1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections 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.

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
22 November 1989 (1989-11-22)
294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Registered42,448,805
Turnout29,899,530 (70.44%) 2.87%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Marri Chenna Reddy N. T. Rama Rao
Party INC TDP
Leader's seat Sanathnagar Hindupuram
Last election 50 202
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

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