Andhra Pradesh assembly election, May 1985

294 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, 66.48% turnout.

Seats

294

Candidates

1,972

67 women, 10 elected

Turnout

66.48%

2.3 cr of 3.46 cr

Leading party

TDP

202 of 294 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Andhra Pradesh

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
TDP Telugu Desam Party	202	+201	250	1,06,25,508	46.21%	+45.99
INC Indian National Congress	50	-10	290	85,66,891	37.25%	+3.68
CPI Communist Party of India	11	+7	15	6,17,731	2.69%	-0.10
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	11	+6	12	5,30,349	2.31%	+0.29
IND Independent	9	-210	1375	20,92,637	9.10%	-46.89
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	8	+5	10	3,72,978	1.62%	-1.14
JNP Janata Party	3	+2	5	1,74,211	0.76%	-0.21
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	15	15,032	0.07%	-0.85

TDP202 (69%)
INC50 (17%)
CPI11 (4%)
CPM11 (4%)
IND9 (3%)
BJP8 (3%)
Others3 (1%)

TDP202
INC50
CPI11
CPM11
IND9
BJP8
Others3

TDP202
INC50
CPI11
CPM11
IND9
BJP8
JNP3

Constituency performance

From the 294 results in Andhra Pradesh

Closest contest

SRI KALAHASTI

won by 80 (0.08%)

Biggest victory

YAKUTPURA

won by 49,715 (62.90%)

Highest turnout

CHINTALAPUDI

83.22%

Lowest turnout

PADERU

32.07%

Seat change

Against Andhra Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1983), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained24 (8%)
Changed hands270 (92%)

24 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 270 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 1–50 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ACHAMPET	TDPP. MAHENDRANATH	INCJAYANTHI	34,44547.64%	64.5%
ACHANTA	CPMCHITTARANJAN ALUGU	INCAMBUJA KAMIDI	31,72241.96%	70.6%
ADDANKI	TDPCHENCHU GARATAIAH BACINA	INCJAGARLAMUDI HANUMAIAH	5,5606.12%	69.4%
ADILABAD	INDC. RAMCHANDRA REDDY	TDPRANGINEI LAXMAN RAO	6,3858.83%	66.4%
ADONI	INCRAICHOTI RAMAIAH	TDPPANDURANGA RAO	10,05312.39%	69.6%
ALAIR	TDPMOTHUKUPALLI NARSIMHULU	INCCHETTUPALLI KENNEDY	36,14650.48%	62.5%
ALAMPUR	BJPRAVINDRANATH REDDY	INCB. ANASUYAMMA	12,20116.35%	63.8%
ALAMURU	TDPNARAYANMURTHY VALLURI	INCSURYABHASKARARAO	20,37122.26%	74.6%
ALLAGADDA	INCGANGULA PRATHAPA REDDY	TDPBHUMA SEKHAR REDDY	1,3051.40%	74.2%
ALLAVARAM	TDPGOLLAPALLI SURYARAO	INCYELAMANCHILL SATYANARAYANA	3,5295.47%	68.3%
ALLUR	CPMVENKAIAH JAKKA	INDBEZAVADA DASRADHARAMI REDDY	18,51625.53%	64.2%
ALUR	INCERANNA	TDPP. RAJARATHNARAO	3,3786.24%	56.6%
AMADALAVALASA	TDPSEETARAM TAMMINENI	INCPYDI SRIRAMA MURTY	2,1293.09%	75.2%
AMALAPURAM	INCKUDUPUDI PRABHAKARA RAO	TDPRAVANAM RAMACHANDRA RAO	7,4709.58%	76.2%
AMARCHINTA	TDPRAFIC MEHDI KHAN	INCVEERA REDDY	13,03915.80%	64.2%
ANAKAPALLI	TDPDADI VERABHADRA RAO	INCNIMMADALA SATYANARAYANA	29,54140.68%	67.2%
ANANTAPUR	TDPN. RAMAKRISHNA	INCA. NARAYANA REDDY	7,4219.22%	61.3%
ANAPARTHY	TDPNALLAMILLI MOOLAREDDY	INCAMMIREDDY TADALA	7,7219.65%	77.3%
ANDOLE	TDPMALYALA RAJAIAH	INDC. RAJANARASIMHA	16,46322.81%	65.1%
ARMOOR	TDPALETI MAHIPAL REDDY	INCSENIGARAM SANTHOSH REDDY	6,6087.94%	68.7%
ASAFNAGAR	INDMOHD. VIZARAT RASOOL KHAN	TDPM. SRIDHAR REDDY	12,33318.67%	59.0%
ASIFABAD	CPIGUNDA MALLESH	INCDASARI NARSAIAH	4,0487.09%	51.9%
ATMAKUR	INCSUNDARA RAMIREDDY BOMMIREDDY	BJPMUPPAVARAPU VENKAIAH NAIDU	8300.89%	70.5%
ATMAKUR	TDPBUDDA VENGALA REDDY	INCGURRA PPAGARI NAGALKSHMI REDDY	7,1358.67%	70.2%
ATTILI	TDPKANAKA DURGA VENKATA SATYANARAYANARAJU	INCKANETEK SATYANARAYANARAJU	26,84432.92%	69.4%
AVANIGADDA	TDPSATYANARAYANARAO SIMHADRI	INCVENKATAKRISHNARAO MANDALI	6,2338.34%	77.4%
BADVEL	TDPVEERAREDDY BIJIVEMULA	INCSIVARAMAKRISHNA RAO VADAMANI	9,26610.10%	73.5%
BALKONDA	TDPG. MADHUSUDHAN REDDY	INCG. PRAMILA DEVI	16,73324.43%	63.8%
BANDAR	TDPVADDI RANGA RAO	INCTIRUMANI MANGATHAYARU	10,71212.92%	68.7%
BANSWADA	TDPSURYADEVARA VENKATA	INCVENKATARAMA REDDY	9,10010.95%	72.5%
BAPATLA	TDPUMMAREDDY VENKATESWARLU	INDMANTHENA VENKATA SURYANARAYANA RAJU	18,02720.84%	67.7%
BHADRACHALAM	CPMKUNJA BOJJI	INCBHADRAYYA SODE	6,7039.36%	59.3%
BHEEMUNIPATNAM	TDPDEVI PRASANNA APPALU NARASIMHA RAJU RAJA SAGI	INCAKELLA SESHAGIRI RAO	34,14650.78%	60.7%
BHIMAVARAM	TDPVENKATA NARASIMHA RAJU PENMETSA	INCBAND NAGENDRA VENKATA RAMESHWARA RAO ALIAS	32,81538.34%	67.2%
BHOGAPURAM	TDPNARAYANA SWAMY NAIDU PATHIVADA	INCAPPADU DORA KOMMURU	4,9077.04%	71.3%
BHONGIR	TDPALIMINETI MADHAVA REDDY	INCVARAKANTHAM SURENDER REDDY	34,28439.10%	71.2%
BOATH	TDPGODAM RAMA RAO	INCSIDAM BHEEM RAO	14,33334.13%	50.5%
BOBBILI	TDPSAMBANGI VENKATA CHINA APPALA NAIDU	INCINUGANTI VENKATARAMANA MURTY	29,44847.39%	65.1%
BODHAN	TDPBASHEERUDDIN BABU KHAN	INCANNAPA REDDY HANIMI REDDY	2,6533.43%	70.3%
BUGGARAM	TDPSHIKARI VISHWANATH	INCKADAKUNTLA GANGARAM	39,89253.08%	60.1%
BURGAMPAHAD	INCCHANDA LINGAIAH	CPIABBAIAH VOOKE	2,2283.11%	67.7%
BURUGUPUDI	TDPSAMBASIVA RAO PENDURTI	INCACHYUTA DESAI PODIPIREDDY	27,89636.77%	68.7%
CHALAKURTHI	TDPKUNDURU JANA REDDY	INCDHEERAVATH RAGYA NAIK	28,86831.56%	69.9%
CHANDRAGIRI	TDPJAYADEVANAIDU N. R.	INCBALASUBRAMANYAM CHOWDARY P.	1,6801.91%	70.3%
CHANDRAYANGUTTA	INDMOHD. AMANULLAH KHAN	INDG. KRISHNA	3,0092.69%	73.8%
CHARMINAR	INDMOHD. MUKKARRAMUDDIN	INDJAGAT SINGH	45,65250.26%	64.8%
CHEEPURUPALLI	TDPKEMBURI RAMA MOHAN RAO	INDMEESALA NEELAKANTHAM	32,29751.08%	59.8%
CHENNUR	TDPN. YETHIRAJA RAO	INCKUNDUR VENKATRAMA REDDY	8,7649.99%	76.5%
CHERIYAL	TDPNIMMA RAJA REDDY	INDN. RAJALINGAM	29,61146.12%	63.0%
CHEVELLA	TDPPATLOLLA INDRA REDDY	INCK. VIKRAM KUMAR REDDY	39,80543.83%	74.6%

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.