2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth legislative assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election.[2]
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All 175 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 88 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 39,405,937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 31,680,063 (80.39%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) won the election in a landslide, winning 151 of the 175 seats, with the incumbent Telugu Desam Party (TDP) winning 23. The Jana Sena Party (JSP) entered the legislature with one seat, while the Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) failed to win any seats.
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unanimously voted as legislature leader of the YSRCP, and was invited to form the government by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, E. S. L. Narasimhan. This was the second assembly in Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.