2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth legislative assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election.

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
11 April 2019
All 175 seats to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
88 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.39%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu Pawan Kalyan
Party YSRCP TDP JSP
Alliance – – JSP+
Leader since 2011 1995 2014
Leader's seat Pulivendla (won) Kuppam (won) Bhimavaram (lost),
Gajuwaka (lost)
Last election 67 102 New party
Seats won 151 23 1
Seat change 84 79 1
Popular vote 15,688,569 12,304,668 1,736,811
Percentage 49.95% 45.17% 5.53%
Chief Minister before election

N. Chandrababu Naidu
TDP

 Elected Chief Minister

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
YSRCP

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) won the election in a landslide, winning 151 of the 175 seats, with the incumbent Telugu Desam Party (TDP) winning 23. The Jana Sena Party (JSP) entered the legislature with one seat, while the Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) failed to win any seats.

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unanimously voted as legislature leader of the YSRCP, and was invited to form the government by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, E. S. L. Narasimhan. This was the second assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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