YSR Congress announces candidates for 24 Lok Sabha, 175 Assembly seats; Anakapalle MP pending

KADAPA: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and president of YSR Congress Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced the lists of party candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

Barring Anakapalle Lok Sabha seat, the party announced candidates for all constituencies.

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Jagan repeated the same template of 2019 to have Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao announce the lists of MLA candidates and Bapatla MP Nandigam Suresh read out the list of MP candidates.

Social engineering and educational qualifications were factored in while selecting the candidates.

The combined social engineering for MLA and MP candidates is as follows:

BC - In 2019, BC candidates were 48, now it is 59 - up by 11

Minorities - In 2019, Muslim candidates were 5, now they are 7 - up by 2

Women - In 2019, women candidates were 19, now they are 24 - up by 5

Seat analysis based on th professions of contestants:

BASED ON PROFESSION

1) Out of the total 200 candidates selected for either MLA or MP, 77% of them, i.e. 153 candidates (131 MLA, 22 MP), are Graduates and

above. There are 58 Post Graduates & 6 Doctorates. There are 17 Doctors, 15 Lawyers, 34 Engineers, 5 Teachers,

2 Civil Servants, 1 Defence personnel, 1 Journalist.

2) Out of the total 175 MLA candidates selected, 75% of them, i.e. 131 candidates are Graduates and above.

- There are 47 Post Graduates & 4 Doctorates. In MLA - 13 Doctors, 11 Lawyers, 34 Engineers, 5 Teachers, 2 Civil Servants, 1 Defence personnel, 1 Journalist and 14 seats to leaders from Local bodies or (Like ZPTC, MPTC, Sarpanch, Karyakartha)

3) Out of the total 25 MP candidates selected, 88% of them, i.e. 22 candidates are Graduates and above.

- There are 11 Post Graduates & 2 Doctorates. In MP, 4 Doctors, 4 Lawyers, 1 Charted Accountant, 1 Medical Practitioner

INSIGHTS

1) 50% of total seats (MLA plus MP), i.e 100 seats (84 MLA, 16 MP) are given to BC/SC/ST/Minority communities

2) In 175 MLA seats, the distribution is as below SC- 29, ST-7,BC-48, OC- 91. There are 7 minorities and 19 women

3) In 25 MP seats, the distribution is as below SC- 4, ST-1 ,BC-11, OC-9. There are 5 women

4) In 200 MLA & MP seats, the distribution is as below SC- 33, ST-8, BC-59, OC- 100. There are 7 minorities and 24 women

5) There is a significant increase in the representation given to SC, ST, BC and Minority communities when compared to 2019. A total of 11 more seats are given to these communities. Taking up the number of seats to SC/ST/BC/Minorities community to 50%