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 seats. The Indian National Congress winning only 50 seats.
Parties and alliances Alliance/PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan="4" TDP+Telugu Desam PartyN. T. Rama Rao250287Communist Party of IndiaChilumula Vittal Reddy15Communist Party of India (Marxist)Narra Raghava Reddy12Bharatiya Janata PartyP. V. Chalapathi Rao10Indian National CongressY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy290
Results Vote share
Seat share
Results by party +Source: Election Commission of IndiaAlliance/PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−rowspan="5" TDP+ Telugu Desam Party 10,625,508 46.21 0.09 250 202 1Communist Party of India 617,731 2.69 0.10 15 11 7Communist Party of India (Marxist) 530,349 2.31 0.30 12 11 6 Bharatiya Janata Party 372,978 1.62 1.14 10 8 5Total12,146,56652.83N/A287232N/AIndian National Congress 8,566,891 37.25 3.67 290 50 10Other parties 189,243 0.82 N/A 20 3 N/AIndependents 2,092,637 9.10 0.81 1,375 9 10Total22,995,337100.00N/A1,972294N/AVote statisticsValid votes22,995,33798.39Invalid votes375,4131.61Votes cast/ turnout23,370,75067.57Abstentions11,216,62232.43Registered voters34,587,372
Results by district +DistrictSeatsTDPINCCPICPMBJPOTHSrikakulam121020000Vizianagaram12930000Visakhapatnam131300000East Godavari212010000West Godavari161500100Krishna171231100Guntur191251100Prakasam131030000Nellore11640100Chittoor151050000Kadapa11830000Anantapur141121000Kurnool138 50000Mahbubnagar13920011Ranga Reddy6510000Hyderabad13410035Medak10531010Nizamabad9900000Adilabad9511002Karimnagar13812011Warangal13630121Khammam9211501Nalgonda12613200Total294202501111811
Results by constituency