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Assembly Elections are due to be held in Andhra Pradesh on 11th April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. These elections are to be held con-currently with the fifteenth Legislative Assembly elections. The incumbent Telugu Desam Party chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Janasena party chief Pawan Kalyan and YSR Congress Party Chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy are the main opponents.

Previous Assembly
In the 2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh the Telugu Desam Party led by former chief minister and opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu made an pre-alliance with Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janasena party (JSP). TDP won 15 seats while BJP won 2 seats and YSR Congress Party won 8 seats.

Background
The TDP's withdrawal from the National Democratic Alliance in March 2018 following the disputes between the TDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the Special Category Status (SCS) and has resulted in competition between the two parties. A few weeks later, the BJP announced that they will contest in all 175 assembly constituencies in the state. Head of YSR Congress Party and leader of the opposition in the fourteenth assembly, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy has been campaigning in the state since November 2017. As part of the campaign, Reddy had walked over 3200 km on foot, across the state as of Oct 2018. Meanwhile, Pawan Kalyan's JSP had been gaining significant support in Uttarandhra (North Coastal Andhra Pradesh).

Party wise Lok Sabha candidates - 2019
The below is a list of constituencies of 17th Lok Sabha, contesting candidates from each party.