Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1985

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 1985
India

All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader N. T. Rama Rao Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Party TDP INC
Leader's seat Gudivada yemmiganur
Last election 1983 1978
Seats before 202 60
Seats won 202 50
Seat change Increase0 Decrease10

Chief minister before election

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

Elected Chief minister

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 1983 took place in January 1983 in 294 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the next five years. The TDP secured a huge majority winning 202 seats. The Indian National Congress winning only 60 seats. The election was held in January 1983 instead of August 1983 as scheduled. NTR was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.

Results

s.no party seats contested seats won seats change vote share swing
1 Telugu Desam Party 250 202 +0 46.21% -7.50%
2 Indian National Congress 290 50 -10 37.25% +3.67%
3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 11 +6 2.31% +0.20%
4 Communist Party of India 12 11 +7 2.69% -0.10%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 10 8 +3 1.32% -1.14%
6 Janata Party 5 3 +2 0.76% -0.20%

References

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