Amravati, April 8: Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh will take place in a single phase on April 11. The 175-member assembly will go for polls along with the Lok Sabha elections 2019. The main contest will be between Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jagan Mohan Reddy's Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress. In 2014, the YSR Congress had won Mangalagiri, Mantralayam and Markapuram assembly seats, while Mandapeta, Madakasira and Mummidivaram seats were cliched by the TDP. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase I: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 11.
The last date of filing nomination for the seats was March 25. The scrutiny of nominations papers was done on March 26. Meanwhile, the last date of withdrawal of candidature was March 28. The counting of votes will take place on May 23. Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting on April 11, Result On May 23.
Mandapeta, Mangalagiri, Mantralayam, Markapuram and Mummidivaram Assembly Elections 2019: List of candidates-
Seat No. | Constituency Names | TDP | YSRC | Congress | BJP |
76 | Mandapeta | Vegulla Jogeswara Rao | Pilli Subhaschandra Bose | Kamana Prabhakara Rao | Kona Satyanarayana |
77 | Mangalagiri | Nara Lokesh | Alla Rama Krishna Reddy | Shaik Saleem | Jaggarapu Ramohan Rao |
78 | Mantralayam | Palakurthi Thikka Reddy | Yallareddy Gari Balanagi Reddy | A D Shiva Prakash Reddy | J Madhusudan |
79 | Markapuram | Kandula Narayana Reddy | Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy | Shaik Saidha | Morriboyina Chennaiah |
80 | Mummidivaram | Datla Subba Raju | Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar | Mopuri Srinivas Kiran | Karri Chitti Babu |
Results of 2014 Assembly elections:
Seat No. | Constituency Names | Candidate Name | Party |
76 | Mandapeta | Jogeswara Rao. V | TDP |
77 | Mangalagiri | Alla Rama Krishna Reddy (Rk) | YSRC |
78 | Mantralayam | Y Balanagireddy | YSRC |
79 | Markapuram | Janke Venkata Reddy | YSRC |
80 | Mummidivaram | Datla Subba Raju (Buchi Babu) | TDP |
In 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on April 30 and May 7, 2014, to elect members to the legislatures of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The results were declared on May 16, 2014. The TDP led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of 102 seats out of the total 175 seats in Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao won in the new state of Telangana.
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