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[1] seats. The Indian National Congress winning only 50 seats.

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1983 5 March 1985 (1985-03-05) 1989 →

294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Registered34,587,372
Turnout23,370,750 (67.57%) Decrease 0.13%
  Majority party Minority party
 
NT Rama Rao.jpg
Kaderbad Ravindranath with Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (cropped).jpg
Leader N. T. Rama Rao Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Party TDP INC(I)
Leader since 1982 1982
Leader's seat Hindupur (won; retained),
Gudivada (won; vacated),
Nalgonda (won; vacated)
Yemmiganur (won)
Last election 201 seats, 46.30% 60 seats, 33.58%
Seats won 202 50
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 10
Popular vote 10,625,508 8,566,891
Percentage 46.21% 37.25%
Swing Decrease 0.09% Increase 3.67%

Chief minister before election

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

Elected Chief minister

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Telugu Desam Party10,625,50846.21 0.09%202 1
Indian National Congress8,566,89137.25 3.67%50 10
Communist Party of India617,7312.69 0.1%11 7
Communist Party of India (Marxist)530,3492.31 0.3%11 6
Bharatiya Janata Party372,9781.62 1.14%8 5
Janata Party174,2110.76 0.20%3 2
Lok Dal15,0320.07 0.85%0 
Independents2,092,6379.10 0.81%9 
Total22,995,337100.00294 
Valid votes22,995,33798.39
Invalid/blank votes375,4131.61
Total votes23,370,750100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,587,37267.57

Elected members

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Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
Ichapuram None M. V. Krishnarao Telugu Desam Party
Sompeta None Gouthu Syamasundara Sivaji Telugu Desam Party
Tekkali None Varada Saroja Telugu Desam Party
Harishchandra None Yerrannaidu Kinjarapu Telugu Desam Party
Narasannapeta None Prabhakara Rao Simma Telugu Desam Party
Patapatnam None Dharmana Narayana Rao Indian National Congress
Kothuru ST Narasimharao Viswasa Ria Indian National Congress
Naguru ST Satrucherla Vijayaramaraju Indian National Congress
Parvathipuram None Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Salur ST Boina Rajayya Telugu Desam Party
Bobbili None Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Therlam None Jayaprakash Tentu Telugu Desam Party
Vunukuru None Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao Telugu Desam Party
Palakonda SC Tale Bhadrayya Telugu Desam Party
Amadalavalasa None Seetaram Tammineni Telugu Desam Party
Srikakulam None Appala Suryanarayana Gunda Telugu Desam Party
Etcherla SC Kavali Prathibha Bharathi Telugu Desam Party
Cheepurupalli None Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao Telugu Desam Party
Gajapathinagaram None Narayanappalanaidu Vangapandu Indian National Congress
Vizianagaram None Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju Telugu Desam Party
Sathivada None Penmatsa Sambasiva Raju Indian National Congress
Bhogapuram None Narayana Swamy Naidu Pathivada Telugu Desam Party
Bheemunipatnam None Devi Prasanna Appalu Narasimha Raju Raja Sagi Telugu Desam Party
Visakhapatnam-i None Allu Bhanumathi Telugu Desam Party
Visakhapatnam-ii None Rajana Ramani Telugu Desam Party
Pendurthi None Alla Rama Chandra Rao Telugu Desam Party
Uttarapalli None Appalanaidu Kolla Telugu Desam Party
Srungavarapukota ST Dukku Labudubariki Telugu Desam Party
Paderu ST Kotta Gulli Chitti Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Madugula None Reddy Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Chodavaram None Gunorv Yerru Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Anakapalli None Dadi Veerabhadra Rao Telugu Desam Party
Paravada None Paila Appalanaidu Telugu Desam Party
Elamanchili None Chalapathirao Pappala Telugu Desam Party
Payakaraopeta SC Kakara Nookaraju Telugu Desam Party
Narsipatnam None Ayyannapatrudu Telugu Desam Party
Chintapalli ST Mottadam Vera Venkata Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Yellavaram ST Ghinnam Jogarao Telugu Desam Party
Burugupudi None Sambasiva Rao Pendurti Telugu Desam Party
Rajahmundry None Butchaiar Choudhary Gorantla Telugu Desam Party
Kadiam None Vaddi Veerabhadra Rao Telugu Desam Party
Jaggampeta None Thota Subrarao Telugu Desam Party
Peddapuram None Balusu Ramarao Telugu Desam Party
Prathipadu None Mudrangada Padmanabham Telugu Desam Party
Tuni None Yanamala Ramakrishnudu Telugu Desam Party
Pithapuram None Nageswararao Veena Telugu Desam Party
Sampara None Satyalinga Naicker Tirumant Telugu Desam Party
Kakinada None Mootha Gopalakrishna Telugu Desam Party
Tallarevu None Chikkala Ramachandrarao Telugu Desam Party
Anaparthy None Nallamilli Moolareddy Telugu Desam Party
Ramachandrapuram None Medisetti Vera Venka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Alamuru None Narayanmurthy Valluri Telugu Desam Party
Mummidivaram SC Pandu Krishna Murty Telugu Desam Party
Allavaram SC Gollapalli Suryarao Telugu Desam Party
Amalapuram None Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao Indian National Congress
Kothapeta None I. S. Raju Telugu Desam Party
Nagaram SC Undru Krishna Rao Telugu Desam Party
Razole None A. V. Suryanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
Narasapur None Venkata Rama Jogaiah Chegondi Telugu Desam Party
Palacole None Allu Venkata Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Achanta SC Chittaranjan Alugu Communist Party of India
Bhimavaram None Venkata Narasimha Raju Penmetsa Telugu Desam Party
Undi None Kalidindi Ramachandra Raju Telugu Desam Party
Penugonda None Prathi Manemma Telugu Desam Party
Tanuku None Venkata Krishnarao Mullapudi Telugu Desam Party
Attili None Kanaka Durga Venkata Satyanarayanaraju Vegesna Telugu Desam Party
Tadepalligudem None Yerra Narayana Swamy (benarji) Telugu Desam Party
Ungutur None Srinivasarao Katamani Telugu Desam Party
Dendulur None Garapati Sambasiva Rao Telugu Desam Party
Eluru None Maradani Rangarao Telugu Desam Party
Gopalpuram SC Vivekananda Karupati Telugu Desam Party
Kovvur None Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao Telugu Desam Party
Polavaram ST Modium Lakshmana Rao Telugu Desam Party
Chintalapudi None Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao Telugu Desam Party
Jaggayyapet None Nettam Raghu Ram Telugu Desam Party
Nandigama None Nageswara Rao Vasanta Telugu Desam Party
Vijayawada West None Uppalapati Ramachandra Raju Communist Party of India
Vijayawada East None Vangavetti Mohana Rangarao (ranga) Indian National Congress
Kankipadu None Devineni Rajasekhar Telugu Desam Party
Mylavaram None Chanamolu Venkata Rao Indian National Congress
Tiruvuru SC Pitta Venkataratnam Telugu Desam Party
Nuzvid None Kotagiri Hanumantharao Telugu Desam Party
Gannavaram None Mulpuru Balakrishna Rao Telugu Desam Party
Vuyyur None Anne Babu Rao Telugu Desam Party
Gudivada None Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Mudinepalli None Yerneni Sita Devi Telugu Desam Party
Kaikalur None Kanumuri Bapi Raju Indian National Congress
Malleswaram None Kagita Venkata Rao Telugu Desam Party
Bandar None Vaddi Ranga Rao Telugu Desam Party
Nidumolu SC Raturu Ramayya Communist Party of India
Avanigadda None Satyanarayanarao Simhadri Telugu Desam Party
Kuchinapudi None Evuru Seetharamma Telugu Desam Party
Repalle None Yadla Venkata Rao Telugu Desam Party
Vemur None Kidali Veraiah Telugu Desam Party
Duggirala None Alapati Dharma Rao Indian National Congress
Tenali None Annabathuni Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Ponnur None Dhulipalla Veeriah Chaudhary Telugu Desam Party
Bapatla None Ummareddy Venkateswarlu Telugu Desam Party
Prathipad None Makineni Peda Rathaiah Telugu Desam Party
Guntur-ii None Jayarambabu Chadalavada Indian National Congress
Mangalagiri None Koteswara Rao M. S. S. Telugu Desam Party
Tadikonda SC Ratna Pushparaju Juvviguntla Telugu Desam Party
Sattenapalli None Putumbaka Venkatapathi Communist Party of India
Peddakurapadu None Kasaraneni Sadasiva Rao Telugu Desam Party
Gurzala None Ankireddy Mutyam Telugu Desam Party
Macherla None Krishnamurthy Nattuva Indian National Congress
Vinukonda None Ganginent Venkateswara Rao Communist Party of India
Narasaraopet None Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Telugu Desam Party
Chilakaluripet None Sambaiah Somepalli Indian National Congress
Chirala None Chandramouli Sajja Telugu Desam Party
Parchur None Venkatewara Rao Daggubati Telugu Desam Party
Martur None Balrama Krishnamurthy Karanam Telugu Desam Party
Addanki None Chenchu Garataiah Bacina Telugu Desam Party
Ongole None Koteswara Rao Ponugupati Telugu Desam Party
Santhanuthalapadu SC Adenna Kasukurtmy Telugu Desam Party
Kandukur None Audinarayanareddy Manugunta Indian National Congress
Kanigiri None Mukku Kasi Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Kondepi None Atchyuta Kumar Gondapaneni Indian National Congress
Cumbum None Vudumula Venkata Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Darsi None Pusetty Sriramulu Telugu Desam Party
Markapur None Kundurupedda Konda Reddy Indian National Congress
Giddalur None Rangareddy Pidatala Independent
Udayagiri None Rajamohan Reddy Mekapatti Indian National Congress
Kavali None Yanadireddy Kaliki Indian National Congress
Guntur-i None Dohd. Jani Indian National Congress
Allur None Venkaiah Jakka Communist Party of India
Kovur None Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Atmakur None Sundara Ramireddy Bommireddy Indian National Congress
Rapur None Anam Ram Narayanareddy Telugu Desam Party
Nellore None Kunam Venkata Subba Reddy Indian National Congress
Sarvepalli None Eduru Ramakrishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Gudur SC Balli Durga Prasadarao Telugu Desam Party
Sulurpet SC Madanambeti Maneiah Telugu Desam Party
Venkatagiri None V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra Telugu Desam Party
Sri Kalahasti None Muniramaiah Satravada Telugu Desam Party
Satyavedu SC Emsurajan Telugu Desam Party
Nagari None Chenga Reddy Reddivari Indian National Congress
Puttur None Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Vepanjeri SC Gummadi Kuthuhalamma Indian National Congress
Chittoor None R. Gopinathan Indian National Congress
Palmaner SC Patnam Subbaiah Telugu Desam Party
Kuppam None N. Rangaswamy Naidu Telugu Desam Party
Punganur None Noothanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Madanpalle None Ratakonda Narayana Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Thamballapalle None Anipireddy Venkata Lakshmi Devamma Telugu Desam Party
Vayalpad None Amaranatha Reddy Nallari Indian National Congress
Pileru None Challa Prabhakara Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Chandragiri None Jayadevanaidu N. R. Telugu Desam Party
Tirupathi None Mabbu Rami Reddy Indian National Congress
Kodur SC Thoomati Penchalaiah Telugu Desam Party
Rajampet None Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi Telugu Desam Party
Rayachoty None Mandipalle Nage Reddy Indian National Congress
Lakkireddipalli None Raja Gopal Reddy Reddappagari Telugu Desam Party
Cuddapah None C. Ramachandraiah Telugu Desam Party
Badvel None Veerareddy Bijivemula Telugu Desam Party
Mydukur None Raghurami Reddy Settipalli Telugu Desam Party
Proddatur None Nandyala Varadarajulu Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Jammalamadugu None Siva Reddy Ponnapureddy Telugu Desam Party
Kamalapuram None Mysoora Reddy M. V. Indian National Congress
Pulivendla None Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy Indian National Congress
Kadiri None Chennur Abdul Rasool Telugu Desam Party
Nallamada None Saddapalli Venkata Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Gorantla None Kesanna Veluri Telugu Desam Party
Hindupur None Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Madakasira None H. B. Narase Gowd Telugu Desam Party
Penukonda None S. Ramachandra Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Kalyandrug SC Pakkeerappa Communist Party of India
Rayadrug None Huli Kuntaprao Indian National Congress
Uravakonda None Gurram Narayanappa Telugu Desam Party
Gooty None N. Gadilingappa Telugu Desam Party
Singanamala SC K. Jayaram Telugu Desam Party
Anantapur None N. Ramakrishna Telugu Desam Party
Dhamavaram None G. Nagi Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Tadpatri None J. C. Diwakar Reddy Indian National Congress
Alur SC Eranna Indian National Congress
Adoni None Raichoti Ramaiah Indian National Congress
Yemmiganur None B. V. Mohan Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Kodumur SC M. Sikamani Telugu Desam Party
Kurnool None V. Ram Bhupa Chowdary Indian National Congress
Pattikonda None Guppa Mahabaleswara Gupta Telugu Desam Party
Dhone None K. E. Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
Koilkuntla None Karra Subba Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Allagadda None Gangula Prathapa Reddy Indian National Congress
Panyam None Katasani Ramabhupala Reddy Indian National Congress
Nandikotkur None Ippala Thimmareddy Telugu Desam Party
Nandyal None Farook N. Telugu Desam Party
Atmakur None Budda Vengala Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Achampet SC P. Mahendranath Telugu Desam Party
Nagarkurnool None N. Janardhan Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Kalwakurthi None J. Chittaranjandas Indian National Congress
Shadnagar SC M. Indira Telugu Desam Party
Jadcherla None M. Krishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Mahbubnagar None Chandra Sekhar Telugu Desam Party
Wanaparthy None Balakrishnaiah Telugu Desam Party
Kollapur None Kotha Venkateswer Rao Indian National Congress
Alampur None Ravula Ravindranath Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
Gadwal None N. Gopala Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Amarchinta None Rafic Mehdi Khan Telugu Desam Party
Makthal None Chittam Narsireddy Janata Party
Kodangal None N. Vw\enkataiah Telugu Desam Party
Tandur None M. Chandra Sekhar Indian National Congress
Vicarabad SC A. Chandra Sekhar Telugu Desam Party
Pargi None Koppula Harishwa Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Chevella None Patlolla Indra Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Ibrahimpatnam SC K. Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Musheerabad None N. Narasimha Reddy Janata Party
Himayatnagar None Ale Narendra Bharatiya Janata Party
Sanathnagar None S. Rajeshwar Telugu Desam Party
Secunderabad None Alladi P. Raj Kumar Telugu Desam Party
Khairatabad None P. Janardhan Reddy Indian National Congress
Secunderabad Cantonment SC S. Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Malakpet None N. Indrasena Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
Asafnagar None Mohd. Vizarat Rasool Khan Independent
Maharajgunj None G. Narayan Rao Telugu Desam Party
Karwan None Baddam Bal Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
Yakutpura None Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Musgurti Independent
Chandrayangutta None Mohd. Amanullah Khan Independent
Charminar None Mohd. Mukkarramuddin Independent
Medchal None Kommareddy Surender Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Siddipet None K. Chandra Shankher Rao Telugu Desam Party
Dommat None D. Ramchandra Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Gajwel SC B. Sanjeeva Rao Telugu Desam Party
Narsapur None Chilumula Vithal Reddy Communist Party of India
Sangareddy None P. Ramchandra Reddy Indian National Congress
Zahirabad None M. Bagareddy Indian National Congress
Narayankhed None Shiv Rao Shettkar Indian National Congress
Medak None Karnam Ramachandra Rao Telugu Desam Party
Ramayampet None Ramannagari Srinivasareddy Bharatiya Janata Party
Andole SC Malyala Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
Balkonda None G. Madhusudhan Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Armoor None Aleti Mahipal Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Kamareddy None A. Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
Yellareddy None Yerva Srinivas Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Jukkal SC Begari Pandari Telugu Desam Party
Banswada None Suryadevara Venkata Telugu Desam Party
Bodhan None Basheeruddin Babu Khan Telugu Desam Party
Nizamabad None D. Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
Dichpalli None Mandava Venkateshwara Rao Telugu Desam Party
Mudhole None Armoor Hanmanth Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Nirmal None S. Venugopalla Chari Telugu Desam Party
Boath ST Godam Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Adilabad None C. Ramchandra Reddy Independent
Khanapur ST Ajmera Govind Naik Independent
Asifabad SC Gunda Mallesh Communist Party of India
Luxettipet None G. V. Sudhaker Rao Indian National Congress
Sirpur None K. V. Narayana Rao Telugu Desam Party
Chinnur SC Boda Janardhan Telugu Desam Party
Manthani None Duddilla Sripada Rao Indian National Congress
Peddapalli None Kalva Ramachandra Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Mydaram SC Mala Mallesha Telugu Desam Party
Huzurabad None Duggirala Venkatarao Telugu Desam Party
Kamalapur None Muddasani Damodhar Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Indurthi None Deshini China Mallaiah Communist Party of India
Karimnagar None C. Anand Rao Telugu Desam Party
Choppadandi None Nyalakonda Ramkishan Rao Telugu Desam Party
Jagtial None Godisela Rajesham Gowd Telugu Desam Party
Buggaram None Shikari Vishwanath Telugu Desam Party
Metpalli None Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Bharatiya Janata Party
Sircilla None Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao Communist Party of India
Narella SC Uppari Sambiah Janata Party
Cheriyal None Nimma Raja Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Jangaon None Asireddy Narsimha Reddy Communist Party of India
Chennur None N. Yethiraja Rao Telugu Desam Party
Dornakal None Surender Reddy Samashayam Indian National Congress
Mahbubabad None Janna Reddy Janardhan Reddy Indian National Congress
Narsampet None Omkar Maddikayala Independent
Wardhannapet None Vannala Sreeramulu Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghanpur SC Bojappaly Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
Warangal None Bhandaru Nagabhushan Rao Telugu Desam Party
Hanamkonda None Venkateswar Rao V. Telugu Desam Party
Shyampet None Narsimha Reddy Namidi Indian National Congress
Parkal SC Vonteru Jayapal Bharatiya Janata Party
Mulug ST Ajmeera Chandu Lal Telugu Desam Party
Bhadrachalam ST Kunja Bojji Communist Party of India
Burgampahad ST Chanda Lingaiah Indian National Congress
Kothagudem None Nageswara Rao Koneru Telugu Desam Party
Sathupalli None Nageswa Rao Tummala Telugu Desam Party
Madhira None Bodepudi Venkateswar Rao Communist Party of India
Palair SC Baji Hanumanthu Communist Party of India
Khammam None Manchikanti Rama Kishan Rao Communist Party of India
Shujatnagar None Mohammad Rajabali Communist Party of India
Yellandu ST Gummadi Narsaiah Independent
Tungaturthi None Damodar Reddy Ram Reddy Indian National Congress
Suryapet SC Daida Sundaraiah Telugu Desam Party
Kodad None Chandra Rao Venepalli Telugu Desam Party
Miryalguda None Aribandi Laxminarayana Communist Party of India
Chalakurthi None Kunduru Jana Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Nakrekal None Narra Raghava Reddy Communist Party of India
Nalgonda None Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Ramannapet None Gurram Yadagiri Reddy Communist Party of India
Alair SC Mothukupalli Narsimhulu Telugu Desam Party
Bhongir None Alimineti Madhava Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Mungode None Ujjini Narayana Rao Communist Party of India
Deverkonda ST Moodu Baddu Chowhan Communist Party of India

References

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  1. ^ Menon, Amarnath K. (31 March 1985). "Andhra Pradesh assembly elections: Telugu Desam's victory comes as no surprise". India Today. Retrieved 22 September 2022.