9th Lok Sabha Elections Andhra Pradesh:General Elections 1989 results, winners list

9th Loksabha Election

Several historians and political analysts see 1989 as the year when coalition politics dawned in India. While parties coming together to oppose the Indian National Congress had already been witnessed after the tumultuous years of Emergency in the 1970s, the party has managed to ride on a sympathy wave after the assassination of Indira Gandhi to hand the PM’s post to a young Rajiv Gandhi. In 1989, there was a total of 42 Loksabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.

There were   42475179 electors available in the state. Out of   42475179 electors, 21273312 men electors and 21201867 women electors were to vote in the 1989 election in Andhra Pradesh. 29916616 people cast their vote with a poll percentage of 70.43%. A total number of the polling stations were 49782. Average candidates in a constituency were 6 in Andhra Pradesh, while a maximum candidate in a single constituency was 23. Out of 42  constituencies, 34 constituencies were reserved for general category, 6 constituencies for SC and 2 constituencies for ST quota.427 candidates filed their nomination where  154 candidates withdrawn their nomination and  267 candidates contested in the election. 182 candidates forfeited their deposits. Out of 42475179 electors, 34505651 were in general category, 6218878 people were in the SC quota and 1750650 people in the ST quota. The average number of electors per polling station was 853.In 1989, Congress regained their position again in the state and they became the dominant party in Andhra Pradesh with bagging 39 seats out of 42 constituencies. Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi won from Hyderabad constituency for All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) by a huge margin of 133078 votes, Telegu Desam Party managed to get only 2 seats. Y. S Rajshekar Reddy won by the highest margin of 166752 votes from Cuddapah for Indian National Congress(INC). Hyderabad Constituency had the highest number of electors (896875) and Eluru Constituency had the highest number of poll percentage (78.83%).