Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party | |
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| Abbreviation | YSRCP or YCP |
| President | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Y. V. Subba Reddy |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Lok Sabha Leader | P. V. Midhun Reddy |
| Founder | K. Shiva Kumar |
| Founded | 12 March 2011 (14 years ago) (2011-03-12) |
| Split from | Indian National Congress |
| Headquarters | Plot no. 13,Suryadevara Township,Tadepalli,Andhra Pradesh,India |
| Student wing | YSR Students Union |
| Youth wing | [1] |
| Women's wing | Varudhu Kalyani |
| Labour wing | P. Gowtham Reddy |
| Peasant's wing | M. V. S. Nagi Reddy |
| Ideology | Telugu nationalism[2] Regionalism[2] Social liberalism[3] Secularism[4][5] Populism[5] |
| Political position | Centre[3] tocentre-left[6] |
| Colours | Blue (mostly) White Green |
| ECI Status | State party |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 7 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 4 / 543 |
| Seats in Andhra Pradesh |
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| Number of states and union territories in government | 0 / 31 |
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Ceiling Fan | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| ysrcongress.com | |
TheYuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (lit. 'Youth, Labour, and Farmer Congress Party', YSRCP orYCP),[7] often shortened to simply theYSR Congress Party, is an Indianregionalpolitical party based in the state ofAndhra Pradesh.[8] The party was initially registered with Election Commission of India by Kolishetti Shiva Kumar. Thereafter, the party was taken over by its current president,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,[9][10][11][12][13] having served asthe state's chief minister from 2019-2024. It currently has 4 seats in theLok Sabha.
After the sudden death of the then-incumbentChief minister of Andhra Pradesh,Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) in a helicopter crash in September 2009,[14][15] his son,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the incumbentMP fromKadapa requestedSonia Gandhi to make himchief minister but party denied his request.[16] Just to fulfill Jagan's promise he started anOdarpu Yatra (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, to console the families of those who committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father.[17][18] The tour was not supported by the Congress leadership.[19] Defying theCongress Working Committee's order to call off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in theWest Godavari andKhammam districts in April 2010.[20]
Meanwhile,Sakshi TV news channel andSakshi newspaper, which are closely affiliated withYSR andJagan, had been continuously criticizing the new Chief MinisterKonijeti Rosaiah and the Congress leadership atNew Delhi. In a special programme onSakshi TV to mark the 125th-anniversary celebrations of the Congress party, a voice-over made remarks onSonia Gandhi and thePrime MinisterManmohan Singh on the "current state of affairs" in the state, which invited anger and protests from the Congress loyalists and increased the gap and friction between Jagan and the Congress loyalists.[21] The channel later omitted those remarks in a re-telecast.[22]
After accusing the Congress of ill-treating him and with a state ministerial slot in the aftermath of the death of his father, Jagan and his mother,Y. S. Vijayamma, resigned from theKadapaLok Sabha andPulivendulaAssembly constituencies respectively and also as members of the Congress in November 2010.[23][9][24] Many Congress leaders loyal to Jagan also quit the party and joined the YSR Congress. This resulted in the weakening of Congress in both the assembly and Lok Sabha, necessitating by-elections.Initially the party was set up by K. Shiva Kumar, a fan of YSR. After the rift with congress Y. S. Jagan acquired YSRCP and took complete responsibilities from Shiva Kumar.,[9] and later, after few years, Jagan expelled the party founder and took the complete control of the party.[25]
In the ensuing by-elections, after the formation of the party, it won most of the vacated seats with many of theIndian National Congress (governing party) and theTelugu Desam Party (the main opposition) candidates losing their deposits.[26] In March 2012, YSR Congress won theKovur Assembly seat inNellore district in a by-election.[27][28]
In2012 by-polls were held for 18 assembly constituencies which are:Parkal,Narsannapeta,Payakaraopet,Ramachandrapuram,Narasapuram,Polavaram (ST),Prathipadu (SC),Macherla,Ongole,Udayagiri,Rajampet,Kodur (SC),Rayachoti,Allagadda,Yemmiganur,Rayadurg,Anantapur Urban andTirupati.[29]
On 15 June 2012, YSR Congress won theNellore Lok Sabha seat and 15 of 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.[30] YSRCP leadersP. Subhash Chandra Bose fromRamachandrapuram of East Godavari district andKonda Surekha fromParkal of Warangal district, both Ministers in the YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races.[31]
It lost the2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to theTelugu Desam Party, which had previously been in opposition to the INC government. One-third of the MLAs who won for the YSR Congress in the2014 Elections had joined theTelugu Desam Party by 2017.[32]
It went for 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 2019 emerged as the 5th largest political party in India. It did not contest in2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.[33]
The party won the2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in alandslide, winning 151 of the 175 seats,[34][35][36] including a clean sweep inVizianagaramKadapa,Kurnool andNellore districts. It was in government from 30 May 2019 to 2024 having 151 members in the 175-member state assembly. In addition to it, the party had 22 members in the Lok Sabha out of 25 in AP based on the election results declared on 23 May 2019.
The party lost the2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to the NDA alliance, securing only 11 out of 175 seats in the state legislative assembly even failing to secure the opposition status as the party didn't secure at least 10% seats.
| Election Year | Assembly | Party leader | Seats contested | Seats won | Overall votes | (%) of votes | (+/-) in seats | Vote swing | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly[37] | |||||||||
| 2014 | 14th | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | 266 | 70 / 294 | 13,494,076 | 27.88% |  70 |  new | Opposition |
| 2019 | 15th | 175 | 151 / 175 | 15,688,569 | 49.95% | 81 | 22.07 | Government | |
| 2024 | 16th | 175 | 11 / 175 | 13,284,134 | 39.37% |  140 | 10.58 | Others | |
| All time–YSRCP Assembly seat count (Andhra Pradesh) |
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| Election Year | Lok Sabha | Party leader | Seats contested | Seats won | Overall votes | (%) of votes | (+/-) in seats | Vote swing | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok Sabha | |||||||||
| 2014 | 16th | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | 42 | 9 / 543 | 13,995,435 | 29.14% | 9 | new | Others |
| 2019 | 17th | 25 | 22 / 543 | 15,537,006 | 49.89% | 13 | 20.75 | Others | |
| 2024 | 18th | 25 | 4 / 543 | 13,174,874 | 39.61% | 18 | 10.28 | Others | |
| All time–YSRCP Lok Sabha seat count |
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In 2022, theElection Commission of India (ECI) sought clarification from the YSR Congress Party regarding the reports announcing Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy as the permanent president of the party. The ECI expressed its displeasure and concern over this potential adoption by the party, citing it as an anti-democratic move.[38][39][40]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 |  | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 1972) | 12 March 2011 | Incumbent | 14 years, 254 days |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 |  | Y. S. Vijayamma (born 1956) | 12 March 2011 | 5 May 2022 | 11 years, 71 days |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term in office | Assembly (Election) | Constituency | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 1972) | 30 May 2019 | 11 June 2024[41] | 5 years, 13 days | 15th (2019) | Pulivendula | Jagan |
| No. | Image | Name (MLA/MLC) [Constituency] | Term in Office | Time in Office | Portfolio(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed Office | Left Office | |||||
| 1 |  | Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari (MLA forKadapa) | 8 June 2019 | 11 June 2024 | 5 years, 3 days |
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| 2 | | K. Narayana Swamy (MLA forGangadhara Nellore) |
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| 3 | | Alla Nani[42] (born 1969) (MLA forEluru) | 8 June 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2 years, 303 days |
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| 4 |  | Pushpasreevani Pamula (born 1986) (MLA forKurupam) |
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| 5 |  | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose (MLC) | 8 June 2019 | 18 June 2020 | 1 year, 10 days |
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| 6 | | Dharmana Krishna Das (MLA forNarasannapeta) | 22 July 2020 | 7 April 2022 | 1 year, 259 days |
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| 7 | | Budi Mutyala Naidu (MLA forMadugula) | 11 April 2022 | 11 June 2024 | 2 years, 61 days |
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| 8 | | Kottu Satyanarayana (MLA forTadepalligudem) |
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| 9 | | Rajanna Dora Peedika (MLA forSalur) |
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| No | Name[43] | Date of Appointment[44] | Date of Retirement[44] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y. V. Subba Reddy | 02-Apr-2024 | 01-Apr-2030 |
| 2 | Golla Baburao | 02-Apr-2024 | 01-Apr-2030 |
| 3 | Meda Raghunath Reddy | 02-Apr-2024 | 01-Apr-2030 |
| 4 | S. Niranjan Reddy | 22-Jun-2022 | 21-Jun-2028 |
| 5 | Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 |
| 6 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 |
| 7 | Parimal Nathwani | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 |
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