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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983

294 seats · 236 changed party since 1978

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Party standings

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Telugu Desam Party — 201 seatsIndian National Congress — 60 seatsIndependent — 19 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 5 seatsCommunist Party of India — 4 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 3 seatsJanata Party — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat148294of 294 seats
  • TDP201
  • INC60
  • IND19
  • CPM5
  • CPI4
  • BJP3
  • JNP1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
TDPTelugu Desam Party20168%82,29,31339.0%201
INCIndian National Congress6020%70,90,90733.6%294
INDIndependent196%36,40,15617.2%898
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)52%4,25,1092.0%28
CPICommunist Party of India41%5,88,1442.8%48
BJPBharatiya Janata Party31%5,82,4642.8%80
JNPJanata Party10%2,03,4781.0%43
ICJICJ10%1,19,3720.6%86

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

159 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

Constituency map

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983 · winner by seat

House composition

Majority line at 148

1983 · selected
Majority 148
TDP201INC60IND19CPM5CPI4BJP3JNP1ICJ1
1978 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1978 → 1983

1978 1983· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
0.0
39.0
56.3
33.6
9.2
17.2
28.8
1.0
TDPINCINDJNP

Seat change

1983 seats minus 1978 seats

seats lostseats gained
TDP
0 → 201
+201
INC
205 → 60
−145
IND
15 → 19
+4
CPM
8 → 5
−3
CPI
6 → 4
−2
BJP
0 → 3
+3
JNP
60 → 1
−59
ICJ
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1978 → 1983

share lostshare gained
TDP
0.0% → 39.0%
+39.0%
IND
9.2% → 17.2%
+8.0%
BJP
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
LKD
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
ICJ
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CPM
2.7% → 2.0%
−0.7%
INC
56.3% → 33.6%
−22.7%
JNP
28.8% → 1.0%
−27.9%

Biggest TDP–INC swings

Seats where the TDP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1978 → 1983. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (TDP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward TDP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward TDP
Kakinada
+112.6%
Bhimli
+108.6%
Gopalapuram
+107.9%
Balkonda
+107.8%
Nellore
+102.2%
Eluru
+102.0%
Payakaraopet
+101.2%
Mummidivaram
+100.4%
Bhimavaram
+100.1%
Tadepalligudem
+99.5%
Visakhapatnam Ii
+98.8%
Peddapuram
+96.9%

Closest races · 1983

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1983

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1978