1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place in December 1994 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 216 seats. The Indian National Congress won only 26 seats. NTR was sworn his 3rd term as Chief Minister of the state.^[1][2][3][4]

1994 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	44,725,091
Turnout	31,763,466 (71.02%) 0.58%
Majority party Minority party   Leader N. T. Rama Rao Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Party TDP INC(I) Alliance TDP+ - Leader since 1982 1982 Leader's seat Hindupur (won; retained), Tekkali (won; vacated) Dhone (won) Last election 74 seats, 36.54% 181 seats, 47.09% Seats won 216 26 Seat change 142 155 Popular vote 13,743,842 10,540,182 Percentage 44.14% 33.85% Swing 7.60% 13.24%
Chief minister before election Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy INC(I) Elected Chief minister N. T. Rama Rao TDP

In Andhra Pradesh, the Sasana Sabha, or Legislative Assembly, has 294 constituencies. 39 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes candidates and 15 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled tribes candidates.^[5]

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	TDP+		Telugu Desam Party			N. T. Rama Rao	251	288 [citation needed]
			Communist Party of India				21
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)				16
	Indian National Congress					Majji Tulasi Das	294
	Bharatiya Janata Party					V. Rama Rao	280
	Majlis Bachao Tehreek					Amanullah Khan	9
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	20

Results

Vote share

Vote share by party

1. Telugu Desam Party (44.14%)
2. Indian National Congress (33.85%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (3.89%)
4. Communist Party of India (3.39%)
5. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2.96%)
6. Others (11.77%)

Seat share

Seat share by party

1. Telugu Desam Party (73.47%)
2. Indian National Congress (8.84%)
3. Communist Party of India (6.46%)
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (5.1%)
5. Bharatiya Janata Party (1.02%)
6. Others (5.1%)

Results by party

Source: Election Commission of India

Alliance/Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	TDP+		Telugu Desam Party	13,743,842	44.14	7.60	251	216	142
			Communist Party of India	1,056,789	3.39	0.75	21	19	11
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	923,204	2.96	0.50	16	15	9
		Total		15,723,835	50.49	N/A	288	250	N/A
	Indian National Congress			10,540,182	33.85	13.24	294	26	155
	Bharatiya Janata Party			1,210,878	3.89	2.11	280	3	2
	Other parties			965,796	3.11	N/A	116	3	N/A
	Independents			2,696,143	8.66	2.08	1,953	12	3
Total				31,136,834	100.00	N/A	3,219	294	N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes				31,136,834	98.03
Invalid votes				624,386	1.97
Votes cast/ turnout				31,763,466	71.02
Abstentions				12,961,625	28.98
Registered voters				44,725,091

Results by constituency

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Ichapuram	None	Achuta Ramayya Dakkata		TDP
Sompeta	None	Goutu Syama Sundara Sivaji		TDP
Tekkali	None	N. T. Rama Rao		TDP
Harishchandra	None	Yerrannaidu Kinjarapu		TDP
Narasannapeta	None	Lakshmanarao Baggu		TDP
Patapatnam	None	Kalamata Mohan Rao		TDP
Kothuru	ST	Gopala Rao Nimmaka		TDP
Naguru	ST	Nimmaka Jaya Raju		TDP
Parvathipuram	None	Yarra Krishna Murty		TDP
Salur	ST	Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo		TDP
Bobbili	None	Appalanaidu S.v.ch.		TDP
Therlam	None	Tentu Jayaprakash		TDP
Vunukuru	None	Palavalasa Rajasekharam		INC
Palakonda	SC	Bhyadrayya Tale		TDP
Amadalavalasa	None	Tammineni Seetaram		TDP
Srikakulam	None	Appalasuryanarayana Gunda		TDP
Etcherla	SC	Kavali Pratibha Bharathi		TDP
Cheepurupalli	None	Gadde Babu Rao		TDP
Gajapathinagaram	None	Aruna Padala		TDP
Vizianagaram	None	Ashok Gajapathiraju Poosapati		TDP
Sathivada	None	Surya Narayana Potnuru		TDP
Bhogapuram	None	Narayanaswamynaidu Pathivada		TDP
Bheemunipatnam	None	R.s.d.p.a.n. Raju		TDP
Visakhapatnam-i	None	Abdul Rehman Sheku		TDP
Visakhapatnam-ii	None	Palla Simhachalam		TDP
Pendurthi	None	Anjaneyulu M.		CPI
Uttarapalli	None	Appalanaidu Kolla		TDP
Srungavarapukota	ST	Dukku Labudu Bariki		TDP
Paderu	ST	Kottagulli Chitti Naidu		TDP
Madugula	None	Reddi Satyannarayana		TDP
Chodavaram	None	Gunuru Yerrunaidu		TDP
Anakapalli	None	Dadi Veerabhadrarao		TDP
Paravada	None	Bandaru Satyanarayanamurty		TDP
Elamanchili	None	Chalapathi Rao Pappala		TDP
Payakaraopeta	SC	Kakara Nookaraju		TDP
Narsipatnam	None	Ayyanna Patrudu Chintakayala		TDP
Chintapalli	ST	Demudu Goddeti		CPI
Yellavaram	ST	Seetam Setti Venkateswara Rao		TDP
Burugupudi	None	Venkata Ramakrishna Korpu		TDP
Rajahmundry	None	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary		TDP
Kadiam	None	Veerabhadra Rao Vaddi		TDP
Jaggampeta	None	Jyothula Venkata Apparao		TDP
Peddapuram	None	Boddu Bhaskara Ramarao		TDP
Prathipadu	None	Parvatha Subbarao		TDP
Tuni	None	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu		TDP
Pithapuram	None	Venna Nageswararao		TDP
Sampara	None	Satyalinga Naicker Tirumani		TDP
Kakinada	None	Mootha Gopala Krishna		TDP
Tallarevu	None	Chikkala Ramachandra Rao		TDP
Anaparthy	None	Moolareddy Nallamilli		TDP
Ramachandrapuram	None	Tota Trimurthulu		Independent
Alamuru	None	V.v.s.s.chowdary		TDP
Mummidivaram	SC	Bathina Subbarao		INC
Allavaram	SC	Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Buchi Maheswara Rao		TDP
Amalapuram	None	Dr. Metla Satyanarayana Rao		TDP
Kothapeta	None	Bandaru Satyanandarao		TDP
Nagaram	SC	Undru Krishna Rao		TDP
Razole	None	Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju		TDP
Narasapur	None	Kothapalli Subbarayudu (pedababu)		TDP
Palacole	None	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana		TDP
Achanta	SC	Digupati Rajagopal		CPI(M)
Bhimavaram	None	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa		TDP
Undi	None	Kalidindi Ramachandra Raju		TDP
Penugonda	None	Satyanarayana Vanka		CPI
Tanuku	None	Mullapudi Venkata Krishnarao		TDP
Attili	None	Kanumuru Bapiraju		INC
Tadepalligudem	None	Kanaka Sundararao Pasala		TDP
Ungutur	None	Kondreddi Viswanatham		TDP
Dendulur	None	Garapati Sambasiva Rao		TDP
Eluru	None	Maradani Rangarao		TDP
Gopalpuram	SC	Babajirao Jonnakuti		TDP
Kovvur	None	Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao		TDP
Polavaram	ST	Singanna Dora Punem		TDP
Chintalapudi	None	Vidyadhararao Kotagiri		TDP
Jaggayyapet	None	Nettem Raghuram		TDP
Nandigama	None	Devineni Venkata Ramana		TDP
Vijayawada West	None	Kakarlapudi Subba Raju		CPI
Vijayawada East	None	Ratnakumari Vangaveeti		INC
Kankipadu	None	Rajasekhar (nehru) Devineni		TDP
Mylavaram	None	J. Ramesh Babu		TDP
Tiruvuru	SC	Swamydas Nallagatla		TDP
Nuzvid	None	Hanumantharao Kotagiri		TDP
Gannavaram	None	Gadde Rama Mohan		Independent
Vuyyur	None	Anne Babu Rao		TDP
Gudivada	None	Ravi Sobhanadri Chowdary		TDP
Mudinepalli	None	Sitadevi Yerneni		TDP
Kaikalur	None	Namburu Venkata Rama Raju (ramu)		INC
Malleswaram	None	Kagita Venkatarao		Telugu Desam Party
Bandar	None	Ambati Brahmanaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Nidumolu	SC	Paturu Ramaiah		Communist Party of India
Avanigadda	None	Simhadri Satyanarayana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Kuchinapudi	None	Seetharamamma Evuru		Telugu Desam Party
Repalle	None	Venkata Subbaiah Mummaneni		Telugu Desam Party
Vemur	None	Rajendraprasad Alapati		Telugu Desam Party
Duggirala	None	Gudibandi Venkatareddy		Indian National Congress
Tenali	None	Ravi Ravindranadh		Telugu Desam Party
Ponnur	None	Narendrakumar Dhulipalla		TDP
Bapatla	None	Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Prathipad	None	Makineni Peda Rathaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Guntur-i	None	Zia Uddin Sm		Telugu Desam Party
Guntur-ii	None	Challa Venkata Krishna Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Mangalagiri	None	Nimmagadda Rama Mohan Rao		CPI(M)
Tadikonda	SC	G.m.n.v. Prasad		CPI
Sattenapalli	None	Puthumbaka Bharathi		CPI(M)
Peddakurapadu	None	Kanna Lakshmi Narayana		Indian National Congress
Gurzala	None	Yarapatineni Srinivasa Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Macherla	None	Punna Reddy Kurri		Telugu Desam Party
Vinukonda	None	Veerapaneni Yellamanda Rao		Independent
Narasaraopet	None	Kodela Sivaprasada Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Chilakaluripet	None	Sambaiah Somepalli		Indian National Congress
Chirala	None	Paleti Rama Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Parchur	None	Gade Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
Martur	None	Gottipati Hanumantharao		Independent
Addanki	None	Chenchugarataiah Bachina		Independent
Ongole	None	Edara Hari Babu		Telugu Desam Party
Santhanuthalapadu	SC	Chenchaiah Thavanam		CPI(M)
Kandukur	None	Dr. Divi Sivaram		Telugu Desam Party
Kanigiri	None	Mukku Kasi Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kondepi	None	Anjaneyulu Damacharla		Telugu Desam Party
Cumbum	None	Chappidi Vengaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Darsi	None	Narapasetty Sreeramulu		Telugu Desam Party
Markapur	None	Janke Venkata Reddy		Independent
Giddalur	None	Pidathala Ramabhupala Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Udayagiri	None	Kambham Vijayarani Reddy		Independent
Kavali	None	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy		Indian National Congress
Allur	None	Jakka Venkaiah		CPI(M)
Kovur	None	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Atmakur	None	Lakshmaiah Naidu Kommi		Telugu Desam Party
Rapur	None	Y. Sreenivasulureddy		Telugu Desam Party
Nellore	None	T. Ramesh Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Sarvepalli	None	Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Gudur	SC	Balli Durga Prasada Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Sulurpet	SC	Parasa Venkata Ratnaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Venkatagiri	None	Raja Vvrk. Yachendra Velugoti		Telugu Desam Party
Sri Kalahasti	None	Gopalakrishnareddy Bojjala		Telugu Desam Party
Satyavedu	SC	Emsurajan		Telugu Desam Party
Nagari	None	V. Doraswamy Raju		Telugu Desam Party
Puttur	None	Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
Vepanjeri	SC	R. Gandhi		Telugu Desam Party
Chittoor	None	C.k. Jayachandra Reddy @ C.k. Babu		Indian National Congress
Palmaner	SC	Dr. Patnam Subbaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Kuppam	None	Nara Chandra Babu Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
Punganur	None	N. Ramakrishna Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Madanpalle	None	Ratakonda Krishna Sagar		Telugu Desam Party
Thamballapalle	None	Anipireddi Venkatalakshmi Devamma		Telugu Desam Party
Vayalpad	None	Chintala Ramachandra Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Pileru	None	G.v. Sreenatha Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Chandragiri	None	Nara Ramamoorthy Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
Tirupathi	None	A. Mohan		Telugu Desam Party
Kodur	SC	Chennaiah Vaddi		Telugu Desam Party
Rajampet	None	Pasupuleti Brahmaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Rayachoty	None	M. Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Lakkireddipalli	None	Gadikota Dwarakanadha Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Cuddapah	None	Kaleel Basha S.a.		Telugu Desam Party
Badvel	None	Veera Reddy Bijivemula		Telugu Desam Party
Mydukur	None	Duggireddy Lakshmi Reddigari Ravindra Reddy		Indian National Congress
Proddatur	None	Varadarajulu Reddy Nandyala		Indian National Congress
Jammalamadugu	None	Ramasubba Reddy P.		Telugu Desam Party
Kamalapuram	None	Veera Siva Reddy Gandluru		Telugu Desam Party
Pulivendla	None	Y.s. Vivekananda Reddy		Indian National Congress
Kadiri	None	Suryanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
Nallamada	None	T.d. Nagaraja Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Gorantla	None	N. Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
Hindupur	None	N. T. Rama Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Madakasira	None	Y.t. Prabhakara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Penukonda	None	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
Kalyandrug	SC	B.c. Govindappa		Telugu Desam Party
Rayadrug	None	Bandi Hulikuntappa		Telugu Desam Party
Uravakonda	None	Payyavula Keshav		Telugu Desam Party
Gooty	None	Gadhi Lingappa		Telugu Desam Party
Singanamala	SC	K. Jayaram		Telugu Desam Party
Anantapur	None	K. Ramakrishna		Communist Party of India
Dhamavaram	None	Venkata Naidu Guta		Telugu Desam Party
Tadpatri	None	J.c. Diwakara Reddy		Indian National Congress
Alur	SC	Masala Eranna		Telugu Desam Party
Adoni	None	K. Minakshi Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
Yemmiganur	None	B.v. Mohan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kodumur	SC	M. Sikhamani		Indian National Congress
Kurnool	None	Abdul Gafoor M.		Communist Party of India
Pattikonda	None	S.v. Subba Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Dhone	None	Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy		Indian National Congress
Koilkuntla	None	Subba Reddy Karra		Telugu Desam Party
Allagadda	None	Bhuma Nagi Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Panyam	None	Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy		Indian National Congress
Nandikotkur	None	Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Nandyal	None	Mohmmed Farook		Telugu Desam Party
Atmakur	None	Erasu Pratapa Reddy		Indian National Congress
Achampet	SC	P. Ramulu		Telugu Desam Party
Nagarkurnool	None	Dr. Nagam Janardhan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kalwakurthi	None	Kista Reddy Yedma		Independent
Shadnagar	SC	Bakkani Narsimulu		Telugu Desam Party
Jadcherla	None	Satyanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
Mahbubnagar	None	Chandra Sekar		Telugu Desam Party
Wanaparthy	None	Chandra Sheker Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kollapur	None	Katikeneni Madhusudhan Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Alampur	None	Kothakota Prakasha Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Gadwal	None	Bharat Simha Reddy		Independent
Amarchinta	None	Dayakaru Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Makthal	None	Yella Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kodangal	None	Nandaram Venkataiah		Telugu Desam Party
Tandur	None	Patnam Mahender Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Vicarabad	SC	A. Chandra Sheker		Telugu Desam Party
Pargi	None	Koppula Harishwar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Chevella	None	Indra Reddy Patlolla		Telugu Desam Party
Ibrahimpatnam	SC	Kondigari Ramulu		Communist Party of India
Musheerabad	None	M. Kodanda Reddy		Indian National Congress
Himayatnagar	None	C. Krishna Yadav		Telugu Desam Party
Sanathnagar	None	M. Shashidhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	None	Talasani Srinivas Yadav		Telugu Desam Party
Khairatabad	None	P. Janardhana Reddy		Indian National Congress
Secunderabad Cantonment	SC	G. Sayanna		Telugu Desam Party
Malakpet	None	M. Ranga Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Asafnagar	None	D. Nagender		Indian National Congress
Maharajgunj	None	P. Ramaswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
Karwan	None	Baddam Bal Reddy		Bharatiya Janata Party
Yakutpura	None	Mumtaz Ahmed Khan		Majlis Bachao Tahreek
Chandrayangutta	None	Mohd. Amanullah Khan		Majlis Bachao Tahreek
Charminar	None	Asaduddin Owaisi		AIMIM
Medchal	None	Tulla Devender Goud		Telugu Desam Party
Siddipet	None	Kalvakunta Chandrashekar Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Dommat	None	Cheruku Muthyam Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Gajwel	SC	G. Vijaya Rama Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Narsapur	None	Chilumula Vittal Reddy		Communist Party of India
Sangareddy	None	K. Sadasiva Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Zahirabad	None	C. Baganna		Telugu Desam Party
Narayankhed	None	M. Vijaya Pal Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Medak	None	Karnam Ramchandra Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Ramayampet	None	Devra Vasudeva Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Andole	SC	Malyala Rajaiah		Telugu Desam Party
Balkonda	None	Ketireddy Suresh Reddy (k.r. Suresh Reddy)		Indian National Congress
Armoor	None	Aleti Annapurna Devi		Telugu Desam Party
Kamareddy	None	Gampa Goverdhan		Telugu Desam Party
Yellareddy	None	Anjaneyulu Nerella		Telugu Desam Party
Jukkal	SC	B. Pandari		Telugu Desam Party
Banswada	None	Parige Srinivas Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Bodhan	None	Basheeruddin Babu Khan		Telugu Desam Party
Nizamabad	None	Satish Pawar		Telugu Desam Party
Dichpalli	None	Mandava Venkateshwara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Mudhole	None	Narayan Rao Patel		Telugu Desam Party
Nirmal	None	S. Venugopala Chary		Telugu Desam Party
Boath	ST	Godem Nagesh		Telugu Desam Party
Adilabad	None	Chilkuri Waman Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Khanapur	ST	Ajmeera Govind Naik		Telugu Desam Party
Asifabad	SC	Gunda Mallesh		Communist Party of India
Luxettipet	None	Gone Hanmantha Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Sirpur	None	P. Purushotham Rao		Independent
Chinnur	SC	Boda Janardhan		Telugu Desam Party
Peddapalli	None	Birudu Rajamallu		Telugu Desam Party
Mydaram	SC	Mallesham Malem		Independent
Huzurabad	None	Enugula Peddi Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
Kamalapur	None	Damodar Reddy Muddasani		Telugu Desam Party
Indurthi	None	Chinna Mallaiah Deshini		Communist Party of India
Karimnagar	None	Juvvadi Chandra Sekhar Rao		Telugu Desam Party
Choppadandi	None	Ramkishan Rao Nyalakonda		Telugu Desam Party
Jagtial	None	Lgandula Ramana		Telugu Desam Party
Buggaram	None	Shikari Vishwanatham		Telugu Desam Party
Metpalli	None	Chennamanani Vidyasagar Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sircilla	None	Chennamanini Rajeshwar Rao		CPI
Narella	SC	Suddala Devaiah		TDP
Cheriyal	None	Raja Reddy Nimma		TDP
Jangaon	None	Charagonda Raji Reddy		CPI(M)
Chennur	None	N. Yethi Raja Rao		TDP
Dornakal	None	Redya Nayak Darmasoth		INC
Mahbubabad	None	Bandi Pullaiah		CPI
Narsampet	None	Prakash Reddy Revuri		TDP
Wardhannapet	None	Errabelli Dayakar Rao		TDP
Ghanpur	SC	Kadiyam Srihari		TDP
Warangal	None	Rameshbabu Donepudi		TDP
Hanamkonda	None	Pranay Bhasker Dasyam		TDP
Shyampet	None	Madhu Sudanachary Sirikonda		TDP
Parkal	SC	Saraiah Potharaju		CPI
Mulug	ST	Ajmeera Chandulal		TDP
Bhadrachalam	ST	Kunja Bojji		CPI(M)
Burgampahad	ST	Kunja Biksham		CPI
Kothagudem	None	Koneru Nageswara Rao		TDP
Sathupalli	None	Nageswara Rao Thummala		TDP
Madhira	None	Bodepudi Venkateswara Rao		CPI(M)
Palair	SC	Venkata Veeratah Sandra		CPI(M)
Khammam	None	Puvvada Nageswar Rao		CPI
Shujatnagar	None	Mohammad Rajab Ali		CPI
Yellandu	ST	Abbaiah Vooke		CPI
Tungaturthi	None	Damoder Reddy Ram Reddy		Independent
Suryapet	SC	Akarapu Sudarshan		TDP
Kodad	None	Chander Rao Venepally		TDP
Miryalguda	None	Julakanti Ranga Reddy		CPI(M)
Chalakurthi	None	G. Rama Murthy		TDP
Nakrekal	None	Narra Raghava Reddy		CPI(M)
Nalgonda	None	Narsimha Reddy Nandyala		CPI(M)
Ramannapet	None	Gurram Yadagiri Reddy		CPI
Alair	SC	Mothkupally Narsimhulu		TDP
Bhongir	None	Alimineti Madhava Reddy		TDP
Mungode	None	Narayan Rao Vujjini		CPI
Deverkonda	ST	Badhu Chowhan Moodu		CPI

Government formation

Main article: Fourth N. T. Rama Rao ministry