Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2024: Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) makes comeback to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory in both Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu won from the Kuppam seat with a margin of 48.006 votes while the JSP chief Pawan Kalyan won from the Pithapuram Assembly with a margin of 70,279 votes.
How many seats are required to form government in Andhra Pradesh?
Every party or any coalition must reach the majority mark in the Legislative Assembly to form the government in the state. The majority mark in each state Assembly depends upon the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of a particular state. The majority mark in any state is half of the number of total Assembly seats plus one more seat. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has 175 seats and the majority mark is 88.
What happened in Andhra Pradesh in the 2019 elections?
In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, the YSRCP emerged victorious with a massive 151 seats and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy became the Chief Minister. The incumbent TDP managed to win just 23 seats. The JSP won a single seat while neither the BJP nor the Congress couldn't open their account. In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Election, the TDP had an alliance with the BJP and together they won 106 seats (TDP 102 and BJP 4) while the YSRCP managed to get 67 seats.
