Riding the Modi wave, the TDP-BJP alliance bagged 99 seats at the last count, with YSR Congress Party securing 64 seats. The region has a total of 175 assembly segments. A vigorous campaigning by Telugu film star Pawan Kalyan, a die-hard Narendra Modi fan, too apparently helped the BJP-TDP combine.
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TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, who has been winning from Kuppam in Chittoor district since 1989, retained the seat this time also, while YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy won from Pulivendula in Kadapa district.
Naidu would be returning as a chief minister after a decade, having been in the opposition for two terms in the pre-bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.
Top Telugu movie star Nandamuri Balakrishna, who is also son of TDP founder-president N T Rama Rao, made an impressive political debut by winning the assembly election from Hindupur segment in Anantapuram district by a margin of more than 16,900 votes.
On the other hand, Congress slumped to its worst performance with all its leaders, including the Andhra Pradesh Congress chief N Raghuveera Reddy, biting the dust.
Image: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu with BJP leader Prakash Javadekar
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