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The 2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held on 30 April 2014 and 7 May 2014. In Andhra Pradesh there are 25 Lok sabha constituencies and were scheduled to go for voting on 7 May 2014 and results are announced on 16 May 2014, [1] and the new state of Telangana was carved out from Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014.
Elections were held in 2 phases i.e. 7th and 8th phases of General election 2014 on 30 April, and 7 May 2014.
Polling passed off peacefully with more than 72 percent of more than 28.1 a million voters exercising their franchise in the 10 districts in the region. Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said the polling could touch 75 percent. In 2009, the percentage was 67.71 in the region [2]
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal said around 76.80 percent of the 36.8 a million voters exercised their franchise across 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region and the voting percentage is likely to touch 80. The highest turnout of 82.97 percent was recorded in Guntur district and the lowest of 70 percent in Visakhapatnam district. [3]
| Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu Desam Party | 14,099,230 | 29.36 | 16 | |||
| YSR Congress Party | 13,995,435 | 29.14 | 9 | |||
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 6,736,270 | 14.03 | 11 | |||
| Indian National Congress | 5,578,329 | 11.62 | 2 | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,091,908 | 8.52 | 3 | |||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 685,730 | 1.43 | 1 | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 397,567 | 0.83 | 0 | |||
| Communist Party of India | 187,702 | 0.39 | 0 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 158,524 | 0.33 | 0 | |||
| Lok Satta Party | 158,248 | 0.33 | 0 | |||
| Aam Aadmi Party | 102,487 | 0.21 | 0 | |||
| Other parties | 885,538 | 1.84 | 0 | |||
| Independent politician | 949,666 | 1.98 | 0 | |||
| Total (valid votes) | 48,026,634 | 100.0 | – | 42 | ±0 | |
| Registered voters / turnout | 64,934,138 | 73.96 | – | |||
| Source: eci.gov.in | ||||||
| Party | Andhra Pradesh | Telangana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Telugu Desam Party | 11,729,219 | 40.80 | 15 | 2,370,011 | 12.30 | 1 | |
| YSR Congress Party | 13,131,029 | 45.67 | 8 | 864,406 | 4.49 | 1 | |
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | – | – | – | 6,736,270 | 34.94 | 11 | |
| Indian National Congress | 822,614 | 2.86 | 0 | 4,755,715 | 24.68 | 2 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,077,079 | 7.22 | 2 | 2,014,829 | 10.46 | 1 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 5,598 | 0.02 | 0 | 680,132 | 3.53 | 1 | |
| Other parties | 902,947 | 3.14 | 0 | 1,172,681 | 6.08 | 0 | |
| Independent politician | 266,507 | 0.93 | 0 | 683,159 | 3.55 | 0 | |
| Total (valid votes) | 28,749,431 | 100.0 | 25 | 19,277,203 | 100.0 | 17 | |
| None of the above | 185,562 | 0.65 | – | 154,992 | 0.80 | – | |
| Registered voters / turnout | 36,760,884 | 78.21 | – | 28,173,254 | 68.42 | – | |
| Conducted in Month(s) | Ref | Polling Organisation/Agency | Sample size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | TDP | YSR Congress | TRS – AIMIM | ||||
| Aug–Oct 2013 | [5] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 24,284 | 7 | – | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 | [6] | India Today-CVoter | 21,792 | 7 | – | 8 | 13 | 13 |
| Jan–Feb 2014 | [7] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 14,000 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| March 2014 | [8] | NDTV- Hansa Research [9] | 46,571 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | |
| March–April 2014 | [10] | CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS | 1308 | 4–8 | 13–19 | 9–15 | 4–8 | |
| April 2014 | [11] | NDTV- Hansa Research [12] | 24,000 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 8 | |
| 4–12 April 2014 | [13] | India Today-Cicero | 1358 | 4–6 | 17–21 | 7–11 | 6–10 | |
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