The 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was conducted in 3 phases simultaneously with the

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for the 11th Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The election was held on 4 September 1999, 11 September 1999 and 17 September 1999 for 91, 105 and 98 constitutencies respectively. The election concluded with the

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sweeping the polls with 180 seats and forming the

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once again.

Background

The incumbent

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N. Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party swept the polls along with

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as part of pre-poll alliance where Naidu agreed to extend his outside support to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in the simultaneous 1999 general election. The Telugu Desam Party bagged enough numbers i.e 180 seats (majority) and formed the

for another term. N. Chandrababu Naidu was once again invited to form the government by the

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C. Rangarajan The other new parties like Anna Telugu Desam Party led by Nandamuri Harikrishna and NTR Telugu Desam Party led by

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although managed to split the voting share of the Naidu led Telugu Desam Party but did not gain any single seat in the election. The opposition

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led by Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was only restricted to 91 seats.

Schedule

Parties and alliances

Source:

Incidents

The polling in the naxal effected Narasaraopet was concluded with over 60% of voting. People abstained from voting in two booths at Sarangapalli village in response to a poll boycott given by the Naxalites of the banned Peoples War Group (Maoist). Another incident of bomb blast took place in the same naxal affected constituency. The polling in the constituency, which was scheduled for the first phase on September 5, was postponed after the bomb blast at the residence-cum-nursing home of Panchayat Raj Minister Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, in which four people including an independent candidate were killed.

Results

Vote share

Seat share

Results by party

Results by district

Results by constituency

Notes

References

{{Andhra Pradesh elections State Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh 1990s in Andhra Pradesh 1999 State Assembly elections in India