Telugu Desam Party

Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పార్టీ
Leader	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Founder	N. T. Rama Rao
Parliamentary Chairperson	Y S Chowdary
Lok Sabha leader	Thota Narasimham
Rajya Sabha leader	Tulla Devender Goud
Founded	29 March 1982 (1982-03-29)
Headquarters	NTR Bhavan, Rd No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana[1]
Student wing	Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF)[2]
Youth wing	Telugu Yuvata[3]
Women's wing	Telugu Mahila[3]
Labour wing	Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council (TNTUC)[3]
Peasant's wing	Telugu Raithu[3]
Ideology	Regionalism Social liberalism Integral humanism Conservatism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow
ECI Status	State Party[4]
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (1999-2005; 2014-present) National Front (1989-1996) United Front (1996-1998) Third Front (2009)
Seats in Lok Sabha	16 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	6 / 245
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	103 / 175 (Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly)[5] 5 / 119 (Telangana Legislative Assembly)
Election symbol
Website
www.telugudesam.org
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Telugu Desam Party ("party of the Telugu land"), abbreviated as TDP, is a regional political party active in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.^[6] The party was founded by N. T. Rama Rao on 29 March 1982. Since 1995, the party is headed by Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the incumbent Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located at NTR Bhavan in the Hyderabad.

N T Rama Rao became the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 within nine months of the party's formation, thus forming the first non-congress government in Andhra Pradesh.^[7] TDP also achieved the rare distinction of being the first regional party to become the main opposition party in Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1989.^[8]

Parliamentary Leader

Mr Y. S. Chowdary is elected as the parliamentary Head for Telugu Desam Party on June 4, 2014.^[9]

Ideology and symbolism

TDP follows a regionalist, pro-Telugu ideology. TDP uses yellow as the background color for the flag with a hut, wheel and plough symbol in the foreground. Bicycle is used as the official party symbol.

Election history

Lok Sabha

The total number of Lok Sabha seats in (previously undivided) Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014) was 42. After the 2014 bifurcation, there are 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh and 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.The national united front was formed with NTR as chairperson.Under the leadership of chandrababu naidu the NDA government was formed with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the prime minister of India.The TDP had Balayogi has the 12th lok sabha speaker.

Year	General Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Vote%	Change of Vote%
1984	8th Lok Sabha	32		4.31%
1989	9th Lok Sabha	2	30	3.29%	1.02%
1991	10th Lok Sabha	13	11	2.96%	0.33%
1996	11th Lok Sabha	16	3	2.97%	0.01%
1998	12th Lok Sabha	12	4	2.77%	0.20%
1999	13th Lok Sabha	29	17	3.65%	0.83%
2004	14th Lok Sabha	5	24	3.04%	0.61%
2009	15th Lok Sabha	6	1	2.51%	0.53%
2014	16th Lok Sabha	16	10	2.52%	0.01%

List of Chief Ministers

• N. T. Rama Rao
  • First term (9 January 1983 – 16 August 1984).
  • Second term (16 September 1984 – 2 December 1989).
  • Third term (12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995).
• N. Chandrababu Naidu
  • First term (1 September 1995 – 13 May 2004).
  • Second term (8 June 2014 – Incumbent) (first CM to assume office of post-divided State / Newly formed State of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014).

See also

• List of political parties in India
• National Democratic Alliance (India)

References

1. ↑ "contact TDP". Telugudesam.org. Retrieved 2014-01-21. 
2. ↑ "Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF) holds dharna at TSPSC". newswala.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
3. 1 2 3 4 "TDP appoints leaders for its frontal wings". thehindu.com. May 25, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
4. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013. 
5. ↑ "TDP wins 102 out of 175 seats". 
6. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-plans-to-emerge-as-a-national-party/article6053898.ece
7. ↑ List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
8. ↑ Indian general election, 1984
9. ↑ "Y.S. Choudary is TDP Parliamentary Party leader". The Hindu. 2014-06-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2015-12-02. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Telugu Desam Party.

• Official website
• Times of India, Telugu Desam Party news

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