Present Andhra Pradesh Assembly Seats The elections were necessitated by the defection of two TDP MLAs – Jogu Ramanna and Gampa Goverdhan besides Jupally Krishna Rao and T. Rajaiah (both Congress) to the TRS. Dr. Nagam Janardhan Reddy (suspended TDP MLA) contested as an independent while N. Prasanna Kumar Reddy joined the YSR Congress. Full Article