Telugu Desam Party
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Telugu Desam Party | |
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Abbreviation | TDP |
Leader | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
President | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Chairperson | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
General Secretary | Nara Lokesh |
Lok Sabha leader | Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu |
Rajya Sabha leader | Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar |
Founder | N. T. Rama Rao |
Founded | 29 March 1982 |
Headquarters | NTR Bhavan, Road No. 2, Hyderabad, Telangana, India[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[4][5][6] Populism[4][6] Economic liberalism[7] |
Colours | Yellow |
ECI Status | State Party[8] |
Alliance | National Front (1989–1996) United Front (1996–1998) Third Front (2005–2014) National Democratic Alliance (1999–2005; 2014–2018) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
Seats in Andhra Pradesh |
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Seats in Telangana |
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Election symbol | |
Website | |
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The Telugu Desam Party (transl. Party of the Telugu Land; abbr. TDP), is a regional Indian political party active in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[10] The party was founded by N. T. Rama Rao on 29 March 1982. Since 1995 the party is headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The party's headquarters is located at NTR Bhavan in Hyderabad.
N. T. Rama Rao became the 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1983, within nine months of the party's formation, thus forming the first non-Indian National Congress (INC) government in Andhra Pradesh. TDP was the first regional party to become the main opposition party at the 8th Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1989.[11]
The internal party coup played out in August 1995 and an indignant NTR, who was desperate to explain to anybody who cared to listen about this ‘treachery’ (he used the exact same word in a press meet) finally died in January 1996. The party is taken over by Chandra Babu Naidu [11][12]
On 16 March 2018 the TDP walked out of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
After the TDP's electoral defeat in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls held on 11 April 2019, the TDP's legislature party in the Rajya Sabha merged with that of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[13]
It has been long been discussed in the news media and offers to merge TDP in the BJP party.[13][11][14] On 1 April 2021, the Deccan Chronicle reported the TDP will be merged with BJP party due to recent debacle in AP elections as part of an April Fool's Day prank.[15]
Ideology and Symbolism[]
The Telugu Desam Party follows a pro-Telugu ideology. It was founded as an alternative to the Congress hegemony, by emphasizing on the Telugu regional pride and a party for farmers, backward castes and middle class people. Since the 1990s,[5] it has followed an economically liberal policy that has been seen as pro-business and pro-development party. 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.[14]
Lok Sabha Election History[]
The total number of Lok Sabha seats in (previously undivided) Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014) was 42. After the 2014 bifurcation of the state, 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. TDP 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. But in the next election they were limited to just 2 seats out of 42, which remains till date the biggest defeat for the party.
Year | General Election | Seats won | Change of Seats | Vote % | Change of Vote % |
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1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | 30 | - | 4.31% | - |
1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | 2 | 28 | 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 | 17 | 11 | 2.52% | 0.01% |
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | 3 | 14 | 2.04% | 0.48% |
Vidhan Sabha election history[]
Andhra Pradesh[]
Year | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change of Seats | Vote % | Change of Vote % |
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1983 | 289 | 201 | - | 46.3% | - |
1985 | 250 | 202 | 1 | 46.2% | 0.10% |
1989 | 241 | 74 | 128 | 36.54% | 9.67% |
1994 | 251 | 216 | 142 | 44.14% | 7.6% |
1999 | 269 | 180 | 36 | 44.14% | 0.27% |
2004 | 267 | 47 | 133 | 37.59% | 6.55% |
2009 | 225 | 92 | 45 | 28.12% | 9.47% |
2014 | 237 | 117 | 25 | 43.53% | 15.41% |
Bifurcated Andhra Pradesh | |||||
2019 | 175 | 23 | 79[a] | 39.99% | - |
Telangana[]
Year | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change of Seats | Vote % | Change of Vote % |
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2018 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3.51% | - |
List of Chief Ministers[]
S.No | Chief Minister | Terms of office | ||
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1 | N. T. Rama Rao | 9 January 1983 – 16 August 1984 | ||
16 September 1984 – 2 December 1989 | ||||
12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995 | ||||
2 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 1 September 1995 – 10 October 1999 | ||
11 October 1999 - 13 May 2004 | ||||
8 June 2014 - 29 May 2019 | – | 3 | 16 August 1984 – 16 September 1984 |
Union Ministers[]
Portfolio | Minister | Tenure | Prime Minister | ||
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
P. Upendra | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
Minister of Rural Development | Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 291 days | H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral |
Minister of Commerce | Bolla Bulli Ramaiah | 29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 263 days | |
Minister of Textiles | 20 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | 58 days | ||
Minister of Urban Development | Ummareddy Venkateswarlu | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | |
Minister of Civil Aviation | Ashok Gajapathi Raju | 26 May 2014 | 9 March 2018 | 3 years, 287 days | Narendra Modi |
National General-Secretary[]
Currently, there are 4 National General Secretaries, youngest person in the history of TDP to hold this position is Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, followed by Nara Lokesh, E. Peddireddy and M. A. Sharif.[15]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Change of seats calculated corresponding to the seats of post-birfurcated state contested in 2014
References[]
- ^ "contact TDP". Telugudesam.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF) holds dharna at TSPSC". newswala.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "TDP appoints leaders for its frontal wings". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Encyclopedia Britannica".
- ^ Jump up to: a b Suri, K. C. (2004). "Telugu Desam Party: Rise and Prospects for Future". Economic and Political Weekly. 39 (14/15): 1481–1490. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4414865.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Telugu Desam Party (TDP)". Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Price, Pamela; Srinivas, Dusi (August 2014). Piliavsky, Anastasia (ed.). "Patronage and autonomy in India's deepening democracy". Cambridge University Press: 217–236. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107296930.011. ISBN 9781107296930.
- ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Telangana Election Results 2018 Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) (MLA) Elections Result, News & Updates". News18.
- ^ "TDP plans to emerge as a national party". The Hindu. 27 May 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Going back to headlines: A demi-god, a son-in-law, two coups, and two hotels". 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Tracing the TDP coup of 1995: The battle between NTR's widow and Naidu resurfaces". 9 February 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mathew, Liz (23 October 2019). "Explained: Why BJP wants TDP to 'merge' with it in Andhra Pradesh". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "TDP will merge in BJP: former TDP JC Prabhakar Reddy". Business Standard. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "TD merges with BJP, Naidu finalises deal". Deccan Chronicle. 1 April 2021.
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