Amaravati, 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 only Prathipadu assembly seat, while Polavaram, Ponnur, and Prathipadu (SC) seats were cliched by the TDP. However, Pithapuram assembly seat was won by an independent candidate S.V.S.N. Varma. 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.
Pithapuram, Polavaram, Ponnur, Prathipadu and Prathipadu_SC Assembly Elections 2019: List of candidates-
Seat No. | Constituency Names | TDP | YSRC | Congress | BJP |
116 | Pithapuram | S.V.S.N. VARMA | Dorababu Pendem | Medidi Venkata Srinivasa Rao | Billakurthi Rameswara Reddy |
117 | Polavaram | Boragam Srinivasulu | Tellam Bala Raju | Kanithi Rama Chandra Sekhar | Boragam Venkata Lakshmi |
118 | Ponnur | Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar | Venkatroshaiah Kilari | Jakka Naga Srinivasa Vara Prasad | Cheedepudi Bala Vijaya Bhaskaraa Reddy |
119 | Prathipadu | Varupula Raja | Sri Purnachandra Prasad Parvatha | Ummidi Venkatrao | Chilukuri Ram Kumar |
120 | Prathipadu_sc | Dokka Manikya Varaprasada Rao | Mekathoti Sucharitha | Korivi. Vinay Kumar | Dara Ambedkar |
Results of Assembly Elections 2014:
Seat No. | Constituency Names | Candidate Name | Party |
116 | Pithapuram | S.V.S.N. Varma | IND |
117 | Polavaram (ST) | Modiyam Srinivasa Rao | TDP |
118 | Ponnur | Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar | TDP |
119 | Prathipadu | Varupula Subbarao | YSRC |
120 | Prathipadu_sc | Ravela Kishore 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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