Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

All 294 Legislative Assembly seats   Majority party Minority party   Leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Nara Chandrababu Naidu Party INC TDP Leader's seat kuppam Last election 1999 1989 Seats before 91 180 Seats won 185 47 Seat change 94 133

Chief minister before election Nara Chandrababu Naidu TDP Elected Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy INC

In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners Left Front and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) also did well winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) tally to 226.[3] As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor S.S. Barnala.[4] Expectedly, the Government lasted the full term of 5 years and the tenure of the Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 30 May 2009. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general 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.

Results

s.no	party	seats contested	seats won	seats change	vote share	swing
1	Indian National Congress	234	185	+94	37.56%	-2.05%
2	Telugu Desam Party	267	47	-133	37.59%	-6.28%
3	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	54	26	+26	6.68%	+6.68%
4	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	14	9	+7	1.84%	+0.14%
5	Communist Party of India	12	6	+6	1.53%	-0.09%
6	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	7	4	0	1.05%	-0.03%
7	Bharatiya Janata Party	27	2	-10	2.63%	-1.04%
8	Independent (politician)		4	-1	10.12%	+1.57%

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