1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered	42,448,805
Turnout	29,899,530 (70.44%) 2.87%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Marri Chenna Reddy N. T. Rama Rao Party INC(I) TDP Leader since 1978 1982 Leader's seat Sanathnagar (won) Hindupur (won), Kalwakurthy (lost) Last election 50 seats, 37.25% 202 seats, 46.21% Seats won 181 74 Seat change 131 128 Popular vote 13,539,785 10,506,982 Percentage 47.09% 36.54% Swing 9.84% 9.67%
Chief minister before election N. T. Rama Rao TDP Elected Chief minister Marri Chenna Reddy INC(I)

The 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election were held to elect the 9th legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh. In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Indian National Congress swept the polls, winning 181 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Marri Chenna Reddy was elected the Chief Minister. The TDP won only 74 seats compared to 202 seats where it emerged victorious in 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, due to anti incumbency wave which prevailed around the state. General Elections were held simultaneously and resulted in the INC(I) winning in 39 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. The Telugu Desam Party on the other hand, won a mearge 2 Lok Sabha constituencies.