AP Congress govt survives no-confidence vote

  
AP Govt Survive No Confidence Motion - Dec 05,2011
The AP Congress government led by Kiran Kumar Reddy has comfortably defeated a no-confidence motion against it by a margin of 38 votes (160-122)which was moved by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu over the issue of farmer suicides in the state.
A total of 122 MLAs voted for the motion while 160 MLAs voted against it; one stayed neutral.
Of the 153 Congress members, in the 295-member house, 16 YS Jaganmohan Reddy loyalists defied party whip and voted for the motion. These Congress MLAs now face disqualification.
The debate on the no-confidence motion lasted a marathon 16 hours after which voting was taken up at 12.55 am, and the head-count of MLAs were then taken.


 Total No in the assembly 295


Those who are in favour of the motion                           Those who are against the motion
TDP                                 85                                              Congress (153-16)                               137
TRS                                 12                                              PRP(18-1)                                              17
CPI                                    4                                               MIM(7-1)                                               6
CPM                                 1
BJP                                   2
Independent                     1
PRP Rebel                       1
Congress - Jagan           16