2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 175 seats in theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly All 119 seats in theTelangana Legislative Assembly 88 (bifurcated Andhra Pradesh) 60 (Telangana) seats needed for a majority
Registered	64,934,138
Turnout	48,492,467 (74.68%) 2.04%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy K. Chandrashekar Rao Party TDP YSRCP TRS Alliance NDA – – Leader since 1995 2009 2001 Leader's seat Kuppam (won) Pulivendla (won) Gajwel (won) Last election 92 seats, 28.12% Party did not exist[a] 10 seats, 3.99% Seats won 117 70 63 Seat change 25 70 53 Popular vote 15,746,215 13,494,076 6,620,326 Percentage 32.53% 27.88% 13.68% Swing 4.41% New party 9.64%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Raghu Veera Reddy[1] G. Kishan Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi Party INC BJP AIMIM Alliance UPA NDA – Leader since 2014 2010 1999 Leader's seat Penukonda (lost) Amberpet (won) Chandrayangutta (won) Last election 156 seats, 36.56% 2 7 Seats won 21 9 7 Seat change 135 7 No change Popular vote 5,668,061 2,000,677 737,134 Percentage 11.71% 4.13% 1.52% Swing 24.84% 1.29% 0.69%
Andhra Pradesh result Telangana result
Chief Minister before election Kiran Kumar Reddy INC Chief Minister after election N. Chandrababu Naidu TDP (Andhra Pradesh) K. Chandrashekar Rao TRS (Telangana)

The2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures ofAndhra Pradesh andTelangana. It was held concurrently with theIndian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. TheTelugu Desam Party led byN. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the residualAndhra Pradesh, whileTelangana Rashtra Samithi led byK. Chandrashekar Rao won in the new state ofTelangana.

In the2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had taken the lead, winning 156 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party,Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the government byGovernorN. D. Tiwari.

Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which expired on 30 May 2014. TheElection Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with thegeneral election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.

On 3 October 2013, theUnion Cabinet of India approved the creation of the new State of Telangana.^[2] On 2 June 2014 thePresident of India,Pranab Mukherjee issued a gazette notification which formalised the separation ofTelangana fromAndhra Pradesh.

Source:^[4][5][6]

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress					Raghu Veera Reddy	286
	NDA		Telugu Desam Party			N. Chandrababu Naidu	237	294
			Bharatiya Janata Party			G. Kishan Reddy	58
	YSR Congress Party					Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	266
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi					K. Chandrasekhar Rao	119[b]
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Akbaruddin Owaisi	35
	Communist Party of India					K. Narayana	38
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)					B. V. Raghavulu	68
	Lok Satta Party					Jaya Prakash Narayana	112
	Bahujan Samaj Party					Mayawati	253
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party					Kiran Kumar Reddy	167

NOTE:

• Despite beingNDA allies,TDP andBJP had friendly contests in three constituencies —AC 226 Santhanuthalapadu,AC 245 Kadapa, andAC 269 Guntakal—where both parties fielded official candidates.
• In the other 10BJP-allotted seats,TDP did not contest.

The election was held in two phases alongside the 7th and 8th phases of the General Election, taking place on 30 April in Telangana, and on 7 May in the remainder of Andhra Pradesh.

Despite few clashes between supporters of rival parties in Seemandhra and Rayalaseema, the poll percentage was good on the polling day. The initial poll percentage appeared to be dull, but it soon picked up as time went on. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal told the media that he was confident that the turnout could be around 85–90% by the concluding time.^{[citation needed]}

Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72% of more than 2.81 crore voters exercising their franchise in the 10 districts in the region. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said the polling could touch 75%. In 2009, the turnout was 67.71% in the region.^[9]

Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said around 76.80% of the 3.68 crore voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage were seen as likely to touch 80%. The highest turnout of 82.97% was recorded in the Guntur district and the lowest of 70% in Visakhapatnam district.^[10]

Source:Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party				Popular vote[11]			Seats[11]
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		Telugu Desam Party	15,746,215	32.53	4.41	237	117	25
			Bharatiya Janata Party	2,000,677	4.13	1.29	58	9	7
		Total		17,746,892	36.66	N/A	295	126	N/A
	YSR Congress Party			13,494,076	27.88	27.88	266	70	70
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi			6,620,326	13.68	9.69	119	63	53
	Indian National Congress			5,668,061	11.71	24.84	286	21	135
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			737,134	1.52	0.69	35	7
	Bahujan Samaj Party			458,762	0.95	0.15	253	2	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			407,376	0.84	0.59	68	1
	Communist Party of India			254,859	0.53	0.69	38	1	3
	Other parties			1,219,171	2.52	N/A	1,333	1	N/A
	Independents			1,485,463	3.07	1.50	1,511	2	1
	NOTA			308,286	0.64
Total				48,400,406	100.00	N/A	4,204	294	N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes				48,400,406	99.81
Invalid votes				92,061	0.19
Votes cast/Turnout				48,492,467	74.68
Abstentions				16,441,671	25.32
Registered voters				64,934,138

Source:^[14]

Alliance/Party				Popular vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Contested	Won
	NDA		Telugu Desam Party	12,916,000	44.9	165	102
			Bharatiya Janata Party	632,599	2.2	10	4
		Total		13,548,599	47.1	175	106
	YSR Congress Party			12,840,033	44.6	174	67
	Indian National Congress			802,452	2.8	173	0
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party			208,987	0.7	149	0
	Bahujan Samaj Party			196,604	0.7	151	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			106,868	0.5	31	0
	Communist Party of India			82,228	0.3	31	0
	Lok Satta Party			90,909	0.3	73	0
	Other parties[c]						1
	Independents			514,129	1.8	843	1
	NOTA			156,121	0.5
	Total						175