TDP

Telugu Desam Party (Telugu: తెలుగు దేశం పార్టీ) (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 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ("NTR") on 29 March 1982. Since 1995, the party is 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 stormed to power within nine months of its formation in the 1983 Assembly elections, thus forming the first non-Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.It also achieved the rare distinction of being the first regional party to become the main opposition party in the Central Governmentduring the 8th Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1989. The party has governed the state of Andhra Pradesh twice from 1983 to 1989 and then from 1994 to 2004.

Assembly Election History

YearGeneral ElectionSeats Won

1983 7th Assembly 204

1985 8th Assembly 202

1989 9th Assembly 74

1994 10th Assembly 225

1999 11th Assembly 180

2004 12th Assembly 47

2009 13th Assembly. 92.