1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress(I) swept the polls, winning 181 of the 294 seats in the Assembly.[3] As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, M.C 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.

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election


All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Marri Chenna Reddy N. T. Rama Rao
Party INC TDP
Leader's seat hindupur
Last election 1985 1985
Seats before 50 202
Seats won 181 74
Seat change 131 128

Chief minister before election

N.T. Rama Rao
TDP

Elected Chief minister

Marri Chenna Reddy
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
INC

Results

NoPartySeats ContestedSeats WonSeats changeVote ShareSwing
1Indian National Congress287181+13147.09%+3.67%
2Telugu Desam Party24174-12836.54%-9.67%
3Communist Party of India198-32.31%-0.05%
4Communist Party of India (Marxist)156-52.46%+0.15%
5Bharatiya Janata Party125-31.78%+0.46%
6Janata Dal41+10.37%+0.37%
7All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen354+41.99+1.99%
8Independent (politician)15+66.58%-2.52%

References

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