Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2019 LIVE: Jaganmohan Reddy Decimates Chandrababu Naidu, Starts Planning For Swearing-in Ceremony

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is heading for a landslide victory in the assembly elections and a spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha elections, leads from Andhra Pradesh indicate. Of the 175 assembly seats in the state, he is ahead in 136, compared to the 36 of the ruling Telugu Desam Party. The majority mark in the assembly stands at 88. He is also leading in 16 of the state's 25 seats. The Telugu Desam Party of Chandrababu Naidu is leading in only seven. The BJP and the Congress are nowhere in the picture.  All parties fought the election on their own without any alliance, unlike in 2014 when the TDP-BJP sailed together

Pawan Kalyan Trails | Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan slips to third position from Gajuwaka assembly constituency. The actor-turned politician has made his electoral dubut in the battlefield of Andhra Pradesh on the promise to provide an alternative to "dynastic politics and corrupt parties." The actor is contesting on two Assembly seats, Bhimavaram in West Godavari district and Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam district.

 A freshly minted, glinting name plate boasting YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy as the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has been unveiled by his party workers. Reddy is heading to a big victory in Andhra Pradesh over his arch rival and incumbent chief minister, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu as his party has taken in 145 seats, while the TDP is ahead on 29 seats in the assembly based on initial trends. 

Who will win the "battle of ballots" in Andhra Pradesh?  Few more hours and it will be clear that who is going to form the next Lok Sabha. Along with the Lok Sabha elections 2019, four states — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim also voted to choose their next assemblies. The verdict will be out today. 

The assembly election seems to be bringing a regime change in Andhra Pradesh with YSR Congress leading in 141 Assembly seats, while the TDP is languishing with 32 leads. 

Meanwhile, The Narendra Modi wave has swatted away any challenge posed by the Congress or the united opposition as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to improve on its humongous 2014 tally to attain a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha once again. The BJP is currently ahead on over 280 seats, with the partners in NDA pushing the total tally to over 340 seats, leads show as results of the general elections pour in. 

YSRCP Inches Closer to Victory | YSR Congress crosses 100 seats in Andhra Pradesh and are now leading in 127 seats. TDP on 29 whereas Janasena is leading on 2. TDP ministers Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Ayyannapatrudu and K Acchennaidu are all trailing from their respective constituencies

Headache is mounting for Chandrababu Naidu with his son Nara Lokesh trailing in Mangalagiri  Interestingly, actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena has picked up the lead in two assembly seats. Pawan is a Kapu, and the Jana Sena’s impact is visible in the southern parts of East Godavari district, where the community has a large presence. He is following in the footsteps of Chiranjeevi, who had launched the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) in August 2008, and in the Assembly polls a year later, won 18 seats in a combined Andhra and 17 per cent of the votes. 

Jaganmohan Reddy’s YSR Congress is heading to a big victory in the Lok Sabha results in the state, leading in 16 of 25 seats. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP is ahead in five constituencies. Celebrations are underway at the YSRCP party office in Amaravati. Slogans of ‘Jagan CM, Bye Bye Naidu’ can be heard reverberating around the party office.

Naidu, who has been pushed TDP to the wall this election, resorted to a slew of welfare schemes and sops announced in the last few months that have, in some sense, revived his fighting chance. One of the schemes the TDP expects to be a gamechanger is 2BHK housing. Under it, the Naidu government allotted houses to beneficiaries or, if the beneficiaries owned land, gave money for building a house. With beneficiaries required to bear a portion of the cost, many are opting for bigger flats by taking bank loans.

Apart from this, the elderly in the state have been receiving pension of Rs 2,00 per month since February 2018. Another hit are separate corporations for Kapu, Backward Classes, SCs, STs, and Brahmins, which give subsidised loans.

On November 6, 2017, Jagan had embarked on a Praja Sankalpa Yatra, from YSR’s native village Idupalapaya in YSR Kadapa district. Over the next 14 months, he covered all the 13 districts of Andhra by foot, walking 3,648 km. The march has generated a lot of goodwill for the YSRCP chief, just like the late YSR’s 1,400-km padayatra in 2004 that had swept the Congress to power.

What Makes Jagan the Popular Choice | Jagan drew massive crowds with his speeches delivered in his distinct style. His mother YS Vijayamma and sister YS Sharmila also campaigned for the party. Jagan promised to usher in 'Rajanna Rajyam', a reference to the rule of his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy during which several schemes were implemented for welfare of poor and weaker sections. The 46-year-old targeted Naidu for enjoying power with BJP for four years and then severing ties with that party to draw political mileage.

Despite an unsaid understanding with the regional parties, the Congress and the BJP contested on their own, but both the national parties looked more or less like ringside spectators of the Naidu-versus-Jagan fight.The TDP chief tried to play the ‘Andhra pride’ card by alleging that Modi has hatched a conspiracy against the state in collusion with Jagan and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. 

YSRCP Camps Holds Talks on Jagan's Swearing-in Dates | Confident of a victory and bouyed by initial trends, the YSRCP camp is already in the talks of finalising dates for Jagan's swearing-in as the new Andhra chief. Sources say that a YSRCP legislature party meeting is going to take place on May 25, while Jagan's swearing-in is likely to happen on May 30. 

The TDP lost that advantage this time, after it severed its ties with the BJP in March 2018 over its special status demand and the entry of Jana Sena into the battlefield. That could well be the clincher for the YSRCP, which is making a desperate attempt to capture power, having missed the chance by a whisker of 2 per cent of votes in 2014.

In 2014, of the 175 Assembly seats, the TDP won 101, YSRC 68, BJP 4, Navodayam Party 1 and an Independent. Of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, the TDP bagged 15, YSRC 8 and BJP 2. In the Assembly polls, the TDP polled 44.61 per cent of votes while the YSRC got 44.58 per cent. The BJP’s 2.18 per cent vote share in the Assembly election made all the difference, enabling the TDP to clinch power. Also, one caste (Kapu and its sub-sects) and two districts (East and West Godavari) tilted the scales in TDP’s favour in 2014.

As of now, YSRCP leads on 102 Assembly seats, while TDP rallies behind at 20.  Chandrababu Naidu termed the elections a “life and death issue” for the people of the state while YSR Congress propagated that this would be the final electoral battle for the former, the self-styled “senior-most politician” in the country.

 The Bharatiya Janata Party and its partners in the NDA have taken an early lead in over 300 seats, crossing the halfway mark of 272 seats, as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Mumbai all set to go in the BJP camp based on initial trends as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks re-election. Follow News18's Lok Sabha Election liveblog for minute-by-minute updates. 

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu Trailing | Chandrababu Naidu is trailing from his contituency Kuppam in his native Chittoor distirct, from where he is seeking re-election to the Assembly for the ninth term. He is pitted against YSRCP's Krishna Chandra Mouli and till now has won with a handsome margin from here. 

Most of the exit polls have predicted that Naidu has done enough to get another term as CM, while one has predicted a big win for the YSRCP. Lagadpati Raja Gopal Survey has predicted 90-110 assembly seats to TDP, followed by 65-79 to YSRCP and others would get anywhere between 1-5 seats. The RG Flash survey has predicted that the TDP would win 90 - 110 seats, YSRCP would get between 65 and 79, while others would get 1-5 seats. India Today Axis Poll, on the other hand, has forecast 37-40 for TDP, 130-135 for the YSRCP, and a maximum of one seat for others.

Meanwhile, Sensex up by more than 600 points as early trends show a return to power of NDA Government

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In a sweeping turn of events, Naidu's kingmaker dream seems to be suffering a dent as YSRCP is now leading on 69 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. As per initial trends, Chief Minister Naidu's TDP leads on 19 seats. 

YSRCP Leads on 19 Assembly Seats, TDP on 4 | Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP is now leading in 19 assembly seats and TDP leads on 4.  A strong anti-incumbency, corruption and social factors like caste are the major factors that could determine the outcome of the elections to Lok Sabha and the state Assembly in Andhra Pradesh as over 3.93 crore voters voted in a single phase on April 11

According to early leads, YSRCP's Thammineni Seetharam is leading in the Amadalavalasa Assembly Constituency situated in the coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh and falls in Srikakulam district. Andhra Pradesh is located in South India. Amadalavalasa Assembly seat is unreserved.

Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh, who is making his electoral debut this time from the backward classes-dominated Mangalagiri segment in state capital Amaravati, is currently leading. 

YSRCP is also leading in Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, as per the inital trends. Guntur is now represented by Galla Jayadev of the TDP who is among India’s richest MP’s. Also of interest is that the Mangalagiri assembly is a part of Guntur constituency and Nara Lokesh, TDP leader and son of Chandrababu Naidu is in contest.

According to initial trends, YSRCP is leading on 9 Assembly seats and TDP is leading on 2. Apart from this, YSRCP also leads in Kadapa parliamentary constituency. This parliamentary constituency is a YSR family stronghold and is currently represented by YS Avinash Reddy, the cousin of Jagan Mohan Reddy. It also gains importance as Jagan Reddy is contesting from the Pulivendla assembly constituency which is a part of Kadapa parliamentary constituency. YS Rajashekar Reddy won from Kadapa parliament four times, his brother YS Vivekananda Reddy won twice from the same seat, and YS Jagan had won twice, including the bypoll.

YSRCP Leads; Prashant Kishor Reaches Jagan | As per current trends, Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP is leading on 4 assembly seats in postal votes as against Chandrababu Naidu's TDP, which is leading on one seat. Meanwhile, Prashant Kishor reaches YSR Congress office. Security has been beefed up at the party headquarters. 

Postal Ballot Counting Ends | Election results 2019: A holiday has been declared in Andhra Pradesh today as counting is underway for both the Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections. Readers please note, after counting of postal ballots, the EVM calculation has begun. Out of 18 lakh registered service voters, 16.49 lakh have sent their postal ballots to their respective returning officers as on May 17. The postal ballots were electronically transmitted to the service voters. They have to download it, fill it and send it by speed post.