1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered	34,587,372
Turnout	23,370,750 (67.57%) 0.13%
Chief minister before election; N. T. Rama Rao; TDP	Elected Chief minister ; N. T. Rama Rao; TDP

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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Telugu Desam Party	10,625,508	46.21	0.09%	202	1
	Indian National Congress	8,566,891	37.25	3.67%	50	10
	Communist Party of India	617,731	2.69	0.1%	11	7
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	530,349	2.31	0.3%	11	6
	Bharatiya Janata Party	372,978	1.62	1.14%	8	5
	Janata Party	174,211	0.76	0.20%	3	2
	Lok Dal	15,032	0.07	0.85%	0
	Independents	2,092,637	9.10	0.81%	9
Total		22,995,337	100.00	–	294

Valid votes		22,995,337	98.39
Invalid/blank votes		375,413	1.61
Total votes		23,370,750	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,587,372	67.57

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
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	Pusapata 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 Rajesekhar	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	Kasireddy Mukku	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	N, T. Ramarao	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	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. Indra Sena Reddy	Bharatiya Janata Party
Asafnagar	None	Mohd. Vizarat Rasool Khan	Independent
Maharajgunj	None	G. Narayan Rao	Telugu Desam Party
Karwan	None	B. 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	Ch. 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	Jayapal V.	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	N. T. 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

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

[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.

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