2004 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

Indian general election in United Andhra Pradesh, 2004
April–May 2004
42 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Party INC TDP TRS
Alliance INC+ (post poll UPA) NDA INC+ (post poll UPA)
Leader's seat None None Karimnagar
Last election 5 29 new party
Seats won 29 5 5
Seat change 24 24 5
Popular vote 17,303,389 14,850,829 2,441,405
Percentage 48.4 41.5 6.83%
Swing 8.5% 1.3% 6.83%
Prime Minister before election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

In United Andhra Pradesh, the general elections and state assembly elections were held simultaneously. In both, the ruling Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party (TDP-BJP) combine was routed. BJP could not win a single seat. The result was a landslide victory for the United Progressive Alliance which won 34 out of 42 seats, which reflects the state elections that occurred before the general elections, where National Democratic Alliance (NDA) member, TDP, was defeated soundly by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and the Indian National Congress. Alliance with CPM and CPI helped the Congress party. Congress had contested in alliance with the communist parties and the TRS.

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