After more than three decades, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is all set to add another feather in its cap. The TDP will form the first government in residuary Andhra Pradesh.
This is also the first election to win under the stewardship of party president N. Chandrababu Naidu after facing drubbing in two consecutive elections. The TDP lost election to Congress party in 2004 and 2009.
There are 175 Assembly constituencies in residuary Andhra Pradesh. Likewise, 25 Lok Sabha constituencies are there in the region. Of this, the TDP-BJP combine secured 106 seats in Seemandhra, while YSR Congress managed to get 67 seats. The Congress was wiped out totally in the region. The TDP-BJP bagged 17 Lok Sabha seats, and YSR Congress secured 8 LS seats.
Out of power for 10 years, TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu left no stone unturned to increase his hold in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu Desam succeeded in driving home the point that Mr. Naidu alone could rebuild residuary Andhra Pradesh. The message, it is a “historical necessity” to elect the TDP sink. More so, TDP alliance with BJP also worked out well. Huge voter turnout is also said to have improved the poll prospects of the TDP in Seemandhra.
The business community and entrepreneurs rallied behind Mr. Naidu and toured costal districts campaigning in his behalf. They, however, asserted that the campaign was apolitical, and all that they wanted was a visionary and able administrator.
Mr. Naidu promised the voters that he would build a capital on a par with Singapore. His rival YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy made similar promise regarding the capital.
