Telugu Desam Party

Telugu Desam Party


Telugu Desam Party
Telugu Desam Party
  • Abbreviation: TDP
  • Leader: N. Chandrababu Naidu
  • Chairperson: N. Chandrababu Naidu
  • Secretary: Nara Lokesh
  • Lok Sabha leader: Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu
  • Rajya Sabha leader: Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar
  • Founder: N. T. Rama Rao
  • Founded: 29 March 1982 (38 years ago)
  • Headquarters: NTR Bhavan, Road No. 2, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Student wing: Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF)
  • Youth wing: Telugu Yuvata
  • Women's wing: Telugu Mahila
  • Labour wing: Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council (TNTUC)
  • Peasant's wing: Telugu Raithu
  • Ideology: Social liberalism, Regionalism, Populism, Economic liberalism
  • Political position: Centre-right
  • Colors: Yellow  
  • ECI Status: State Party
  • Alliance: NDA (1999–2005; 2014–2018), National Front (1989–1996), United Front (1996–1998), UPA (2009; 2018–2019), Federal Front (2019)
  • Seats in Lok Sabha:3 / 543
  • Seats in Rajya Sabha:1 / 245
  • Seats in Andhra Pradesh: 23 / 175 (Legislative Assembly) 24 / 58 (Legislative Council)
  • Seats in Telangana: 1 / 119 (Legislative Assembly) 0 / 40 (Legislative Council