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Andhra Pradesh assembly election, May 1983

The 7th Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
IND
219 seats · majority
Candidates
1,720
67 women, 11 elected
Turnout
66.31%
2.11 cr of 3.18 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • IND219
  • INC60
  • CPM5
  • CPI4
  • BJP3
  • JNP1
  • ICJ1
  • TDP1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Andhra Pradesh assembly election (1978)

IND
+204
JNP
-59
INC
+30
CPM
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INDIndependent219+204109815.0%1,18,24,39755.99%+46.80782
INCIndian National Congress60+3029433.6%70,90,90733.58%+16.5713
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)5-32820.6%4,25,1092.01%-0.7014
CPICommunist Party of India4-24817.4%5,88,1442.79%+0.3029
BJPBharatiya Janata Party3—8010.3%5,82,4642.76%—62
JNPJanata Party1-59436.7%2,03,4780.96%-27.8838
ICJICJ1—861.9%1,19,3720.56%—85
TDPTelugu Desam Party1—162.7%45,0720.21%—0
LKDLok Dal0—338.5%1,93,8800.92%—26
ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)0—96.4%44,2880.21%—7

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Andhra Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 1983

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KOVVURAndhra PradeshINDPENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAOINCMUNSHI ABDUL AZIZ54,91066.10%
YAKUTPURAAndhra PradeshINDKHAJA ABU SAYEEDINDSYED SARFARAZ ALI39,63663.79%
KAKINADAAndhra PradeshINDGOPALA KRISHNA MURTHYINCMALLADI WWAMI55,63163.24%
VIZIANAGARAMAndhra PradeshINDASHOK GAJAPATHIRAJU PUSANATIINCPRASADULA RAMA KRISHNA40,39259.38%
VISAKHAPATNAM-IAndhra PradeshINDMADHAVI GRANDHIINCALWAR DAS SUNKARI28,88057.13%
ELURUAndhra PradeshINDCHENNAKESAVULU RANGARAOINCPULI VENKATA SATYA NARAYANA47,51556.69%
BHEEMUNIPATNAMAndhra PradeshINDANANDA GAJAPATHI RAJU POOSAPATIINCDATLA JAGANNADHA RAJU39,57655.82%
TIRUPATHIAndhra PradeshINDN. T. RAMA RAOINCAGARALA ESWARAREDDY46,87955.81%
VISAKHAPATNAM-IIAndhra PradeshINDVASUDEVARAO ESWARAPUINCPALLA SIMHACHALAM47,91653.47%
GOPALPURAMAndhra PradeshINDKARUPATI VIVEKANANDAINCDASARI SAROJINI DEVI37,39552.27%

Closest results of May 1983

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MEDCHALAndhra PradeshINCUMA VENKATARAMA REDDYINDTHUMMALAPALLY PRATAP REDDY640.07%
NAGARKURNOOLAndhra PradeshINCV. N. GOUDINDN. JANARDHAN REDDY520.08%
PARGIAndhra PradeshINCAHMED SHAREEF (S/O ABDUL GANI)INDKOPPALA HARISHWARA REDDY560.08%
GAJAPATHINAGARAMAndhra PradeshINDJAMPANA SATYANARAYANA RAJUINCTADDI SANYASI NAIDU1860.27%
MUSHEERABADAndhra PradeshINDS. RAJESWARJNPN. NARSIMHA REDDY3070.43%
SURYAPETAndhra PradeshINDEDA DEVIAHINCB. M. RAJ3420.49%
VINUKONDAAndhra PradeshINDGANGIENENI VENKATESWARA RAOINCVENKATESWARLU AVUDARI4150.53%
LUXETTIPETAndhra PradeshINDMADAVARAPU MURALI MANOHAR RAOINDG. V. SUDHAKARA RAO4050.53%
DOMMATAndhra PradeshINCAIRENI LINGAIAHINDDEMMATA RAMACHANDRA REDDY3690.56%
ASIFABADAndhra PradeshCPIGUNDA MALLESHINCDASARI NARASIAH3030.58%