2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly.

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu K. Chandrashekar Rao
Party INC TDP TRS
Alliance UPA NDA UPA
Leader's seat Pulivendula Kuppam Siddipet
Last election 91 180 Party did not exist
Seats won 185 47 26
Seat change 94 133 26
Popular vote 13,793,461 13,444,168 2,390,940
Percentage 38.56% 37.59% 6.68%
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results
Chief minister before election

N. Chandrababu Naidu
TDP

 Elected Chief minister

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
INC

The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners CPI, CPI(M) and TRS also did well winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the UPA tally to 226. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor S.S. Barnala. Expectedly, the Government lasted the full term of 5 years and the tenure of the Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 30 May 2009. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.

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