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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

294 seats · 110 changed party since 1983

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Party standings

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985 · 7 parties won seats

Derived
Telugu Desam Party — 202 seatsIndian National Congress — 50 seatsCommunist Party of India — 11 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 11 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 8 seatsJanata Party — 3 seats148294of 294 seats
  • TDP202
  • INC50
  • CPI11
  • CPM11
  • IND9
  • BJP8
  • JNP3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
TDPTelugu Desam Party20269%1,06,25,50846.2%250
INCIndian National Congress5017%85,66,89137.3%290
CPICommunist Party of India114%6,17,7312.7%15
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)114%5,30,3492.3%12
INDIndependent93%20,92,6379.1%1375
BJPBharatiya Janata Party83%3,72,9781.6%10
JNPJanata Party31%1,74,2110.8%5

+ 1 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, 1985 · winner by seat

House composition

Majority line at 148

1985 · selected
Majority 148
TDP202INC50CPI11CPM11IND9BJP8JNP3
1983 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1983 → 1985

1983 1985· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
39.0
46.2
33.6
37.3
17.2
9.1
TDPINCIND

Seat change

1985 seats minus 1983 seats

seats lostseats gained
TDP
201 → 202
+1
INC
60 → 50
−10
CPI
4 → 11
+7
CPM
5 → 11
+6
IND
19 → 9
−10
BJP
3 → 8
+5
JNP
1 → 3
+2
ICJ
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1983 → 1985

share lostshare gained
TDP
39.0% → 46.2%
+7.2%
INC
33.6% → 37.3%
+3.7%
ICJ
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
LKD
0.9% → 0.1%
−0.9%
BJP
2.8% → 1.6%
−1.1%
IND
17.2% → 9.1%
−8.1%

Biggest TDP–INC swings

Seats where the TDP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1983 → 1985. 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
Yemmiganur
+93.1%
Nalgonda
+90.3%
Buggaram
+89.1%
Ibrahimpatnam
+87.8%
Andole
+87.6%
Jukkal
+87.1%
Chevella
+84.1%
Vicarabad
+80.8%
Pargi
+80.5%
Boath
+79.3%
Adilabad
+77.0%
Markapur
−76.2%

Closest races · 1985

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

All constituencies · 1985

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1983