1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election information
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1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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5 January 1983 (1983-01-05)
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All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered
31,846,694
Turnout
21,560,642 (67.70%) 5.22%
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
N. T. Rama Rao
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Party
TDP
INC(I)
Leader's seat
Gudivada (won; retained), Tirupati (won; vacated)
Yemmiganur (won)
Last election
Party did not exist
175 seats, 39.25%
Seats won
201
60
Seat change
New party
115
Popular vote
9,777,222
7,090,907
Percentage
46.30%
33.58%
Swing
New party
5.67%
Chief minister before election
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
INC(I)
Elected Chief minister
N. T. Rama Rao
TDP
The 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in January 1983 for all 294 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the following five years. The TDP secured a huge majority winning 202 seats. The Indian National Congress secured only 60 seats. The election was held in January 1983 instead of August 1983 as scheduled. N. T. Rama Rao was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.
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