1984 Indian general election
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General elections were held in India in 1984 soon after the assassination of previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, though the vote in Assam and Punjab was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing fighting.
The election was won convincingly by the Indian National Congress of Rajiv Gandhi (son of Indira Gandhi), which won 404 of the 514 seats elected in 1984 and a further 10 in the delayed elections. The Telugu Desam Party of N. T. Rama Rao, a regional political party from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, was the second largest party, winning 30 seats, thus achieving the distinction of becoming the first regional party to become a national opposition party. Voting was held immediately after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November and most of India supported Congress.
Contents
1 Results
1.1 Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab
2 See also
3 References
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Indian National Congress | 115,478,267 | 49.10 | 404 | +51 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 18,202,853 | 7.74 | 2 | New |
| Janata Party | 16,210,514 | 6.89 | 10 | –21 |
| Lok Dal | 14,040,064 | 5.97 | 3 | New |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13,809,950 | 5.87 | 22 | –15 |
| Telugu Desam Party | 10,132,859 | 4.31 | 30 | New |
| Communist Party of India | 6,363,430 | 2.71 | 6 | –4 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,695,179 | 2.42 | 2 | –14 |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3,968,967 | 1.69 | 12 | +10 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) | 3,577,377 | 1.52 | 4 | New |
| Indian Congress (J) | 1,511,515 | 0.64 | 1 | New |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,173,869 | 0.50 | 3 | –1 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1,055,556 | 0.45 | 2 | –1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 1,010,243 | 0.43 | 3 | 0 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 658,821 | 0.28 | 2 | 0 |
| Kerala Congress (Joseph) | 598,113 | 0.25 | 2 | New |
| Doordashi Party | 508,426 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 463,963 | 0.20 | 1 | +1 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 332,403 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| Kerala Congress | 258,591 | 0.11 | 0 | –1 |
| All India Muslim League | 224,155 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gandhi Kamraj National Congress | 217,104 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 196,767 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 165,320 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Manipur Peoples Party | 149,019 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil Nadu Congress (K) | 144,076 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| Naga National Democratic Party | 113,919 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party | 95,149 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 83,122 | 0.04 | 0 | –1 |
| Peoples Party of Arunachal | 78,455 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican Party of India | 22,877 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Jharkhand Party | 18,837 | 0.01 | 0 | –1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference | 646 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 18,623,803 | 7.92 | 5 | –4 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,062,678 | – | – | – |
| Total | 241,246,887 | 100 | 514 | –15 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 379,540,608 | 63.56 | – | – |
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Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Indian National Congress | 4,628,777 | 32.14 | 10 |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 2,577,279 | 17.90 | 7 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 462,576 | 3.21 | 0 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) | 457,705 | 3.18 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 369,687 | 2.57 | 0 |
| Plain Tribals Council of Assam | 310,150 | 2.15 | 1 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 263,284 | 1.83 | 0 |
| Janata Party | 420,082 | 2.92 | 0 |
| Lok Dal | 46,627 | 0.32 | 0 |
| Independents | 4,864,958 | 33.78 | 8 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 646,951 | – | – |
| Total | 15,048,076 | 100 | 27 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,834,725 | 72.23 | – |
| Source: ECI | |||
See also
- Election Commission of India
- Indian presidential election, 1982
References
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