Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election: See Jagan Mohan Reddy-Led YSRCP's Full Candidate List

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has announced the names of its candidates.

File Photo of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Source : PTI

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced B Mutyala Naidu as the party's candidate for the Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency. This decision comes after the party initially left the Anakapalli seat vacant when announcing candidates for other constituencies on March 16 when CM Reddy announced the names of its candidates for 24 of 25 seats. 

In a press release, the YSRCP stated, "As per the directions of the Chief Minister and party President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, B Mutyala Naidu has been appointed as the coordinator (candidate) for Anakapalli Parliament (constituency)." Initially selected as the candidate for the Madugula assembly constituency, Naidu has been relocated to contest from the Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency, news agency PTI reported.

As a replacement for Naidu in the Madugula assembly constituency, E Anuradha has been named by the party.

With the announcement of Naidu as the candidate for Anakapalli, the YSRCP has now completed the process of naming candidates for all 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.

Key candidates announced include YSRCP parliamentary party leader V. Vijaya Sai Reddy, who will contest for Lok Sabha from Nellore, and Kesineni Srinivas (Nani), former TDP Lok Sabha member from Vijayawada, who has been nominated by the YSRCP for the same constituency. Additionally, former minister P. Anil Kumar Yadav will contest for the Narasaraopet Lok Sabha seat.

Here is the full list of the YSRCP's Lok Sabha candidates in Andhra Pradesh:

#	Candidates	Constituencies
1	Perada Tilak	Srikakulam
2	Bellana Chandrasekhar	Vizianagaram
3	Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi	Visakhapatnam
4	Chetti Tanuja Rani	Araku
5	Chalamalasetty Sunil	Kakinada
6	Rapaka Varaprasada Rao	Amalapuram-SC
7	Guduri Srinivasulu	Rajahmundry
8	Guduri Uma Bala	Narasapuram
9	Karumuri Sunil Kumar Yadav	Eluru
10	Simhadri Chandrasekhar	Machilipatnam
11	Kesineni Srinivas	Vijayawada
12	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah	Guntur
13	P. Anil Anil Kumar Yadav	Narasaraopet
14	Nandigam Suresh	Bapatla
15	Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy	Ongole
16	V. Vijayasai Reddy	Nellore
17	M. Gurumoorthy	Tirupati
18	N. Reddappa	Chittoor
19	P.V. Midhun Reddy	Rajampet
20	Y.S. Avinash Reddy	Kadapa
21	B.Y. Ramaiah	Kurnool
22	Pocha Brahmananda Reddy	Nandyal
23	J. Santha	Hindupur
24	M. Sankara Narayana	Anantapur
25	B Mutyala Naidu	Anakapalli

Despite allegations, sitting MP Y. S. Avinash Reddy has been retained from Kadapa. The YSRCP has also made changes in Visakhapatnam, naming Botsa Jhansi Laxmi as the candidate in place of sitting MP M. V. V. Satyanarayana.

YSRCP, which had secured 151 Assembly and 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, faces a tough challenge from the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance this time around.

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In a bid to ensure social justice in ticket distribution, Jagan Mohan Reddy had highlighted that 50 per cent of the tickets have been allotted to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Castes, and Minorities. This move has been hailed as a historic development in Andhra Pradesh politics, news agency IANS reported.

For Assembly elections, the YSRCP has allocated tickets to various communities, with a significant increase compared to 2019. Moreover, the party has recognised grassroots leaders by giving them 14 seats, according to IANS.

Andhra Pradesh is slated to go to polls for both Assembly and Lok Sabha seats on May 13.