Telugu Desam Party

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; transl. Party of the Telugu Land)^[14] is an Indian regional political party with influence in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.^[15] It was founded by Telugu movie star N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982^[16] and has focused on supporting Telugu people. The party has won a five-time majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[17][18]

Telugu Desam Party
Abbreviation	TDP
President	N. Chandrababu Naidu
General Secretary	Nara Lokesh
Parliamentary Chairperson	Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu
Lok Sabha Leader	Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
Founder	N. T. Rama Rao
Founded	29 March 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-03-29)
Headquarters	N. T. R. Bhavan, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
Student wing	Telugu Nadu Students Federation[1]
Youth wing	Telugu Yuvatha
Women's wing	Telugu Mahila
Labour wing	Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council
Peasant's wing	Telugu Rythu
Ideology	Telugu regionalism Secularism (Indian)[2] Populism[3] Economic liberalism[4] Federalism[5] Neoliberalism
Political position	Centre[6] to centre-right[7]
Colours	Yellow
ECI Status	State party[8]
Alliance	National Front (1989–1996)[9] United Front (1996–1998)[10] National Democratic Alliance (1998–2004; 2014–2018; 2024–present) Third Front + Maha Kutami (2009)[11][12] Praja Kutami (2018, Telangana)[13]
Seats in Lok Sabha	16 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	135 / 175 (Andhra Pradesh) 0 / 119 (Telangana)
Seats in State Legislative Councils	8 / 58 (Andhra Pradesh) 0 / 40 (Telangana)
Number of states and union territories in government	1 / 31
Election symbol
Bicycle
Party flag
Website
www.telugudesam.org
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From 1 September 1995, the TDP was led by N. T. Rama Rao's son-in-law, Nara Chandra Babu Naidu as the national president of the party. The headquarters of the party is called N. T. R. Bhavan, which is located at Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh.

Ideology and symbolism

The Telugu Desam Party follows a pro-Telugu ideology. It was founded as an alternative to the Congress hegemony, by emphasizing Telugu regional pride and serving as the party for farmers, backward castes and middle-class people. Since the 1990s, it has followed an economically liberal policy that has been seen as pro-business and pro-development.^[19]

The TDP uses yellow as the background colour for its flag, with a hut, wheel and plough symbol in the foreground. The party's electoral symbol is bicycle.

Health insurance scheme

Since 2014, every active member has been eligible for a life insurance policy of ₹2 lakh to be paid to their family in cases of death or permanent total disability, such as the loss of two limbs of eyes, due to accidents, with additional payouts of ₹5,000 per child (up to two) for educational costs. Active members are also reimbursed for up to ₹50,000 to cover hospital treatment from such accidents.^[20]

History

N. T. Rama Rao (1983–1995)

Main article: Chief ministership of N. T. Rama Rao

N. Taraka Rama Rao

As a film actor, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) is a well-known name not only to the Telugu people but across the country. On 18 November 1977, near Diviseema^[21] in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, the sea became turbulent and the Pralaya cyclone that crossed the coast caused great destruction to the villages. Thousands of people lost their lives in Horugali and Rakasi waves. The rotting bodies were mass cremated. Officially 14,204 people and unofficially about 50,000 lost their lives in the devastation caused by this typhoon. About 20 thousand acres of crops were damaged. Apart from this, property damage is also estimated to be in crores. People still get excited when they remember that Diviseema was flooded. Film actor NTR, who was shocked by the situation at that time, took the support of the entire film industry by saying that he should stand by the people of Divisea. NTR came to streets and begged everyone to help the Diviseema people. The money donated by people was used to rehabilitate the people of Diviseema.

TDP party was founded thinking that we should stand by the people of the state who are struggling with many such problems and put a political party to stand by the people. The party was formed on 29 March 1982 and contested the 1983 elections. The people of Andhra Pradesh, who were fed up with the Congress government which had been ruling for 36 years, gave a great victory to the TDP party in the 1983 elections. On 9 January 1983, NTR was sworn in as the 7th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.^[22]

On 16 August 1984, when NTR went to America for the operation, Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, one of the MLAs of the TDP party, took the oath of office with the Governor along with his MLAs as the Chief Minister.^[23] On 16 September 1984, NTR along with his MLAs went to Delhi and held a march and dharna against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Then NTR was once again sworn in as the chief minister.

N. Chandrababu Naidu (1995–present)

Main article: Chief ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Telangana (2014–present)

After the formation of Telangana, the TDP, in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), contested the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. TDP won 15 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly securing most of its seats in the districts of Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, Warangal, and Khammam.^[24] The party also won a Lok Sabha seat from Malkajgiri in the simultaneously held 2014 Indian general election.^[25][26] However, defections of legislators and other leaders from TDP to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), now known as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and the alleged portrayal of TDP as an "Andhra party" by the TRS, led to a decline of the party's influence in the state.^{[27][28][29][30][31][32]}

In the 2016 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election, TDP won just one councillor seat out of 150.^[33] In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the party won two seats, both in Khammam district, out of 119 seats. It had contested the 2018 elections as part of the Praja Kutami, which included the Indian National Congress, traditionally a long-time opponent of TDP and other parties.^[34][35]

Following the bifurcation, TDP created separate state units for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In 2015, L. Ramana, a two time former MLA from Jagtial, was appointed as the first president of the Telangana unit of TDP, serving until 2021. Ramana later quit the party to join the BRS.^[36] He was succeeded by Bakkani Narasimhulu, a former MLA from Shadnagar, in July 2021.^[37] The party performed poorly in the 2020 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election, failing to win any seats.^[38]

In November 2022, Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj, a former MLC and BC leader, was appointed president of Telangana TDP by N. Chandrababu Naidu.^[39] Kasani, who had also served as the national president of the Mudiraj Mahasabha, initiated efforts to revive the party in Telangana after his appointment.^[40][41][42]

However, on 30 October 2023, Kasani resigned as Telangana TDP president and joined the BRS, following N. Chandrababu Naidu announcement that TDP would not contest the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election. Since then, the party's Telangana unit has remained without a leader. ^[43] The party also announced that it would not contest the 2024 Indian general election in Telangana, but would continue to be part of the NDA.^[44]

Activities

On 21 December 2022, the party organized a large public gathering in Khammam district of Telangana to re-energize the party cadre.^[45][46] It was attended by TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and the T–TDP unit Pres Kasani. A huge crowd attended the gathering held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Khammam.^[47] While addressing the gathering, Chandrababu Naidu appealed to those who quit the party to join other political parties to return to regain the party's past glory.^[48] After 2018, it was the first time that TDP organized a show of strength in Telangana.^[49][50]

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The TDP also holds influence in the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands, contesting the Port Blair Municipal Council elections periodically. With a significant Telugu population in the islands, the party secured and maintained two seats in both the 2015 and 2022 council elections.^[51][52] On 14 March 2023, TDP councillor S. Selvi was elected as the chairperson, as part of the TDP–BJP alliance.^[53][54]

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha electoral performance

The Telugu Desam Party has had a significant presence in the Lok Sabha elections since its formation in 1982. In its first election in 1984, the party made a debut by winning 30 out of 42 seats in Andhra Pradesh.^[55] Over the years, TDP's performance in the Lok Sabha elections has fluctuated. In the 1989 elections, the party's influence slightly waned but it remained a key player in the state's politics.^[56][57]

N. T. Rama Rao served as the chairperson of the National Front, a coalition of non-Congress parties in the late 1980s.^[58] The TDP saw a resurgence in the 1996 and 1999 elections, forming alliances with national parties. N. Chandrababu Naidu played a crucial role as the convenor of the United Front, a coalition of non-BJP and non-Congress parties in the mid-1990s.^[59][60][61]

During the late 1990s, TDP leader G. M. C. Balayogi served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2002.^[62] The party played a crucial role in supporting the Janata Dal coalition government and was instrumental in the formation of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister. The party's alliance with the BJP was pivotal in securing the necessary majority for the NDA.^[63][64][65]

The TDP's fortunes declined in the 2004 and 2009 elections, but it improved it's seat count in 2014, winning 16 seats in alliance as part of the NDA.^[66] However, in the 2019 elections, TDP faced a major setback, winning only 3 seats amidst strong competition from other parties in the state. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the Lok Sabha seats were divided between the newly formed state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, leaving behind 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh and 17 seats in Telangana. In the recent 2024 election, the party, part of the NDA, managed to win 16 seats, playing a key role in the formation of the Third Modi ministry.^[61]

Year	Lok Sabha	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	(%) of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome	Ref.
1984	8th	N. T. Rama Rao	34	30 / 543	30	4.31	new	10,132,859	Opposition	[67]
1989	9th		33	2 / 543	28	3.29	1.02	9,909,728	Others	[68]
1991	10th		35	13 / 543	11	2.99	0.30	8,223,271	Others	[69]
1996	11th	N. Chandrababu Naidu	36	16 / 543	3	2.97	0.02	9,931,826	Others	[70]
1998	12th		35	12 / 543	4	2.77	0.20	10,199,463	Government	[71]
1999	13th		34	29 / 543	17	3.65	0.88	13,297,370	Government	[72]
2004	14th		35	5 / 543	24	3.04	0.61	11,844,811	Others	[73]
2009	15th		31	6 / 543	1	2.51	0.53	10,481,659	Others	[74]
2014	16th		30	16 / 543	10	2.55	0.04	14,099,230	Government	[75]
2019	17th		25	3 / 543	13	2.04	0.51	12,515,345	Others
2024	18th		17	16 / 543	13	1.98	0.06	12,775,270	Government	[76]

State assemblies electoral performance

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections (since 2014)^[77]

Year	Assembly	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	(%) of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
2014	14th	N. Chandrababu Naidu	165	102 / 175	new	44.90	new	12,916,000	Government
2019	15th		175	23 / 175	79	39.17	5.73	12,304,668	Opposition
2024	16th		144	135 / 175	112	45.60	6.43	15,384,576	Government

Telangana Legislative Assembly elections (since 2014)^[78]

Year	Assembly	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	(%) of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
2014	1st	N. Chandrababu Naidu	72	15 / 119	new	14.7	new	2,828,492	Others
2018	2nd		13	2 / 119	13	3.51	11.20	725,845	Others
2023	3rd		Did not contest

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections (1983–2014)^[77]

Year	Assembly	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	(%) of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
1983	7th	N. T. Rama Rao	289	201 / 294	new	46.30	new	9,777,222	Government
1985	8th		250	202 / 294	1	46.21	0.09	10,625,508	Government
1989	9th		241	74 / 294	127	36.54	9.67	10,506,982	Opposition
1994	10th		251	216 / 294	142	44.14	7.60	13,743,842	Government
1999	11th	N. Chandrababu Naidu	269	180 / 294	36	43.87	0.27	14,613,307	Government
2004	12th		267	47 / 294	133	37.59	6.28	13,444,168	Opposition
2009	13th		225	92 / 294	45	28.12	9.47	11,826,457	Opposition

List of party leaders

List of presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term in office
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
Presidents
1		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	29 March 1982	31 August 1995	13 years, 155 days
2		N. Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950)	1 September 1995	29 May 2015	19 years, 270 days
National Presidents
1		N. Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950)	29 May 2015	Incumbent	9 years, 167 days

Regional units

No.	Name (Lifespan)	Term in office			Ref.
		Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
Andhra Pradesh unit
1	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao (born 1952)	30 September 2015	20 October 2020	5 years, 20 days	[79]
2	Kinjarapu Atchannaidu	20 October 2020	13 June 2024	3 years, 237 days	[80]
3	Palla Srinivasa Rao	14 June 2024	Incumbent	152 days
Telangana unit
1	L. Ramana (born 1961)	30 September 2015	9 July 2021	5 years, 282 days	[37]
2	Bakkani Narasimhulu (born 1960)	19 July 2021	4 November 2022	1 year, 108 days
3	Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj (born 1954)	10 November 2022	30 October 2023	354 days	[39]

Legislative leaders

List of speakers of the Lok Sabha

Further information: Speaker of the Lok Sabha

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term in office			Lok Sabha (Election)	Constituency
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		G. M. C. Balayogi (1951–2002)	24 March 1998	19 October 1999	3 years, 341 days	12th (1998)	Amalapuram
			22 October 1999	3 March 2002		13th (1999)

List of union cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Name (Lifespan)	Term in office			Prime Minister	Government
		Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	P. Upendra (1936–2009)	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Vishwanath Pratap Singh		Janata Dal (National Front)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (1957–2012)	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	1 year, 291 days	H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral		Janata Dal (United Front)
Ministry of Commerce	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah (1926–2018)	29 June 1996	19 March 1998	1 year, 263 days
Ministry of Textiles (MoS, I/C)		20 January 1998	19 March 1998	58 days
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoS)	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1935)	1 June 1996	9 June 1997	1 year, 8 days
Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (MoS, I/C)		2 July 1997	14 November 1997	135 days
		12 December 1997	19 March 1998	97 days
Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (MoS)		29 June 1996	9 June 1997	345 days
Ministry of Civil Aviation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 1951)	26 May 2014	9 March 2018	3 years, 287 days	Narendra Modi		Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)
Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS)	Sujana Chowdary (born 1961)	9 November 2014	9 March 2018	3 years, 120 days
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoS)
Ministry of Civil Aviation	Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (born 1987)	10 June 2024	Incumbent	155 days
Ministry of Communications (MoS)	Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar (born 1976)	10 June 2024	Incumbent	155 days
Ministry of Rural Development (MoS)		10 June 2024	Incumbent	155 days

List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Further information: List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term in office			Assembly (Election)	Constituency	Ministry
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	9 January 1983	16 August 1984	7 years, 195 days	7th (1983)	Tirupati	Rama Rao I
			16 September 1984	9 March 1985
			9 March 1985	2 December 1989		8th (1985)	Hindupur	Rama Rao II
			12 December 1994	1 September 1995		10th (1994)		Rama Rao III
2		N. Bhaskara Rao (born 1936)	16 August 1984	16 September 1984	31 days	7th (1983)	Vemuru	Bhaskara Rao
3		N. Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950)	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	14 years, 35 days	10th (1994)	Kuppam	Naidu I
			11 October 1999	13 May 2004		11th (1999)		Naidu II
			8 June 2014	29 May 2019		14th (2014)		Naidu III
			9 June 2024	Incumbent		16th (2024)		Naidu IV

See also

• List of political parties in India

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