1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1989 United Andhra Pradesh
Assembly Elections

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All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Indian National Congress Flag.svg NT Rama Rao.jpg
Leader Marri Chenna Reddy N. T. Rama Rao
Party INC TDP
Leader's seat Sanathnagar Hindupuram
Last election 50 202
Seats won 181 74
Seat change Increase 131 Decrease 128
Percentage 47.09% 36.54%
Swing Increase 9.84% Decrease 9.67%

Chief minister before election

N.T. Rama Rao
TDP

Elected Chief minister

Marri Chenna Reddy
INC

In the 1989 United Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Indian National Congress swept the polls, winning 181 of the 294 seats in the Assembly.[3] As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Marri Chenna Reddy was elected the Chief Minister. The TDP won only 74 seats from the 216 seats won by it in 1985 because of so much anti on TDP.[4] General Elections were held in the same year and resulted in the INC(I) winning in 39 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. Its rival, the TDP won only in 2 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Results

Source:[1]

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No Party Seats Contested Seats Won Seats change Vote Share Swing
1 Indian National Congress 287 181 +131 47.09% +9.84%
2 Telugu Desam Party 241 74 -128 36.54% -9.67%
3 Communist Party of India 19 8 -3 2.31% -0.05%
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 15 6 -5 2.46% +0.15%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 12 5 -3 1.78% +0.46%
6 Janata Dal 4 1 +1 0.37% +0.37%
7 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 35 4 +4 1.99 +1.99%
8 Independent (politician) 15 +6 6.58% -2.52%

References

  1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 1989 -". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2021.