Politics: "Andhra Pradesh First Phase elections 2009"

First Phase of Assembly and Lok Sabha elections are going to be held tomorrow in Andhra Pradesh i.e April 16th, 2009. All major parites (Congress,Telugu Desam Party - TDP,Praja Rajyam party - PRP,Telangana Rashtriya Samithi - TRS,.....) have sweated a lot for campaining for their respective parties. Yesterday was the last day for campaining and all parties have done their part to show their strengths.

All the parites are confident in their own ways. Tomorrow is the actual test for the politicians fighting in first phase of elections. Results will be announced on 16th May, 2009. This time, lot of young voters are heading to polling booths to cast their vote. Time will tell who will win with how much majority.

Opinion polls are projecting for a congress win again, but you never know what will be the outcome. All in all, all are expecting to be tough fight among parties. All we can do is just wait for May 16th, 2009.

Going back to 2004 elections, in the first phase, the Congress won 69 Assembly (48 in Telangana) and 11 Lok Sabha (9 in Telangana) positions. TDP could get only 22 Assembly (11 in Telangana) and four Lok Sabha (1 in Telangana) constituencies.

TRS, which was then a part of the Congress-led alliance, could win 26 Assembly and six Lok Sabha seats. The CPI won five (4 in Telangana) and the CPM seven (6 in Telangana). Both the parties got 1 Lok Sabha seat each.

This is a sincere request from me to all the andhrites to go and cast their vote. Think about the future and vote for a party which is our future.

Happy voting!!!

Source for 2004 election stats: Greatandhra