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Telugu Desam Party
తెలుగు దేశం పార్టీ
AbbreviationTDP
LeaderN. Chandrababu Naidu
PresidentN. Chandrababu Naidu
ChairmanN. Chandrababu Naidu
Parliamentary ChairpersonY S Chowdary
Lok Sabha LeaderThota Narasimham
Rajya Sabha LeaderTulla Devender Goud
FounderN. T. Rama Rao
Founded29 March 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-03-29)
HeadquartersNTR Bhavan, Rd No.2,Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1]
Student wingTelugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF)[2]
Youth wingTelugu Yuvata[3]
Women's wingTelugu Mahila[3]
Labour wingTelugu Nadu Trade Union Council (TNTUC)[3]
Peasant's wingTelugu Raithu[3]
IdeologyRegionalism
Social liberalism
Integral humanism
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-Right
ColoursYellow  
ECI StatusState Party[4]
AllianceNDA (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 
118 / 175
(Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly)[5]
3 / 119
(Telangana Legislative Assembly)
Election symbol
TDP party symbol
Website
www.telugudesam.org

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 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 Chairperson of Telugu Desam Party on 4 June 2014.[9]

Ideology and symbolism

TDP follows a regionalist, pro-Telugu ideology. It was founded as an alternative to the Congress hegemony, by emphasizing on the Telugu regional pride and a party for non-Brahmin, non-Dalit landowning and business owning middle castes. Since the 1990s, it has followed an economically liberal policy that has been seen as pro-business and pro-urban at the cost of the rural areas. The TDP uses yellow as the background colour for the flag with a hut, wheel and plough symbol in the foreground. A 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 N. T. Rama Rao 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 G. M. C. Balayogi as the 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

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

Telugu Desam Party was the second largest party in 1984 Indian General Elections, Winning 30 seats with 4.31% of votes, thus achieving the distinction of becoming the first regional party to become a national opposition party.

See also

References

  1. ^ "contact TDP". Telugudesam.org. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF) holds dharna at TSPSC". newswala.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "TDP appoints leaders for its frontal wings". thehindu.com. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 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. 5 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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