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Andhra Pradesh assembly election, May 1985

The 8th Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
TDP
202 seats · majority
Candidates
1,972
67 women, 10 elected
Turnout
66.48%
2.3 cr of 3.46 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • TDP202
  • INC50
  • CPI11
  • CPM11
  • IND9
  • BJP8
  • JNP3

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Andhra Pradesh assembly election (1983)

IND
-210
TDP
+201
INC
-10
CPI
+7
CPM
+6
BJP
+5

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
TDPTelugu Desam Party202+20125054.5%1,06,25,50846.21%+45.993
INCIndian National Congress50-1029037.8%85,66,89137.26%+3.6819
CPICommunist Party of India11+71553.1%6,17,7312.69%-0.100
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)11+61253.3%5,30,3492.31%+0.290
INDIndependent9-21013751.9%20,92,6379.10%-46.891335
BJPBharatiya Janata Party8+51047.6%3,72,9781.62%-1.140
JNPJanata Party3+2546.5%1,74,2110.76%-0.210
LKDLok Dal00151.2%15,0320.07%-0.8515

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 1985

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
YAKUTPURAAndhra PradeshINDIBRAHIM BIN ABDULLAH MUSGURTITDPMOHAMMAD ZAIDI49,71562.90%
VIZIANAGARAMAndhra PradeshTDPPUSAPATA ASHOK GAJAPATHI RAJUINCMODILI SRINIVASA RAO37,96960.87%
JAMMALAMADUGUAndhra PradeshTDPSIVA REDDY PONNAPUREDDYINDKUNDA PEDDA CHOWDAPPA57,17060.52%
KUPPAMAndhra PradeshTDPN. RANGASWAMY NAIDUINCDR. S. KRISHNA36,96460.22%
CHOPPADANDIAndhra PradeshTDPNYALAKONDA RAMKISHAN RAOINCBANDARI RAMASWAMY41,43758.98%
ICHAPURAMAndhra PradeshTDPKRISHNARAO M.V.INCLABALA SUNDARA RAO35,36858.20%
SRIKAKULAMAndhra PradeshTDPAPPALA SURYANARAYANA GUNDAINCMYLAPILLI NARSAYYA38,95756.05%
HINDUPURAndhra PradeshTDPN, T. RAMARAOINCE. ADIMURTY40,52954.16%
BUGGARAMAndhra PradeshTDPSHIKARI VISHWANATHINCKADAKUNTLA GANGARAM39,89253.08%
PRATHIPADUAndhra PradeshTDPMUDRANGADA PADMANABHAMINCSAMPARA SUNDARA RAMA KUMAR41,32952.78%

Closest results of May 1985

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
SRI KALAHASTIAndhra PradeshTDPMUNIRAMAIAH SATRAVADAINCCHENCHU REDDY TATIPARTHI800.08%
GADWALAndhra PradeshTDPN. GOPALA REDDYINCD. K. SAMARASIMHA REDDY940.12%
DARSIAndhra PradeshTDPPUSETTY SRIRAMULUINCIKOMMU PITOHIREDDY2780.32%
PADERUAndhra PradeshTDPKOTTA GULLI CHITTI NAIDUINCMATCHARASA BALA RAJU1130.33%
KOTHURUAndhra PradeshINCNARASIMHARAO VISWASA RIATDPGOPALA RAO NIMMAKA3630.54%
METPALLIAndhra PradeshBJPCHENNAMANENI VIDYASAGAR RAOINDKOMIREDDY RAMULU3720.57%
ATMAKURAndhra PradeshINCSUNDARA RAMIREDDY BOMMIREDDYBJPMUPPAVARAPU VENKAIAH NAIDU8300.89%
NARSIPATNAMAndhra PradeshTDPAYYANNAPATRUDUINCSRI RAMA MURTY VEEHALAPU8110.94%
NAGARIAndhra PradeshINCCHENGA REDDY REDDIVARITDPA. M. RADHAKRISHNA1,1421.12%
PALAIRAndhra PradeshCPMBAJI HANUMANTHUINCS. CHANDRASEKHAR9681.17%