The NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP-LP) was a regional

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in the Indian state of

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. It was founded by

Lakshmi Parvathi Lakshmi Parvathi (born 14 September 1955) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and widow of N. T. Rama Rao. She was previously married to a harikatha artist Veeragandham Venkata Subba Rao. Later, she was separated from him a ...

, the second wife of the film star and

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

(TDP) founder N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) in 1996. The party was formed after NTR's death to counter the TDP but failed to make any significant electoral impact. In 2014, Parvathi joined the

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and NTRTDP-LP was delisted by the

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in 2016.

History

The NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (NTRTDP-LP) was founded in 1996 by Lakshmi Parvathi, the second wife of NTR, following his death and an internal coup within the TDP in 1995. The coup was triggered by widespread dissatisfaction among party members and legislators over Lakshmi Parvathi's interference in party and state affairs after her marriage to NTR in 1993. With the majority of TDP legislators supporting N. Chandrababu Naidu, this ultimately led to NTR’s removal as the party leader. The NTRTDP-LP was formed as a counter to the TDP under Naidu's leadership. In the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, it contested all 42 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and polled 10.66% of the vote share in the state, but it failed to win a single seat. In the 1998 elections, the party allied with the

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(BJP), but the alliance did not yield significant results. The party’s candidates collectively secured only 1.2% of the vote share in Andhra Pradesh. After the 1998 elections, the party began to decline as several leaders left, and the BJP allied with Naidu's TDP. In the 1999 elections, the NTRTDP (LP) fielded candidates in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections but performed poorly, with negligible vote shares. By the 2004 elections, the party’s influence had diminished significantly, fielding only a single Lok Sabha candidate and 18 state assembly candidates, none of whom were successful. Lakshmi Parvathi herself secured only 946 votes in the Atmakur constituency. The party failed to recover politically and Lakshmi Parvathi herself joined the

in 2014. It was delisted by the Election Commission of India in 2016.

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) Defunct political parties in Andhra Pradesh Political parties established in 1996 1996 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party breakaway groups Political parties with year of disestablishment missing