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1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place in January 1985 in 294 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the next five years. The TDP secured a huge majority winning 202 seats. The Indian National Congress winning only 50 seats.
| Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP+ | Telugu Desam Party | N. T. Rama Rao | 250 | 287 | ||||
| Communist Party of India | Chilumula Vittal Reddy | 15 | ||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Narra Raghava Reddy | 12 | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | P. V. Chalapathi Rao | 10 | ||||||
| Indian National Congress | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | 290 |
| TDP+ | Telugu Desam Party | 10,625,508 | 46.21 | 0.09 | 250 | 202 | 1 | ||
| Communist Party of India | 617,731 | 2.69 | 0.10 | 15 | 11 | 7 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 530,349 | 2.31 | 0.30 | 12 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 372,978 | 1.62 | 1.14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Total | 12,146,566 | 52.83 | N/A | 287 | 232 | N/A | |||
| Indian National Congress | 8,566,891 | 37.25 | 3.67 | 290 | 50 | 10 | |||
| Other parties | 189,243 | 0.82 | N/A | 20 | 3 | N/A | |||
| Independents | 2,092,637 | 9.10 | 0.81 | 1,375 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Valid votes | 22,995,337 | 98.39 | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 375,413 | 1.61 | |||||||
| Votes cast/ turnout | 23,370,750 | 67.57 | |||||||
| Abstentions | 11,216,622 | 32.43 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 34,587,372 |
| District | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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