1999_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Add article description

The 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was conducted in 3 phases simultaneously with the 1999 Indian general election for the 11th Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The election was held on 4 September 1999, 11 September 1999 and 17 September 1999 for 91, 105 and 98 constitutencies respectively. The election concluded with the Telugu Desam Party sweeping the polls with 180 seats and forming the government once again.[1]

Quick Facts All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

Background

The incumbent Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party swept the polls along with Bharatiya Janata Party as part of pre-poll alliance where Naidu agreed to extend his outside support to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in the simultaneous 1999 general election.[2][3]

The Telugu Desam Party bagged enough numbers i.e 180 seats (majority) and formed the government for another term.[4] N. Chandrababu Naidu was once again invited to form the government by the governor C. Rangarajan[5][6]

The other new parties like Anna Telugu Desam Party led by Nandamuri Harikrishna and NTR Telugu Desam Party led by Lakshmi Parvathi although managed to split the voting share of the Naidu led Telugu Desam Party but did not gain any single seat in the election.[7] The opposition Indian National Congress led by Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was only restricted to 91 seats.

Schedule

More information Poll event, Phase 1 ...

Parties and alliances

Source:[8]

More information Alliance/Party, Flag ...

Incidents

The polling in the naxal effected Narasaraopet was concluded with over 60% of voting. People abstained from voting in two booths at Sarangapalli village in response to a poll boycott given by the Naxalites of the banned Peoples War Group (Maoist).[9]

Another incident of bomb blast took place in the same naxal affected constituency. The polling in the constituency, which was scheduled for the first phase on September 5, was postponed after the bomb blast at the residence-cum-nursing home of Panchayat Raj Minister Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, in which four people including an independent candidate were killed.[10][11]

Results

Vote share

Vote share by party

  Telugu Desam Party (43.87%)
  Indian National Congress (40.61%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (3.67%)
  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1.70%)
  All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (1.08%)
  Others (10.14%)

Seat share

Seat share by party

  Telugu Desam Party (61.23%)
  Indian National Congress (30.95%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (4.08%)
  All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (1.36%)
  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (0.68%)
  Others (1.70%)

Results by party

More information Alliance/Party, Popular vote ...

Results by district

More information District, Seats ...

Results by constituency

More information Constituency, Reserved for (SC/ST/None) ...

Notes

  1. Due to lack of information the floor leader is being placed.

References

  1. [1]
    "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1999". Elections in India. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Andhra Pradesh elections: Chandrababu Naidu sweeps polls, but reforms yet to pay off". India Today. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Rediff On The NeT: Naidu says no to slice of government". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Rediff On The NeT: TDP gets majority on its own in AP". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Rediff On The NeT: Naidu invited to form government in AP". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Rediff On The NeT: TDP sweep vote of confidence for Naidu". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Rediff On The NeT:TDP emerges winner despite losses". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Rediff On The NeT: TDP not in a hurry for tie-up with BJP". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Rediff On The NeT: 60 per cent voting in Narasaraopet". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. [10]
    "CBI gives Kodela clean chit in bomb blast case". The Times of India. 26 November 2001. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Rediff On The NeT: Bomb blast in AP minister's house kills 4". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1999_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.