The Congress party revealed the candidates for six Lok Sabha and 12 legislative assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The announcement was made during the Central Election Committee meeting presided over by Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The candidates for 12 assembly seats, namely Tekkali (Killi Kruparani), Bhimli (Addala Venkata Varma Raju), Visakhapatnam South (Vasupalli Santhosh), Gajuwaka (Lakkaraju Rama Rao), Araku Valley (Setti Gangadharanswamy), Narsipatnam (Ruthala Sriramamurthy), Gopalapuram (Sodadasi Martin Luther), Yerragondapalem (Budhala Ajitha Rao), Parchur (Nallagorla Siva Srilakshmi Jyothi), Santhanuthalapadu (Vijesh Raj Palaparthi), Gangadhara Nellore (Ramesh Babu Deyala), and Puthalapattu (MS Babu), were announced. The Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled for May 13, with vote counting set for June 4.
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly comprises 175 seats, requiring a minimum of 88 seats for a party to form a government. In the 2014 Assembly elections, the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP secured a majority with 102 seats. The Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP won 67 seats. The BJP managed to secure only four seats while contesting against the two regional heavyweights.
In the 2019 Assembly elections, the YSRCP secured a resounding victory with 151 seats, while the TDP was limited to 23 seats. The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country will be conducted in seven phases beginning on April 19. Vote counting for both the Lok Sabha and the assemblies will occur on June 4.