List of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) elected from Chittoor district :

1. Thamballapalle Constituency MLA – A V Praveen Kumar Reddy (TDP)
2. Pileru Constituency MLA – N Kirankumar Reddy (Congress)
3. Madanapalle Constituency MLA – Shajahan (Congress)
4. Punganur Constituency MLA – P Ramachandra Reddy (Congress)
5. Chandragiri Constituency MLA – Galla Aruna Kumari (Congress)
6. Tirupati Constituency MLA – K Chiranjeevi (PRP)
7. Srikalahasti Constituency MLA – B Gopalakrishna Reddy (TDP)
8. Satyaveedu Constituency MLA – Hemalatha (TDP)
9. Nagari Constituency MLA – Muddhu Krishnama Naidu (TDP)
10. Gangadhara Nellore Constituency MLA – G Kuthuhalamma (Congress)
11. Chittoor Constituency MLA – C K Babu (Congress)
12. Puthalapattu Constituency MLA – Dr Ravi (Congress)
13. Palamaner Constituency MLA – N Amarnath Reddy (TDP)
14. Kuppam Constituency MLA – N Chandrababu Naidu (TDP)

The Congress for the second time was in a position to form the Government on its own, this time its tally did fall down to 158 from the 2004 figure of 185. YSR could well be ruling the state for a total of 10 years which could beat Chandrababu’s rule of 9 years prior to that. The TDP came second with 95 seats, clearly doubling its numbers from 2004 but just not enough numbers to come back in power.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was reduced to a meagre 10 seats this time and in a way perhaps putting doubts about the formation of the Telangana State.

The Congress got past the magic figure of 148 but had to face embarassment of quite a few Ministers and also Speaker KR Suresh Reddy losing the elections! The State Congress No.2 D.Srinivas also was embarassed in his Nizamabad (Urban) constituency. The Elections saw the maiden entry of Chiranjeevi into the Assembly, the PRP founder won from Tirupati but had to face defeat in Palacole!

Here is the breakdown of the seats won out of the 294 Assembly Seats by the various parties :

1. Indian National Congress (INC) – 157
2. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) – 91
3. Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) – 18
4. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) – 10
5. Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) – 07
6. Communist Party of India (CPI) – 04
7. Independents – 03
8. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 02
9. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) – 01
10. Lok Satta – 01

NTR Jr. has been attracting huge crowds for his road shows and has been getting good response for his simplistic yet effective speeches among the masses. The young hero said that for nine years, the State was driven like a bus in the right direction by N Chandrababu Naidu but for the last five years, the bus (State) has been driven in the wrong direction by the Congress led by Chief Minister Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy. NTR Jr. also lashed out at Chiranjeevi by projecting him as a new driver who has entered the ‘bu’s and asking the passengers (people of the State) to give him a chance to drive. According to NTR, the ‘new driver’ (referrring to Chiranjeevi) is over-confident and is absolutely inexperienced.

Continuing with his attack on Chiranjeevi, who has been the senior hero of the Telugu industry for decades, NTR said that the so called ‘Samajika Nyayam’ (Social Justice) promised by Chiru’s Prajarajyam was long back ensured by the TDP which has always been working towards the welfare of the backward classes. There are reports that NTR Jr. has proved to have turned out into a Trump Card for the TDP just on time for next month’s elections in the State.

The young hero attacked the Congress Govermnet with a lot of punchy dialogues. He went onto question as to why more than 6,000 farmers have committed suicide in the last 5 years when the Congress has been boasting that the Government has been pro-farmers.

Junior NTR was full of praise for the TDP Chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu. He said that when everybody thought that the TDP was beginning to end after NTR’s demise, Chandrababu Naidu pulled things off to bring back all the strength to the party. Interestingly, NTR Jr’s grandfather – N.T.Rama Rao had also begun his first ever election campaign in the historical year of 1982 in this same Itchapuram!

NTR Jr. has made a good name for himself, especially among the masses for his performances in movies like Aadi, Rakhi and Yama Donga to name a few. He is currently working in a movie called ‘Adurs’.

Videos of NTR Jr.’s Campaign in Itchapuram:

SMS from Chandrababu Naidu – Let us together restore Telugu Pride and Re-build our state. I seek your valuable suggestions in this task. – Nara Chandrababu Naidu SMS 9618096186 Sender: TM-CBN

SMS from Dr. Y.S.Rajasekara Reddy – You have urge to study Medicine, Engineering, MBA, MCA etc…but no money? Don’t worry, continue your studies. With your support we will continue to reimburse your fees.. – Mee YSR Sender: TM-YSR

Wow, what do  you people make up of both these messages, I mean the content of them not about me receiving them…Well these SMSes are hitting the Cell Phones of millions in Andhra Pradesh which will see Assembly Elections along with Lok Sabha Polls next month.

Here is my take on it, if you remove the sender’s name and analyse, then the first message look fair enough, no issues there. The second message has a definite tinge of greediness, luring the reciepent of something in return of a favour isn’t it? Aah if the second message is tailor made for the educated youth then what could be the message be for the uneducated backward people – will it be Don’t have money to drink? Don’t worry we will give you the bottles, just vote for us. Well that’s my opinion, would like to hear yours.

Before I click on the Publish button, would like to share the below SMS from the Telugu Desam Party Camp.

A poor man catches fish, the wife cannot cook due to lack of gas, cooking oil, current. The man puts the fish back into the river. Fish comes up and shouts ‘YSR Zindabad’.