Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1983

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1983
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 and Tirupati yemmiganur
Last election - 1978
Seats before 0 205
Seats won 202 60
Seat change Increase202 Decrease145
Chief minister before election

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
INC

 Elected Chief minister

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 1983 was held 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 following five years. The TDP secured a huge majority winning 202 seats. The Indian National Congress secured 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 290 201 +201 54.03% + 54.03%
2 Indian National Congress 294 60 -145 33.58% -22.78%
3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 28 5 -3 2.01% -0.70%
4 Communist Party of India 48 4 -2 2.79% +0.30%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 80 3 +3 2.76% +2.76%
6 Janata Party 43 1 -59 0.96% -27.89%

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

List of Assembly constituencies

Sl. No. NAME CONST. NO. CONSTITUENCY PARTY AFFILIATION

References

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