Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1985

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 1985

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 0 10

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%

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