1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1994 United Andhra Pradesh
Assembly Elections

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All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  NT Rama Rao.jpg Indian National Congress Flag.svg
Leader N. T. Rama Rao Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Party TDP INC
Leader's seat Tekkali and Hindupuram Dhone
Last election 74 181
Seats won 226 26
Seat change Increase 152 Decrease 155
Percentage 44.14% 33.85%
Swing Increase 7.60% Decrease 13.24%

Chief minister before election

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
INC

Elected Chief minister

N. T. Rama Rao
TDP

The United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 1994 took place in December 1994 in 294 constituencies in United 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 226 seats. The Indian National Congress won only 26 seats. NTR was sworn his 3rd term as Chief Minister of the state.[1][2][3][4]

Results

No Party Seats Contested Seats Won Seats change Vote Share Swing
1 Telugu Desam Party 251 216 +142 44.14% +7.60%
2 Indian National Congress 294 26 -155 33.85% -13.24%
3 Communist Party of India 21 19 +11 3.39% +0.75%
4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 15 +9 2.96% +0.50%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 280 3 -2 3.89% +2.11%
6 Majlis Bachao Tehreek 9 2 +2 0.49% 0.49%
7 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 20 1 -3 0.70% -1.29%

In Andhra Pradesh, the Vidhan Sabha, or Legislative Assembly, has 294 constituencies. 39 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes candidates and 15 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled tribes candidates.

Government formation

References

  1. ^ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). nic.in. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Overview". aplegislature.org. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^ "P. Ravindra Reddy And Ors. vs The Election Commission, Rep. By ... on 29 November, 1994". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ^ Thakur, A. P.; Pandey, Sunil (2009). Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994. ISBN 9788182202696. Retrieved 26 September 2013.