2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election
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Background
Campaign
Campaigning for the elections stopped on 10 June at 17:00. At that time, the Election Commission mandated non-locals to leave the constituencies going to the polls. Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal directed the police to search all hotels, lodges, guest houses, function halls and residential schools to enforce the rule. The commission also barred the distribution of voter slips by political parties, the sending of bulk SMSes and the publication or broadcast of opinion or exit polls. During the campaign the police also seized a record Rs. 400 million in cash and other valuables.
Y. Jaganmohan Reddy had been arrested and jailed by the
Other campaigning during the elections was undertaken by INC MP Chiranjeevi in Nellore. YSRCP's Honorary President Y. S. Vijayamma and her daughter, Sharmila, as well as TDP President
Results
Party | Contested | Seats Won | / Seats | |
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YSR Congress Party | 18 | 15 | 15 | |
Indian National Congress | 18 | 2 | 16[a] | |
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
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1 | 1 | 1 |
The March result was announced under tight security by Bhanwarlal on 18 March. For the first time it involved the use of 3G technology to upload data to the internet more quickly, with the counting process recorded with web cameras.[3] YSRCP won the Kovur seat after the incumbent TDP MLA resigned.
Vote counting started at 8:00 on 15 June 2012. The Lok Sabha constituency had a turnout of about 70%, while the Vidhan Sabha constituencies had an average of 80% voter turnout.[1] Security was again tightened, with 9,000 police deployed in three layers of security at the 13 counting centres within the 12 districts.[4] The Nellore Lok Sabha seat had 13 candidates, while the 18 Vidhan Sabha seats had a total of 242 candidates. Notably, Ongole had 23 contestants, Tirupati and Rajampet followed with 19 candidates each, while Narasannapet and Polavaram had the least competition with six candidates each.[2]
The incumbent
YSRCP got 46.8% of the total votes polled and the INC was reduced to 22% of the total votes got polled.
YSRCP won 15 seats,
In March 2012, YSRCP candidate Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy also won kovur assembly seat in Nellore district in the by-election.
INC won two seats Kothapalli Subbarayudu from Narasapuram and Thota Trimurthulu from Ramachandrapuram.
Reactions
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy's sister, Sharmila, reacted to the victory by suggesting he would be the
Analysis
Notes
- ^ MLAs who won on Praja Rajyam Party ticket on 2009 will be counted as Congress MLAs because the party merged into Congress in 2011.
References
- ^ Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ a b IANS (10 June 2012). "Campaigning ends for Andhra by-elections". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ a b "By-election results today". The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ a b Radhika Iyer (15 June 2012). "Election results: Jagan sweeps polls; will be Chief Minister in 2014, predicts sister". NDTV. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Bye-Elections, 2012 – Andhra Pradesh – Winning Candidates & Rival Candidates & Margin of Votes" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ a b Mohammed Siddique (15 June 2012). "Jagan DECIMATES Congress, TDP in Andhra by-polls". Rediff.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "YSR Congress bags 8 assembly seats, leading in 7". The Economic Times. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ Ashok Das (15 June 2012). "AP: Cong on back foot as Jagan sweeps byelections". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.