TDP has a clear advantage with anti-incumbency factor

Patibandla Srinivas

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Amaravati: With the election date around the corner, the candidates of various parties are ready to file nominations from April 18 onwards.

The political parties are using their all efforts to gain people’s trust in order to garner their votes. The entire political atmosphere is getting hot simultaneously with the rising temperature in the current summer.  

Presently various survey organisations are revealing their analyses constituency-wise, region-wise, and candidate-wise by closely observing all influenced factors for the last several days. The people across the State, especially analysts and political pundits are debating the prospects of political parties on every platform by exchanging their views.  

As part of curiosity, `The Capital Media’ has also collected, constituency-wise, district-wise, and region-wise details from senior journalists, analysts, and political pundits along with the rank and file of various political parties across the State.

As per the ground reports, the anti-incumbency factor will play an important role like any election. Though Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy depended only on welfare schemes as per the feedback, the anti-incumbency factor is likely to dominate the entire situation.

The halting of capital construction works, no development projects, no progress in Polavaram and three capital plans, unemployment, increasing essential commodities, controversial sand and liquor policies, criminal cases, and electricity charges are the main anti-government factors. Similarly, youth voters’ role is going to be important in the forthcoming election.   

As per reports, the anti-incumbency factor will play an important role in the entire Andhra Pradesh. As of today, the present situation reveals the Opposition Telugu Desam party will get the necessary majority seats to form the government in the forthcoming elections.  

TDP will dominate the YSR Congress party from Srikakulam to Guntur districts except in Vizianagaram, Araku Lok Sabha seats. The TDP has still time to set right the situation particularly some seats under the purview of two Lok Sabha seats. Similarly, there are some setbacks in the Eluru Lok Sabha. The TDP will have the chance to get majority seats in Prakasam and Nellore districts. The YSR Congress is likely to get majority seats in the Kadapa, Kurnool, and Chittoor districts. TDP will again totally dominate majority seats in Anantapur district in Rayalaseema.

If the anti-incumbency factor works across the state the TDP is likely to get majority seats in the remaining districts where the YSR Congress holds a strong position. If the TDP sets right some lapses in the seat allotment, it may get some more seats.

Indeed, the YSR Congress has successfully created a common feeling as it improves prospects by putting in all efforts. Even though it has improved the situation in the last 45 days it seems difficult to dominate the anti-incumbency factor which is the main blockage to the YSR Congress in a month before the election.