ANDHRA PRADESH-Repeat Performance

ANDHRA PRADESH Repeat Performance M Shatrugna REMINISCENT of the 1983 poll, in the Assembly elections the Congress(I) has been defeated in more than 240 constituencies covering all the three regions of Andhra Pradesh. While the party had polled about 42 per cent of vote in the Lok Sabha poll and secured a lead in more 75 assembly constituencies, it could win only 37 per cent of votes and 49 assembly seats this time.