Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994
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 Tekkali and Hindupur lost
Last election 1989 1989
Seats before 74 181
Seats won 216 26
Seat change Increase142 Decrease155
Chief minister before election

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
INC

 Elected Chief minister

N. T. Rama Rao
N. Chandrababu Naidu
TDP

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 1994 took place in December 1994 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 216 seats. The Indian National Congress managed to win only 26 seats. NTR was sworn his 3rd term as Chief Minister of the state.[1][2][3][4]

Results

s.no party seats contested seats won seats change vote share swing
1 Telugu Desam Party 251 216 +142 44.14% +7.60%
2 Indian National Congress 294 26 -155 33.85% -13.24%
3 Communist Party of India 21 19 +11 3.39% +0.75%
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 15 +9 2.96% +0.50%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 280 3 -2 3.89% +2.11%
6 Majlis Bachao Tehreek 9 2 +2 0.49% 0.49%
7 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 20 1 -3 0.70% -1.29%

In Andhra Pradesh, the Vidhan Sabha, or Legislative Assembly, has 294 constituencies. 39 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes candidates and 15 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled tribes candidates.

References

  1. ↑ "Key Highlights of Geberal Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). nic.in. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Overview". aplegislature.org. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "P. Ravindra Reddy And Ors. vs The Election Commission, Rep. By ... on 29 November, 1994". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994. google.com.np. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
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