The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 13 May 2024 for constituting the sixteenth Andhra Pradesh Assembly. They were held alongside the 2024 Indian general election. The election results were declared on 4 June 2024.
The political alliance Kutami, led by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), won the election in a landslide, winning 164 of the 175 seats. The TDP won 135 out of 144 contested seats. In comparison, the Janasena Party (JSP) won all the 21 seats it contested and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 8 out of 10 contested seats. The incumbent YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) only won 11 seats. The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) comprising Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) failed to win any seats, for the third time continuously in a row.
Background The tenure of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 11 June 2024. The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the 2019 election, YSR Congress Party formed the state government, with Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy becoming the Chief Minister.
Schedule
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.
Poll event Date Date of announcement 16 March 2024 Notification date 18 April 2024 Last date for filing nomination 25 April 2024 Scrutiny of nomination 26 April 2024 Last date for withdrawal of nomination 29 April 2024 Date of poll 13 May 2024 Date of counting of votes 4 June 2024
Parties and alliances
Alliance/Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested YSR Congress Party Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy 175 rowspan=3 Kutami Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu 144 175 Janasena Party Pawan Kalyan 21 Bharatiya Janata Party Daggubati Purandeswari 10 rowspan=3 INDIA Indian National Congress Y. S. Sharmila 159 175 Communist Party of India (Marxist) V. Srinivasa Rao 8 Communist Party of India K. Ramakrishna 8
Candidates