For the first time in the History of Congress, the party is clinging on 'Development' flank. Coveted for corruption, this election is surely an uphill battle. However, Congress is so far well ahead and poised to win.
Congress is the oldest of Political parties in Andhra Pradesh and has ruled the state almost unanimously until 1983, when NTR with his Telugu Desam Party defeated Congress. In 2004 Elections, after 9 years of TDP rule, Congress won with a thumping majority ( though vote margin is barely 1%) and vows to comeback in 2009.
The party has setup a website exclusively for the Elections, calld Vote Congress ( http://www.votecong.com ).
YSR goes hightech and started his own blog too. Read it here. The title imitates one of the best run political campaigns, the Obama campaign.
The Score Card
If number of seats won is any measure of its acceptance by the People, this is how the party performed so far.
| Election Year | Won | Contested |
| 2004 | 185 | 234 |
| 1999 | 91 | 293 |
| 1994 | 26 | 294 |
| 1989 | 181 | 287 |
| 1985 | 50 | 290 |
| 1983 | 60 | 294 |
| 1978 | 30 | 257 |
If you are 'detail oriented', here is a district wise analysis of Party performance in previous elections.
Here is the list of Candidates that will be contesting in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections next month (2009) on behalf of Congress Party. Total of 290 have been announced so ...
Congress party unveiled its Manifesto for the 2009 Assembly Elections. Quite surprisingly, Congress party refused to run the rat race and declare freebies. Instead, it stuck its guns on Development ...
Congress party released its list of candidates both for Assembly elections and Parliamentary elections. It announced names for 290 Assembly Constituencies and all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Detailed analysis and ...
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