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'''Anna Telugu Desam Party''' ('''ATDP''') was a regional [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. ATDP was founded on January 27, 1999, by [[Nandamuri Harikrishna|N. Harikrishna]], the third son of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] founder [[N.T. Rama Rao]].<ref name=c/><ref name="Darpan1999">{{cite book|author=Pratiyogita Darpan|title=Competition Science Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-gDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA152|date=April 1999|publisher=Pratiyogita Darpan|page=152}}</ref> N. Harikrishna held a revolt against the TDP leader [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]].<ref name="Roy2000">{{cite book|author=Meenu Roy|title=Electoral politics in India: election process and outcomes, voting behaviour and current trends|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mONAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|page=185}}</ref>

On January 28, 1999 [[Rajya Sabha]] MP [[Daggubati Venkateswara Rao]] left the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and joined ATDP.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Data India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QP1tAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Press Institute of India|page=46}}</ref><ref>rediff.com. ''[http://m.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/13ap.htm Opinion poll shows Naidu's TDP retaining Andhra]''</ref> Another Rajya Sabha MP, [[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad]], also joined the party, giving ATDP two seats in the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name=a/><ref name=b>rediff.com. ''[https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/07ap.htm NTR's second daughter may join politics]''</ref> ATDP held a single seat in the [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], represented by [[S. Madhusudhana Chary]] (previously belonging to the NTR-TDP).<ref name=b/><ref name=c>''India Today''. ''[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19990215-harikrishna-plays-father-ntrs-pro-poor-card-to-upstage-cm-chandrababu-naidus-tdp-780187-1999-02-15 Harikrishna plays father NTR's pro-poor card to upstage CM Chandrababu Naidu's TDP]''</ref>

ATDP worked hard ahead of the 1999 [[Andhra Pradesh]] assembly elections. An electoral alliance was set up with [[Communist Party of India]] and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (who both had been TDP allies). A controversy surged within the alliance, due to ATDP line of wanting to ban foreign-born [[Sonia Gandhi]] from becoming Prime Minister. The left found that position unacceptable.<ref name="PintoInstitute2000">{{cite book|author1=Ambrose Pinto|author2=Indian Social Institute|title=Vox populi 1999: analysis of parliamentary elections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L-JAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Indian Social Institute|isbn=978-81-87218-22-7|page=68}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Selections from Regional Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_sEuAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Institute of Regional Studies|page=72}}</ref><ref>''The Telegraph''. ''[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cpm-snaps-ties-with-pawar-ally-mulayam/cid/918207 CPM SNAPS TIES WITH PAWAR-ALLY MULAYAM]''</ref> In total ATDP launched 191 candidates, but the result was a complete flop. The party got 371,718 votes (1.12% of the votes in the state), but could not win a single seat.

In the [[Lok Sabha]] elections the same year the party launched 20 candidates, and got 244,045 votes (0.73% of the votes in the state), but no seat were won.

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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
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Anna Telugu Desam Party - Revision history

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