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Telugu Desam Party.Pedala Party తెలుగు దేశం పార్టీ | |
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| Leader | Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Nama Nageswara Rao |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Tulla Devender Goud |
| Founder | Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao |
| Founded | 29 March 1982 |
| Headquarters | NTR Bhavan, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500034[1] |
| Ideology | Populist Regionalist Social liberalist |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Yellow |
| ECI Status | State party[2] |
| Alliance | National Front (1989-1996) United Front (1996-1998) NDA (1999-2005) Third Front (2009-present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 6 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 5 / 245
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| Seats in | 81 / 294
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| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
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Telugu Desam Party (Template:Lang-te) (lit. Party for Telugu Land and People), abbreviated as TDP, is a regional political party in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was founded by Indian film star Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ("NTR") on 29 March 1982. Since 1995, the party has been headed by Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the incumbent Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly. The party's headquarters is located at NTR Bhavan in the Banjara Hills locality of Hyderabad.
The party rose to power within nine months of its formation in the 1983 Assembly elections, thus forming the first non-Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.[3] It also achieved the rare distinction of being the first regional party to become the main opposition party in the Central Government during the 8th Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1989.[4] The party has governed the state of Andhra Pradesh twice from 1983 to 1989 and then from 1994 to 2004.
History
The Telugu Desam Party was established in 1982 in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. At the time of the parties inception, political decisions were exclusively made from India's capital New Delhi by the National Congress fronted by the late Indira Gandhi. It was perceived by many that the ruling Congress party was corrupt and ineffective, and that all of the elections of the MLA's was decided in Delhi. It was reported at the time that Chief Minister Indira Gandhi's government was actively seeking to suppress the activities of opposition parties in favor of a centralized government, controlled from Delhi.
N T Rama Rao had previously indicated his interest in becoming a politician, and on the 29th March 1984 he gave an emotionally charged speech calling for the self-respect of Telugu's to be restored and announced the formation of the Telugu Desam Party.
Ideology
Assembly Election History
| Year | General Election | Seats Won |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6th Assembly | 204 |
| 1984 | 7th Assembly | 208 |
| 1989 | 8th Assembly | 78 |
| 1994 | 9th Assembly | 225 |
| 1999 | 10th Assembly | 180 |
| 2004 | 11th Assembly | 49 |
| 2009 | 12th Assembly | 90 |