Andhra Pradesh assembly election, May 1983

294 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, 66.31% turnout.

Seats

294

Candidates

1,720

67 women, 11 elected

Turnout

66.31%

2.11 cr of 3.18 cr

Leading party

IND

219 of 294 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Andhra Pradesh

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
IND Independent	219	+204	1098	1,18,24,397	55.99%	+46.80
INC Indian National Congress	60	+30	294	70,90,907	33.58%	+16.57
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5	-3	28	4,25,109	2.01%	-0.70
CPI Communist Party of India	4	-2	48	5,88,144	2.79%	+0.30
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	3	+3	80	5,82,464	2.76%	—
JNP Janata Party	1	-59	43	2,03,478	0.96%	-27.88
ICJ ICJ	1	+1	86	1,19,372	0.57%	—
TDP Telugu Desam Party	1	+1	1	45,072	0.21%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	33	1,93,880	0.92%	—
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	9	44,288	0.21%	—

IND219 (74%)
INC60 (20%)
CPM5 (2%)
CPI4 (1%)
BJP3 (1%)
JNP1 (0%)
Others2 (1%)

IND219
INC60
CPM5
CPI4
BJP3
JNP1
Others2

IND219
INC60
CPM5
CPI4
BJP3
JNP1
ICJ1
TDP1

Constituency performance

From the 294 results in Andhra Pradesh

Closest contest

MEDCHAL

won by 64 (0.07%)

Biggest victory

KOVVUR

won by 54,910 (66.10%)

Highest turnout

RAYACHOTY

80.53%

Lowest turnout

UNDI

13.24%

Seat change

Against Andhra Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1978), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained32 (11%)
Changed hands262 (89%)

32 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 262 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Andhra Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 251–294 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
SRUNGAVARAPUKOTA	INDDUKKU LABUDU BARIKI	INCGANGANNA DORA VANNEPURI	27,18540.75%	62.8%
SULURPET	INDSATTI PRAKASHAM	INCMYLARI LAKSHMIKANTHAMMA	18,08126.74%	68.0%
SURYAPET	INDEDA DEVIAH	INCB. M. RAJ	3420.49%	67.1%
TADEPALLIGUDEM	INDANJANEULU ELI	INCMYLAVARAPU RAJABHASKARARAO	42,69452.07%	70.1%
TADIKONDA	INDJ. R. PUSHPA RAJU	INCAMRUTHA RAO TAMANAPALLI	26,48637.34%	62.8%
TADPATRI	INDMUTYALA KESAVA REDDY	INDJ. C. DIWAKAR REDDY	11,11614.24%	67.6%
TALLAREVU	INDCHIKKALA RAMACHANDRA RAO	INCKOMMIREDDY TARADEVI	32,29945.04%	71.5%
TANDUR	INCM. MANIK RAO	INDSIRGIRPET SAI REDDY	18,32127.85%	69.6%
TANUKU	INDCHITTURI VENKARESWARA RAO	INDSATYANARAYANA MURTHY GANNAMANI	4,0985.12%	74.9%
TEKKALI	INDATTADA JANARDHANA RAO	INCLOKANADHAM NAIDU SATTARU	19,71631.46%	66.0%
TENALI	INDANNABATHUNI SATYANARAYANA	INCINDIRA DODDAPANENI	29,22437.06%	69.8%
THAMBALLAPALLE	INDT. N. SRINIVASA REDDY	INCAVULA MOHANA REDDY	4,0686.25%	71.6%
THERLAM	TDPJAYAPRAKASH THENDU	INCSATHARU NARAYANAPPALA	24,24933.72%	72.8%
TIRUPATHI	INDN. T. RAMA RAO	INCAGARALA ESWARAREDDY	46,87955.81%	69.9%
TIRUVURU	INDPOORNANAND MIRYALA	INCSRI KANTHAYYA	2,5133.36%	74.3%
TUNGATURTHI	CPMSWARAJYAM MALLU	INCVIJAYSENA REDDY RETHI REDDY	1,8972.66%	71.2%
TUNI	INDYANAMALA RAMAKRISHNUDU	INCVIJAYALAKASHMIDEVI MIRZA NALLAPARAJU	21,68028.24%	70.3%
UDAYAGIRI	BJPVENKAIAH NAIDU MUPPAVARAPU	INCMEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY	20,50028.59%	65.7%
UNDI	INDKALIDINGE RAMACHANDRA RAJU	INCGOTTAMUKKALA RAMACHANDRA RAJU	33,43144.29%	13.2%
UNGUTUR	INDSRINIVASA RAO KANTAMANI	INCCHINTALAPALI SEETA RAMA CHANDRA VARA PRASADA MURTY RAJU	25,18030.23%	72.9%
URAVAKONDA	INDBHEEMA REDDY Y.	INCRAYALA VEMANNA	15,07821.99%	69.4%
UTTARAPALLI	INDKOLLA APPALAMAIDU	INCKAKARLAPUDI VIZIA RAEHGAVA SATYANARAYANA	30,32944.88%	72.9%
VAYALPAD	INDCHINTHALA SURENDRA REDDY	INCAMARANATHA REDDY NALLARI	6,9728.93%	76.4%
VEMUR	INDNADENDLA BHASKARA RAO	INCYADKAPATI VENKAT RAO	24,64532.59%	69.2%
VENKATAGIRI	INDCHANDRASEKHARA REDDY NALLAREDDI	INCJANARDHANA REDDY MEDURUMALLI	3,6134.49%	75.6%
VEPANJERI	INDTALARI RUDRAIAH	INCBANGALA ARUMUGAN	20,59125.38%	74.0%
VICARABAD	INCK. R. KRISHNA SWAMY	INDDEVADAS	5,0048.55%	62.5%
VIJAYAWADA EAST	INDADUSUMILLI JAIPRAKASHA RAO	INCJANDYALA KAMESWARI SHANKER	14,87718.51%	67.1%
VIJAYAWADA WEST	INDJAYARAJU B. S.	CPIRAMACHANDRA RAJU UPPALAPATI	1,5381.57%	70.2%
VINUKONDA	INDGANGIENENI VENKATESWARA RAO	INCVENKATESWARLU AVUDARI	4150.53%	65.3%
VISAKHAPATNAM-I	INDMADHAVI GRANDHI	INCALWAR DAS SUNKARI	28,88057.13%	45.6%
VISAKHAPATNAM-II	INDVASUDEVARAO ESWARAPU	INCPALLA SIMHACHALAM	47,91653.47%	49.4%
VIZIANAGARAM	INDASHOK GAJAPATHIRAJU PUSANATI	INCPRASADULA RAMA KRISHNA	40,39259.38%	65.3%
VUNUKURU	INDKIMIDI KALAVENKATARAO	INCRAJASEKHARAM PALAVASALA	23,38131.39%	74.2%
VUYYUR	INCK. P. REDDAIAH	INDRAMOHAN RAO KAKANI	3,0924.66%	74.2%
WANAPARTHY	INDBALAKISTAIAH	INCJAYARAMULU M.	3,9905.44%	62.9%
WARANGAL	INDBANDARU NAGABHUSHAN RAO	BJPBHUPATHI KRISHNA MOORTHY	8,83613.94%	61.6%
WARDHANNAPET	INCJAGANNADHAM MACHERLA	BJPVANNALA SRERAMULU	6,2729.07%	73.4%
YAKUTPURA	INDKHAJA ABU SAYEED	INDSYED SARFARAZ ALI	39,63663.79%	57.4%
YELLANDU	INDNARASAIAH GUMMADI	INCSOMALA NAYAKU BANOTHU	2,4664.02%	67.2%
YELLAREDDY	INDKISHAN REDDY	INCTANDURI BALA GOUD	7,72611.17%	70.1%
YELLAVARAM	INDJOGARAO CHINNAM	INCPRAKASH RAO GORRELA	5,29312.57%	49.2%
YEMMIGANUR	INCVIJAYA BHASKARA REDDY KOTLA	INDABDUL RAZAK	11,53615.99%	66.3%
ZAHIRABAD	INCM. BAGA REDDY	INDTIRUMALA LAKSHMA REDDY	9,89713.87%	67.6%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Andhra Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.