Seats3:	9
Seat Change3:	7
Percentage3:	29.14%
Swing3:	New
Leader4:	G. Kishan Reddy
Party4:	BJP
Alliance4:	NDA
Leaders Seat4:	Did not stand
Last Election4:	0
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	3
Percentage4:	8.52%
Leader5:	Raghu Veera Reddy
Leaders Seat5:	Did not stand
Party5:	Indian National Congress
Alliance5:	UPA
Last Election5:	33
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	31
Percentage5:	11.62%
Leader6:	Asaduddin Owaisi
Leaders Seat6:	Hyderabad
Party6:	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Seats6:	1
Percentage6:	1.43%

Before Election:	United Progressive Alliance

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

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

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

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

Results by party wise

Party		%	±	Seats	±
		29.36		16
		29.14		9
		14.03		11
		11.62		2
		8.52		3
		1.43		1
		0.83		0
		0.39		0
		0.33		0
		0.33		0
		0.21		0
	Other parties	1.84		0
		1.98		0
Total (valid votes)		100.0	–	42	±0
Registered voters / turnout		73.96		–
Source: eci.gov.in

Total by state after the split

Party	Andhra Pradesh			Telangana
Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Telugu Desam Party		40.80	15		12.30	1
	YSR Congress Party		45.67	8		4.49	1
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	–	–	–		34.94	11
	Indian National Congress		2.86	0		24.68	2
	Bharatiya Janata Party		7.22	2		10.46	1
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen		0.02	0		3.53	1
	Other parties		3.14	0		6.08	0
	Independent politician		0.93	0		3.55	0
Total (valid votes)			100.0	25		100.0	17
	None of the above		0.65	–		0.80	–
Registered voters / turnout			78.21	–		68.42	–

List of elected members

No.	Turnout
1.	76.15	1,71,290
2.	71.93	2,91,158
3.	72.69	2,05,077
4.	69.11	1,67,184
5.	76.09	1,44,631
6.	77.70	3,97,029
7.	51.05	28,371
8.	53.06	2,54,735
9.	53.30	2,02,454
10.	60.51	73,023
11.	71.58	2,590
12.	75.55	16,676
13.	79.75	1,93,156
14.	81.27	30,494
15.	76.52	3,92,574
16.	81.21	34,992
17.	82.55	11,974
18.	71.82	91,398
19.	74.60	1,27,572
20.	80.19	1,06,911
21.	67.53	90,488
22.	82.01	47,932
23.	77.68	3,431
24.	82.63	1,20,576
25.	81.38	1,67,434
26.	82.19	85,351
27.	84.27	1,01,926
28.	83.48	81,057
29.	76.64	74,862
30.	79.31	69,111
31.	84.68	35,280
32.	85.16	32,754
33.	82.23	15,658
34.	76.71	1,05,766
35.	72.08	44,131
36.	78.87	61,269
37.	81.53	97,325
38.	77.47	1,90,323
39.	74.02	13,478
40.	77.14	37,425
41.	78.05	1,74,762
42.	82.59	44,138

Opinion polls

Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency	Sample size	INC	BJP	TDP	YSR Congress	TRS – AIMIM
Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency	Sample size	bgcolor=		bgcolor=
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

References

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/schedule-set-for-lok-sabha-poll-battle/article5752607.ece Schedule set for Lok Sabha poll battle
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/telangana-witnesses-high-voter-turnout/article5963416.ece Telangana witnesses high voter turnout
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/high-voter-turnout-in-seemandhra/article5986563.ece High voter turnout in Seemandhra
Web site: GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014 -AP . 27 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527111835/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS01.htm?st=S01 . 27 May 2014 .
Web site: Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll . Outlook . 17 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016180408/http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 . 16 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: 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 . 23 January 2013.
Web site: India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark . Indiatv . 13 February 2013.
Web site: The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll . NDTV . 14 March 2014. 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
News: Andhra poll tracker: TDP to get 18–20 seats, YSRCP 1–2, Congress 3–4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140404065139/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/andhra-poll-tracker-tdp-to-get-1319-seats-ysrcp-915-congress-48/461874-37-64.html . dead . 4 April 2014 . CNN-IBN . 1 April 2014 . 2 April 2014.
Web site: The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll . NDTV . 14 April 2014. 15 April 2014.
The poll was conducted separately for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
News: Modi powered BJP breaches southern fortress . India Today . 20 April 2014 . 20 April 2014.