NDA seat sharing in AP: TDP to contest 17 LS, 114 assembly seats; BJP gets 6 LS, 10 assembly

Amaravati: BJP will contest six Lok Sabha (LS) and 10 Legislative Assembly (LA) seats, while TDP will field candidates in 17 parliamentary and 144 assembly constituencies. Janasena will contest in 2 LS and 21 LA seats.

On Monday, TDP and Janasena finalized their seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha and Andhra polls. TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu announced the seat-sharing after the meeting with senior BJP leader and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Undavalli.

"In Amaravati today, the BJP, TDP, and JSP (Janasena) forged a formidable seat-sharing formula. With this significant step, the people of Andhra Pradesh now stand on the threshold of reclaiming our state and paving the way for a brighter future. I humbly call upon my people of Andhra Pradesh to shower their blessings upon this alliance, and grant us a historic mandate to serve them," said Naidu.

"The brainstorming exercise sought to forge a formidable combination of seats for every alliance partner that truly represents the people of Andhra Pradesh and their aspirations," he added.

The names of the seats will be announced subsequently by the respective parties.

Trio contesting together:

The state has 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats.

Janasena was initially supposed to contest 24 assembly and three Lok Sabha seats. However, in the seat-sharing formula, it got 21 assembly and two Lok Sabha seats, after the TDP joined the NDA alliance.

It will first time that the three parties are contesting the polls together. Back in 2014, when TDP and BJP fought the polls together, JanaSena was their outside ally.

TDP and Jana Sena have announced the names of 100 candidates already. Naidu said the respective parties will name other candidates soon.