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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1989
| next_election = 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1999
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = All 294 Legislative Assembly seats
| turnout =
| image1 = [[File:NT Rama Rao.jpg|68px]]
| colour1 =
| nominee1 =
| leader1 = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]
| leader_since1 =
| party1 = Telugu Desam Party
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Tekkali]] and [[Hindupur]]
| running_mate1 =
| last_election1 = 1989
| seats_before1 = 74
| seats_needed1 =
| electoral_vote1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 = 226
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}152
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| colour2 =
| nominee2 =
| leader2 = [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| leader_since2 =
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 =
| home_state2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Dhone (Assembly constituency)|Dhone]]
| running_mate2 =
| last_election2 = 1989
| seats_before2 = 181
| seats_needed2 =
| electoral_vote2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 = 26
| seats_after2 =
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}155
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief minister]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| before_colour =
| after_election = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br /> [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| after_colour =
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Telugu Desam Party
| result =
| majority_seats = 148
}}
The '''Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 1994''' 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 [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] secured a huge majority winning 226 seats. The [[Indian National Congress]] won only 26 seats.
[[N. T. Rama Rao|NTR]] was sworn his 3rd term as Chief Minister of the state.<ref name=nic>{{cite web|title=Key Highlights of Geberal Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1994/StatisticalReport_AP94.pdf|publisher=nic.in|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=aplegislature>{{cite web|title=Overview |url=http://www.aplegislature.org/overview |publisher=aplegislature.org |accessdate=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025723/http://www.aplegislature.org/overview |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref><ref name=indian>{{cite web|title=P. Ravindra Reddy And Ors. vs The Election Commission, Rep. By ... on 29 November, 1994|url=http://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/231228/?formInput=ravindra|publisher=indiankanoon.org|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=google>{{cite book|title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994|isbn = 9788182202696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwR59-o19T0C&q=Andhra+Pradesh+Legislative+Assembly+election%2C+1994&pg=PA205|accessdate=26 September 2013|last1 = Thakur|first1 = A. P.|last2 = Pandey|first2 = Sunil|year = 2009}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! No !! Party !! Seats Contested !! Seats Won !! Seats change !! Vote Share !! Swing
|-
| 1 || [[Telugu Desam Party]] || 251 || 216 || +142 || 44.14% || +7.60%
|-
| 2 || [[Indian National Congress]] || 294 || 26 || -155 || 33.85% || -13.24%
|-
| 3 || [[Communist Party of India]] || 21 || 19 || +11 || 3.39% || +0.75%
|-
| 4 || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || 16 || 15 || +9 || 2.96% || +0.50%
|-
| 5 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 280 || 3 || -2 || 3.89% || +2.11%
|-
| 6 || [[Majlis Bachao Tehreek]] || 9 || 2 || +2 || 0.49% || 0.49%
|-
| 7 || [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] || 20 || 1 || -3 || 0.70% || -1.29%
|-
|-8 || others || 1953 || 12 || -3 || 8.66% || 2.08%
|-
|}

In [[Andhra Pradesh]], the [[Vidhan Sabha]], or [[Legislative Assembly]], has 294 constituencies. 39
constituencies are reserved for the [[Dalit|Scheduled Castes]] candidates and 15 constituencies are reserved for the [[Adivasi|Scheduled tribes]] candidates.

==Government formation==
{{Main|Third N. T. Rama Rao ministry}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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