Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha elections: A look at YSRCP candidates

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, is eyeing yet another dominating election cycle in the 2024 Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls both will be held simultaneously on May 13.

The YSRCP is contesting polls alone across all the 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state. This time, it is up against the Congress-led INDIA bloc and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former CM N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party (JSP).

In the 2019 elections, YSRCP registered a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh, winning 22 of the 25 seats with a vote share of 49.89%. The TDP could only manage three constituencies and got 40.19% votes, while the two national parties — the BJP and Congress — failed to open their account.

Besides this, YSRCP also clinched 151 of the 175 seats in the state Assembly, dethroning the TDP government in the state. The Naidu-led party could only get 23 seats, while the remaining constituency went to the JSP.

However, in recent times, several YSRCP leaders, including sitting MLAs, have joined the BJP and Congress. Also, YS Sharmila, daughter of united Andhra Pradesh’s former Congress chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Jagan Reddy’s younger sister, merged her YSR Telangana Party with the Congress earlier this year. She is currently the president of the grand old party’s state unit.

Voting dates

In Andhra Pradesh, voting for the 2024 general elections will be held in the fourth phase on May 13. The state witnessed a total voter turnout of 80.38% in the 2019 polls.

Total seats

Andhra Pradesh has 25 parliamentary constituencies, making it the ninth largest state, alongside Rajasthan, in the number of Lok Sabha seats. Out of the 25 constituencies here, four seats are reserved for the SC candidates and one seat is reserved for the SC candidates, while the remaining 20 are unreserved.

YSRCP candidates

YSRCP continues to dominate the political scenario in the state and is expected to give a neck-to-neck challenge to the BJP-led NDA in the general elections. Besides aiming for a second consecutive term in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the party is hoping for maximum numbers of Lok Sabha seats as well. Here’s a look at YSRCP’s candidates in the 2024 elections:

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KV Prasad Journo follow politics, process in Parliament and US Congress. Former Congressional APSA-Fulbright Fellow