BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ANDHRA PRADESH

Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1983

 

1.

No. of Seats

294

2.

No. of contestants

1720

3.

ELECTORS

 

 

MEN

WOMEN

TOTAL

i.

No. of Electors

 15551508

15835791 

31387299

ii

No. of Voters

 11134972

10425670 

21560642

iii

Polling percentage

 71.60%

65.83% 

68.69%

4.

No. of Valid Votes

 21117112

5.

Votes rejected

 443530 (2.06%)

6.

No. of polling Stations

 42310

7.

Average No.of Electors per polling station

742

8.Performance of parties

PARTY

No. of candidates

Seats won

% of votes polled

Indian National Congress

294

60

33.56

Bharatiya Janata Party

80

3

2.76

Communist Party of India

48

4

2.78

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

28

5

2.01

Janata Party

44

1

0.97

Lok Dal

33

0

0.92

Indian Congress (Socialist)

9

0

0.21

NATIONAL PARTIES

536

73

43.21

STATE PARTIES

86

1

0.57

INDEPENDENTS

1098

220

56.22

TOTAL

1720

294

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