| Election Name: | 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Seats For Election: | 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Registered: | 34,587,372 |
| Turnout: | 23,370,750 (67.57%) 0.13% |
| Leader1: | N. T. Rama Rao |
| Leader Since1: | 1982 |
| Party1: | Telugu Desam Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Hindupur (won; retained), Gudivada (won; vacated), Nalgonda (won; vacated) |
| Last Election1: | 201 seats, 46.30% |
| Seats1: | 202 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,625,508 |
| Percentage1: | 46.21% |
| Swing1: | 0.09% |
| Leader2: | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy |
| Leader Since2: | 1982 |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress (I) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Yemmiganur (won) |
| Last Election2: | 60 seats, 33.58% |
| Seats2: | 50 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,566,891 |
| Percentage2: | 37.25% |
| Swing2: | 3.67% |
| Chief minister | |
| Before Election: | N. T. Rama Rao |
| After Election: | N. T. Rama Rao |
| Before Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
| After Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
| Majority Seats: | 148 |
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.
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichapuram | None | M. V. Krishnarao | ||
| Sompeta | None | Gouthu Syamasundara Sivaji | ||
| Tekkali | None | Varada Saroja | ||
| Harishchandra | None | Yerrannaidu Kinjarapu | ||
| Narasannapeta | None | Prabhakara Rao Simma | ||
| Patapatnam | None | Dharmana Narayana Rao | ||
| Kothuru | ST | Narasimharao Viswasa Ria | ||
| Naguru | ST | Satrucherla Vijayaramaraju | ||
| Parvathipuram | None | Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu | ||
| Salur | ST | Boina Rajayya | ||
| Bobbili | None | Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu | ||
| Therlam | None | Jayaprakash Tentu | ||
| Vunukuru | None | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | ||
| Palakonda | SC | Tale Bhadrayya | ||
| Amadalavalasa | None | Seetaram Tammineni | ||
| Srikakulam | None | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | ||
| Etcherla | SC | Kavali Prathibha Bharathi | ||
| Cheepurupalli | None | Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao | ||
| Gajapathinagaram | None | Narayanappalanaidu Vangapandu | ||
| Vizianagaram | None | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | ||
| Sathivada | None | Penmatsa Sambasiva Raju | ||
| Bhogapuram | None | Narayana Swamy Naidu Pathivada | ||
| Bheemunipatnam | None | Devi Prasanna Appalu Narasimha Raju Raja Sagi | ||
| Visakhapatnam-i | None | Allu Bhanumathi | ||
| Visakhapatnam-ii | None | Rajana Ramani | ||
| Pendurthi | None | Alla Rama Chandra Rao | ||
| Uttarapalli | None | Appalanaidu Kolla | ||
| Srungavarapukota | ST | Dukku Labudubariki | ||
| Paderu | ST | Kotta Gulli Chitti Naidu | ||
| Madugula | None | Reddy Satyanarayana | ||
| Chodavaram | None | Gunorv Yerru Naidu | ||
| Anakapalli | None | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | ||
| Paravada | None | Paila Appalanaidu | ||
| Elamanchili | None | Chalapathirao Pappala | ||
| Payakaraopeta | SC | Kakara Nookaraju | ||
| Narsipatnam | None | Ayyannapatrudu | ||
| Chintapalli | ST | Mottadam Vera Venkata Satyanarayana | ||
| Yellavaram | ST | Ghinnam Jogarao | ||
| Burugupudi | None | Sambasiva Rao Pendurti | ||
| Rajahmundry | None | Butchaiar Choudhary Gorantla | ||
| Kadiam | None | Vaddi Veerabhadra Rao | ||
| Jaggampeta | None | Thota Subrarao | ||
| Peddapuram | None | Balusu Ramarao | ||
| Prathipadu | None | Mudrangada Padmanabham | ||
| Tuni | None | Yanamala Ramakrishnudu | ||
| Pithapuram | None | Nageswararao Veena | ||
| Sampara | None | Satyalinga Naicker Tirumant | ||
| Kakinada | None | Mootha Gopalakrishna | ||
| Tallarevu | None | Chikkala Ramachandrarao | ||
| Anaparthy | None | Nallamilli Moolareddy | ||
| Ramachandrapuram | None | Medisetti Vera Venka Rama Rao | ||
| Alamuru | None | Narayanmurthy Valluri | ||
| Mummidivaram | SC | Pandu Krishna Murty | ||
| Allavaram | SC | Gollapalli Suryarao | ||
| Amalapuram | None | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | ||
| Kothapeta | None | I. S. Raju | ||
| Nagaram | SC | Undru Krishna Rao | ||
| Razole | None | A. V. Suryanarayana Raju | ||
| Narasapur | None | Venkata Rama Jogaiah Chegondi | ||
| Palacole | None | Allu Venkata Satyanarayana | ||
| Achanta | SC | Chittaranjan Alugu | ||
| Bhimavaram | None | Venkata Narasimha Raju Penmetsa | ||
| Undi | None | Kalidindi Ramachandra Raju | ||
| Penugonda | None | Prathi Manemma | ||
| Tanuku | None | Venkata Krishnarao Mullapudi | ||
| Attili | None | Kanaka Durga Venkata Satyanarayanaraju Vegesna | ||
| Tadepalligudem | None | Yerra Narayana Swamy (benarji) | ||
| Ungutur | None | Srinivasarao Katamani | ||
| Dendulur | None | Garapati Sambasiva Rao | ||
| Eluru | None | Maradani Rangarao | ||
| Gopalpuram | SC | Vivekananda Karupati | ||
| Kovvur | None | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | ||
| Polavaram | ST | Modium Lakshmana Rao | ||
| Chintalapudi | None | Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao | ||
| Jaggayyapet | None | Nettam Raghu Ram | ||
| Nandigama | None | Nageswara Rao Vasanta | ||
| Vijayawada West | None | Uppalapati Ramachandra Raju | ||
| Vijayawada East | None | Vangavetti Mohana Rangarao (ranga) | ||
| Kankipadu | None | Devineni Rajasekhar | ||
| Mylavaram | None | Chanamolu Venkata Rao | ||
| Tiruvuru | SC | Pitta Venkataratnam | ||
| Nuzvid | None | Kotagiri Hanumantharao | ||
| Gannavaram | None | Mulpuru Balakrishna Rao | ||
| Vuyyur | None | Anne Babu Rao | ||
| Gudivada | None | |||
| Mudinepalli | None | Yerneni Sita Devi | ||
| Kaikalur | None | Kanumuri Bapi Raju | ||
| Malleswaram | None | Kagita Venkata Rao | ||
| Bandar | None | Vaddi Ranga Rao | ||
| Nidumolu | SC | Raturu Ramayya | ||
| Avanigadda | None | Satyanarayanarao Simhadri | ||
| Kuchinapudi | None | Evuru Seetharamma | ||
| Repalle | None | Yadla Venkata Rao | ||
| Vemur | None | Kidali Veraiah | ||
| Duggirala | None | Alapati Dharma Rao | ||
| Tenali | None | Annabathuni Satyanarayana | ||
| Ponnur | None | Dhulipalla Veeriah Chaudhary | ||
| Bapatla | None | Ummareddy Venkateswarlu | ||
| Prathipad | None | Makineni Peda Rathaiah | ||
| Guntur-ii | None | Jayarambabu Chadalavada | ||
| Mangalagiri | None | Koteswara Rao M. S. S. | ||
| Tadikonda | SC | Ratna Pushparaju Juvviguntla | ||
| Sattenapalli | None | Putumbaka Venkatapathi | ||
| Peddakurapadu | None | Kasaraneni Sadasiva Rao | ||
| Gurzala | None | Ankireddy Mutyam | ||
| Macherla | None | Krishnamurthy Nattuva | ||
| Vinukonda | None | Ganginent Venkateswara Rao | ||
| Narasaraopet | None | Kodela Siva Prasada Rao | ||
| Chilakaluripet | None | Sambaiah Somepalli | ||
| Chirala | None | Chandramouli Sajja | ||
| Parchur | None | Venkatewara Rao Daggubati | ||
| Martur | None | Balrama Krishnamurthy Karanam | ||
| Addanki | None | Chenchu Garataiah Bacina | ||
| Ongole | None | Koteswara Rao Ponugupati | ||
| Santhanuthalapadu | SC | Adenna Kasukurtmy | ||
| Kandukur | None | Audinarayanareddy Manugunta | ||
| Kanigiri | None | Mukku Kasi Reddy | ||
| Kondepi | None | Atchyuta Kumar Gondapaneni | ||
| Cumbum | None | Vudumula Venkata Reddy | ||
| Darsi | None | Pusetty Sriramulu | ||
| Markapur | None | Kundurupedda Konda Reddy | ||
| Giddalur | None | Rangareddy Pidatala | ||
| Udayagiri | None | Rajamohan Reddy Mekapatti | ||
| Kavali | None | Yanadireddy Kaliki | ||
| Guntur-i | None | Dohd. Jani | ||
| Allur | None | Venkaiah Jakka | ||
| Kovur | None | Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy | ||
| Atmakur | None | Sundara Ramireddy Bommireddy | ||
| Rapur | None | Anam Ram Narayanareddy | ||
| Nellore | None | Kunam Venkata Subba Reddy | ||
| Sarvepalli | None | Eduru Ramakrishna Reddy | ||
| Gudur | SC | Balli Durga Prasadarao | ||
| Sulurpet | SC | Madanambeti Maneiah | ||
| Venkatagiri | None | V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra | ||
| Sri Kalahasti | None | Muniramaiah Satravada | ||
| Satyavedu | SC | Emsurajan | ||
| Nagari | None | Chenga Reddy Reddivari | ||
| Puttur | None | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | ||
| Vepanjeri | SC | Gummadi Kuthuhalamma | ||
| Chittoor | None | R. Gopinathan | ||
| Palmaner | SC | Patnam Subbaiah | ||
| Kuppam | None | N. Rangaswamy Naidu | ||
| Punganur | None | Noothanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy | ||
| Madanpalle | None | Ratakonda Narayana Reddy | ||
| Thamballapalle | None | Anipireddy Venkata Lakshmi Devamma | ||
| Vayalpad | None | Amaranatha Reddy Nallari | ||
| Pileru | None | Challa Prabhakara Reddy | ||
| Chandragiri | None | Jayadevanaidu N. R. | ||
| Tirupathi | None | Mabbu Rami Reddy | ||
| Kodur | SC | Thoomati Penchalaiah | ||
| Rajampet | None | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | ||
| Rayachoty | None | Mandipalle Nage Reddy | ||
| Lakkireddipalli | None | Raja Gopal Reddy Reddappagari | ||
| Cuddapah | None | C. Ramachandraiah | ||
| Badvel | None | Veerareddy Bijivemula | ||
| Mydukur | None | Raghurami Reddy Settipalli | ||
| Proddatur | None | Nandyala Varadarajulu Reddy | ||
| Jammalamadugu | None | Siva Reddy Ponnapureddy | ||
| Kamalapuram | None | Mysoora Reddy M. V. | ||
| Pulivendla | None | Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy | ||
| Kadiri | None | Chennur Abdul Rasool | ||
| Nallamada | None | Saddapalli Venkata Reddy | ||
| Gorantla | None | Kesanna Veluri | ||
| Hindupur | None | |||
| Madakasira | None | H. B. Narase Gowd | ||
| Penukonda | None | S. Ramachandra Reddy | ||
| Kalyandrug | SC | Pakkeerappa | ||
| Rayadrug | None | Huli Kuntaprao | ||
| Uravakonda | None | Gurram Narayanappa | ||
| Gooty | None | N. Gadilingappa | ||
| Singanamala | SC | K. Jayaram | ||
| Anantapur | None | N. Ramakrishna | ||
| Dhamavaram | None | G. Nagi Reddy | ||
| Tadpatri | None | J. C. Diwakar Reddy | ||
| Alur | SC | Eranna | ||
| Adoni | None | Raichoti Ramaiah | ||
| Yemmiganur | None | B. V. Mohan Reddy | ||
| Kodumur | SC | M. Sikamani | ||
| Kurnool | None | V. Ram Bhupa Chowdary | ||
| Pattikonda | None | Guppa Mahabaleswara Gupta | ||
| Dhone | None | K. E. Krishna Murthy | ||
| Koilkuntla | None | Karra Subba Reddy | ||
| Allagadda | None | Gangula Prathapa Reddy | ||
| Panyam | None | Katasani Ramabhupala Reddy | ||
| Nandikotkur | None | Ippala Thimmareddy | ||
| Nandyal | None | Farook N. | ||
| Atmakur | None | Budda Vengala Reddy | ||
| Achampet | SC | P. Mahendranath | ||
| Nagarkurnool | None | N. Janardhan Reddy | ||
| Kalwakurthi | None | J. Chittaranjandas | ||
| Shadnagar | SC | M. Indira | ||
| Jadcherla | None | M. Krishna Reddy | ||
| Mahbubnagar | None | Chandra Sekhar | ||
| Wanaparthy | None | Balakrishnaiah | ||
| Kollapur | None | Kotha Venkateswer Rao | ||
| Alampur | None | |||
| Gadwal | None | N. Gopala Reddy | ||
| Amarchinta | None | Rafic Mehdi Khan | ||
| Makthal | None | Chittam Narsireddy | ||
| Kodangal | None | N. Vw\enkataiah | ||
| Tandur | None | M. Chandra Sekhar | ||
| Vicarabad | SC | A. Chandra Sekhar | ||
| Pargi | None | Koppula Harishwa Reddy | ||
| Chevella | None | Patlolla Indra Reddy | ||
| Ibrahimpatnam | SC | K. Satyanarayana | ||
| Musheerabad | None | N. Narasimha Reddy | ||
| Himayatnagar | None | |||
| Sanathnagar | None | S. Rajeshwar | ||
| Secunderabad | None | Alladi P. Raj Kumar | ||
| Khairatabad | None | P. Janardhan Reddy | ||
| Secunderabad Cantonment | SC | S. Satyanarayana | ||
| Malakpet | None | |||
| Asafnagar | None | Mohd. Vizarat Rasool Khan | ||
| Maharajgunj | None | G. Narayan Rao | ||
| Karwan | None | |||
| Yakutpura | None | Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Musgurti | ||
| Chandrayangutta | None | Mohd. Amanullah Khan | ||
| Charminar | None | Mohd. Mukkarramuddin | ||
| Medchal | None | Kommareddy Surender Reddy | ||
| Siddipet | None | K. Chandra Shankher Rao | ||
| Dommat | None | D. Ramchandra Reddy | ||
| Gajwel | SC | B. Sanjeeva Rao | ||
| Narsapur | None | Chilumula Vithal Reddy | ||
| Sangareddy | None | P. Ramchandra Reddy | ||
| Zahirabad | None | M. Bagareddy | ||
| Narayankhed | None | Shiv Rao Shettkar | ||
| Medak | None | Karnam Ramachandra Rao | ||
| Ramayampet | None | |||
| Andole | SC | Malyala Rajaiah | ||
| Balkonda | None | G. Madhusudhan Reddy | ||
| Armoor | None | Aleti Mahipal Reddy | ||
| Kamareddy | None | A. Krishna Murthy | ||
| Yellareddy | None | Yerva Srinivas Reddy | ||
| Jukkal | SC | Begari Pandari | ||
| Banswada | None | Suryadevara Venkata | ||
| Bodhan | None | Basheeruddin Babu Khan | ||
| Nizamabad | None | D. Satyanarayana | ||
| Dichpalli | None | Mandava Venkateshwara Rao | ||
| Mudhole | None | Armoor Hanmanth Reddy | ||
| Nirmal | None | S. Venugopalla Chari | ||
| Boath | ST | Godam Rama Rao | ||
| Adilabad | None | C. Ramchandra Reddy | ||
| Khanapur | ST | Ajmera Govind Naik | ||
| Asifabad | SC | Gunda Mallesh | ||
| Luxettipet | None | G. V. Sudhaker Rao | ||
| Sirpur | None | K. V. Narayana Rao | ||
| Chinnur | SC | Boda Janardhan | ||
| Manthani | None | Duddilla Sripada Rao | ||
| Peddapalli | None | Kalva Ramachandra Reddy | ||
| Mydaram | SC | Mala Mallesha | ||
| Huzurabad | None | Duggirala Venkatarao | ||
| Kamalapur | None | Muddasani Damodhar Reddy | ||
| Indurthi | None | Deshini China Mallaiah | ||
| Karimnagar | None | C. Anand Rao | ||
| Choppadandi | None | Nyalakonda Ramkishan Rao | ||
| Jagtial | None | Godisela Rajesham Gowd | ||
| Buggaram | None | Shikari Vishwanath | ||
| Metpalli | None | |||
| Sircilla | None | |||
| Narella | SC | Uppari Sambiah | ||
| Cheriyal | None | Nimma Raja Reddy | ||
| Jangaon | None | Asireddy Narsimha Reddy | ||
| Chennur | None | N. Yethiraja Rao | ||
| Dornakal | None | Surender Reddy Samashayam | ||
| Mahbubabad | None | Janna Reddy Janardhan Reddy | ||
| Narsampet | None | Omkar Maddikayala | ||
| Wardhannapet | None | |||
| Ghanpur | SC | Bojappaly Rajaiah | ||
| Warangal | None | Bhandaru Nagabhushan Rao | ||
| Hanamkonda | None | Venkateswar Rao V. | ||
| Shyampet | None | Narsimha Reddy Namidi | ||
| Parkal | SC | |||
| Mulug | ST | Ajmeera Chandu Lal | ||
| Bhadrachalam | ST | Kunja Bojji | ||
| Burgampahad | ST | Chanda Lingaiah | ||
| Kothagudem | None | Nageswara Rao Koneru | ||
| Sathupalli | None | Nageswa Rao Tummala | ||
| Madhira | None | Bodepudi Venkateswar Rao | ||
| Palair | SC | Baji Hanumanthu | ||
| Khammam | None | Manchikanti Rama Kishan Rao | ||
| Shujatnagar | None | Mohammad Rajabali | ||
| Yellandu | ST | Gummadi Narsaiah | ||
| Tungaturthi | None | Damodar Reddy Ram Reddy | ||
| Suryapet | SC | Daida Sundaraiah | ||
| Kodad | None | Chandra Rao Venepalli | ||
| Miryalguda | None | Aribandi Laxminarayana | ||
| Chalakurthi | None | Kunduru Jana Reddy | ||
| Nakrekal | None | Narra Raghava Reddy | ||
| Nalgonda | None | |||
| Ramannapet | None | Gurram Yadagiri Reddy | ||
| Alair | SC | Mothukupalli Narsimhulu | ||
| Bhongir | None | Alimineti Madhava Reddy | ||
| Mungode | None | Ujjini Narayana Rao | ||
| Deverkonda | ST | Moodu Baddu Chowhan | ||