The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian

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based in the state of

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. The party was initially registered with Election Commission of India by Kolishetti Shiva Kumar. Thereafter, the party was taken over by its current president, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, having served as the state's chief minister from 2019-2024. It currently has 4 seats in the

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Origins

After the sudden death of the then-incumbent

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of Andhra Pradesh, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) in a helicopter crash in September 2009, his son, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the incumbent MP from

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requested

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to make him

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but party denied his request. Just to fulfill Jagan's promise he started an ''Odarpu Yatra'' (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, to console the families of those who committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father. The tour was not supported by the Congress leadership. Defying the

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's order to call off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and

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districts in April 2010. Meanwhile, ''

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'' news channel and ''Sakshi'' newspaper, which are closely affiliated with YSR and

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, had been continuously criticizing the new Chief Minister

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and the Congress leadership at

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. In a special programme on ''

'' to mark the 125th-anniversary celebrations of the Congress party, a voice-over made remarks on

and the

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on the "current state of affairs" in the state, which invited anger and protests from the Congress loyalists and increased the gap and friction between Jagan and the Congress loyalists. The channel later omitted those remarks in a re-telecast. After accusing the Congress of ill-treating him and with a state ministerial slot in the aftermath of the death of his father, Jagan and his mother, Y. S. Vijayamma, resigned from the

and

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Assembly constituencies respectively and also as members of the Congress in November 2010. Many Congress leaders loyal to Jagan also quit the party and joined the YSR Congress. This resulted in the weakening of Congress in both the assembly and Lok Sabha, necessitating by-elections. Initially the party was set up by K. Shiva Kumar, a fan of YSR. After the rift with congress Y. S. Jagan acquired YSRCP and took complete responsibilities from Shiva Kumar., and later, after few years, Jagan expelled the party founder and took the complete control of the party.

Electoral performance

In the ensuing by-elections, after the formation of the party, it won most of the vacated seats with many of the

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(governing party) and the

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(the main opposition) candidates losing their deposits. In March 2012, YSR Congress won the Kovur Assembly seat in

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(ST), Prathipadu (SC), Macherla,

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, Udayagiri, Rajampet, Kodur (SC),

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, Yemmiganur, Rayadurg, Anantapur Urban and

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. On 15 June 2012, YSR Congress won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat and 15 of 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. YSRCP leaders P. Subhash Chandra Bose from Ramachandrapuram of East Godavari district and

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from Parkal of Warangal district, both Ministers in the YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races. It lost the

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to the

, which had previously been in opposition to the INC government. One-third of the MLAs who won for the YSR Congress in the 2014 Elections had joined the

by 2017. It went for 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 2019 emerged as the 5th largest political party in India. It did not contest in

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. The party won the

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in a

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, winning 151 of the 175 seats, including a clean sweep in

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and

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to the NDA alliance, securing only 11 out of 175 seats in the state legislative assembly even failing to secure the opposition status as the party didn't secure at least 10% seats.

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Lok Sabha electoral performance

List of party leaders

In 2022, the

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(ECI) sought clarification from the YSR Congress Party regarding the reports announcing Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy as the permanent president of the party. The ECI expressed its displeasure and concern over this potential adoption by the party, citing it as an anti-democratic move.

President

Chairperson

Legislative leaders

List of chief ministers

Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh

List of deputy chief ministers

Lok Sabha Members

List of Rajya Sabha Members

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:YSR Congress Party Political parties in Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress breakaway groups 2011 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Political parties established in 2011