Candidates from the Reddy, Kamma and Kapu communities have secured the most number of nominations to unreserved seats for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, as indicated by the seat allocation by the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP).
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has 175 seats, out of which 29 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and seven for the Scheduled Tribes (STs). Out of the remaining 139 unreserved seats, the YSRCP and the NDA have earmarked over 80 seats for the Reddy, Kamma and Kapu communities.
According to the list of candidates released by the YSRCP and the NDA partners, the Reddy community accounts for 78, while there are 41 people from the Kapu community and 43 from the Kamma community in the electoral fray.
