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 201–250 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
PATTIKONDA	TDPGUPPA MAHABALESWARA GUPTA	INCPATEELU RAMAKRISHNA REDDY	3,5145.22%	65.3%
PAYAKARAOPETA	TDPKAKARA NOOKARAJU	INCG. V. HARSHA KUMAR	29,76851.88%	57.8%
PEDDAKURAPADU	TDPKASARANENI SADASIVA RAO	INCMAHABOOB SYED	7,8298.09%	69.9%
PEDDAPALLI	TDPKALVA RAMACHANDRA REDDY	INCGEETLA MUKUNDA REDDY	4,3895.84%	59.5%
PEDDAPURAM	TDPBALUSU RAMARAO	INCDURVASULA SATYANARAYANAMURTY	20,37527.99%	65.2%
PENDURTHI	TDPALLA RAMA CHANDRA RAO	INCGURUNADHARAO GUDIVADA	9,2098.76%	61.0%
PENUGONDA	TDPPRATHI MANEMMA	INCPILLI SATHIRAJU	27,06037.13%	71.2%
PENUKONDA	TDPS. RAMACHANDRA REDDY	INCG. VEERANNA	7,5169.47%	70.9%
PILERU	TDPCHALLA PRABHAKARA REDDY	INCCHADUM PEDDIREDDIGARI RAMACHANDRA REDDY	4,2495.25%	71.2%
PITHAPURAM	TDPNAGESWARARAO VEENA	INCVEERABHADARARAO SANGISETTY	14,38921.20%	69.6%
POLAVARAM	TDPMODIUM LAKSHMANA RAO	INCLAKSHMINARYANA RASAPUTHRA	16,12823.25%	66.4%
PONNUR	TDPDHULIPALLA VEERIAH CHAUDHARY	INCCHITTINENI	6,4117.71%	70.8%
PRATHIPAD	TDPMAKINENI PEDA RATHAIAH	INCPETER PAUL CHUKKA	10,79014.23%	69.8%
PRATHIPADU	TDPMUDRANGADA PADMANABHAM	INCSAMPARA SUNDARA RAMA KUMAR	41,32952.78%	64.1%
PRODDATUR	TDPNANDYALA VARADARAJULU REDDY	INDM. V. RAMANA REDDY	7,1307.47%	65.9%
PULIVENDLA	INCYEDUGURI SANDINTI RAJASEKHARA REDDY	TDPDEVIREDDY SADASIVA REDDY	30,84233.11%	72.8%
PUNGANUR	TDPNOOTHANAKALVA RAMAKRISHNA REDDY	INCK. PADMAVATHAMMA	22,21530.11%	62.2%
PUTTUR	TDPGALI MUDDUKRISHNAMA NAIDU	INCM. PRASAD	17,20120.63%	69.6%
RAJAHMUNDRY	TDPBUTCHAIAR CHOUDHARY GORANTLA	INCA. C. Y. REDDY	7,2398.20%	71.5%
RAJAMPET	TDPBANDARU RATNASABHAPATHI	INCMADAN MOHAN REDDY KASIREDDY	5,3345.98%	72.9%
RAMACHANDRAPURAM	TDPMEDISETTI VERA VENKA RAMA RAO	INCSUBHAS CHANRA BOSE PILLI	18,14223.41%	70.8%
RAMANNAPET	CPIGURRAM YADAGIRI REDDY	INDTUMMALA SURENDER REDDY	32,47540.70%	65.4%
RAMAYAMPET	BJPRAMANNAGARI SRINIVASAREDDY	INCR. MUTHYAMREDDY	1,7262.10%	69.4%
RAPUR	TDPANAM RAM NARAYANAREDDY	INCVENKATARANTNAM NAIDU NUVVULA	4,9125.43%	74.7%
RAYACHOTY	INCMANDIPALLE NAGE REDDY	TDPSHAIK DADE SABEB	16,32118.86%	74.8%
RAYADRUG	INCHULI KUNTAPRAO	JNPU. LINGAREDDY	7,1899.41%	65.8%
RAZOLE	TDPA. V. SURYANARAYANA RAJU	INCPONNADA HANUMANTHA RAO	23,06331.02%	76.1%
REPALLE	TDPYADLA VENKATA RAO	INCKANTAMNENI RAJENDRA PRASAD	10,82616.00%	70.0%
SALUR	TDPBOINA RAJAYYA	INCL.N.SANYASI RAJU	7,63612.93%	66.5%
SAMPARA	TDPSATYALINGA NAICKER TIRUMANT	INCBHULOKARAYUDU YERUBANDI	28,67036.24%	64.4%
SANATHNAGAR	TDPS. RAJESHWAR	INCP. L. SRINIVAS	9,00914.58%	50.8%
SANGAREDDY	INCP. RAMCHANDRA REDDY	INDSADASIVA REDDY, K.	6,3196.19%	67.4%
SANTHANUTHALAPADU	TDPADENNA KASUKURTMY	INCCHINTHAPALLI POULU	8,1078.87%	65.9%
SARVEPALLI	TDPEDURU RAMAKRISHNA REDDY	INCKOTAMREDDY VIJAYA KUMARREDDY	21,56625.98%	64.2%
SATHIVADA	INCPENUMATSA SAMBASIVA RAJU	TDPBAIREDDI SURYA NARAYANA	11,70014.41%	80.1%
SATHUPALLI	TDPNAGESWA RAO TUMMALA	INCLAKKENENI JOGA RAO	3,8183.91%	77.0%
SATTENAPALLI	CPMPUTUMBAKA VENKATAPATHI	INCJ. U. PADMALATHA	9,35110.08%	66.5%
SATYAVEDU	TDPEMSURAJAN	INCYENDURI BABU RAO	13,91016.96%	65.9%
SECUNDERABAD	TDPALLADI P. RAJ KUMAR	INCGOURI SHANKER	19,79728.40%	51.0%
SECUNDERABAD CANTONMENT	TDPS. SATYANARAYANA	INCB. MACHENDER RAO	6,90610.39%	50.2%
SHADNAGAR	TDPM. INDIRA	INCB. KISTAIAH	7,01810.00%	63.7%
SHUJATNAGAR	CPIMOHAMMAD RAJABALI	INCRAMREDDY VENKAT REDDY	4,8176.59%	71.0%
SHYAMPET	INCNARSIMHA REDDY NAMIDI	BJPALLAIAH MANDA	5,4288.22%	66.3%
SIDDIPET	TDPK. CHANDRA SHANKHER RAO	INCT. MAHENDER REDDY	16,15620.51%	67.7%
SINGANAMALA	TDPK. JAYARAM	INCP. SAMANTHAKAMANI	14,21225.32%	54.3%
SIRCILLA	CPICH. RAJESHWAR RAO	INCRUDRA SHANKARAIAH	23,56330.94%	58.8%
SIRPUR	TDPK. V. NARAYANA RAO	INCB. JANAKA PRASAD	8,26512.79%	62.2%
SOMPETA	TDPGOUTHU SYAMASUNDARA SIVAJI	INCMAJJI NARAYANARAO	18,58025.88%	73.9%
SRI KALAHASTI	TDPMUNIRAMAIAH SATRAVADA	INCCHENCHU REDDY TATIPARTHI	800.08%	74.7%
SRIKAKULAM	TDPAPPALA SURYANARAYANA GUNDA	INCMYLAPILLI NARSAYYA	38,95756.05%	61.5%

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.