1984 Indian general election
1984 Indian general election Registered 400,375,333 Turnout 64.01% (pp )
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Rajiv Gandhi
N. T. Rama Rao
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Party
INC(I)
TDP
CPI(M)
Alliance
LF
Last election
42.69%, 353 seats
–
6.24%, 37 seats
Seats won
414
30
22
Seat change
New
Popular vote
120,107,044
10,132,859
13,809,950
Percentage
46.86%
4.31%
5.87%
Swing
pp
New
pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Chandra Shekhar
Charan Singh
L. K. Advani
Party
JP
LKD
BJP
Last election
18.97%, 31 seats
New
New
Seats won
10
3
2
Seat change
New
New
Popular vote
16,210,514
14,040,064
18,202,853
Percentage
6.89%
5.97%
7.74%
Swing
pp
New
New
Results by constituency
General elections were held in India on 24, 27 and 28 December 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 insurgency.
The elections were a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (Indira) 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 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. AIADMK of Tamil Nadu contested the election in alliance with the INC (I), and won 12 seats.[ 1]
Voting was held immediately after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November and most of the Indian voters supported Congress (Indira) due to a heavy outpouring of public grief at Gandhi's death.
The 1984 elections were the last in which a single party won a majority of seats until 2014 , and the only time to date in which a party won more than 400 seats.
Results
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress (Indira) 115,478,267 49.10 404 Bharatiya Janata Party 18,202,853 7.74 2 Janata Party 16,210,514 6.89 10 Lokdal 14,040,064 5.97 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13,809,950 5.87 22 Telugu Desam Party 10,132,859 4.31 30 Communist Party of India 6,363,430 2.71 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,695,179 2.42 2 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,968,967 1.69 12 Indian Congress (Socialist) 3,577,377 1.52 4 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 1,511,515 0.64 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,173,869 0.50 3 All India Forward Bloc 1,055,556 0.45 2 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1,010,243 0.43 3 Indian Union Muslim League 658,821 0.28 2 Kerala Congress (Joseph) 598,113 0.25 2 Doordarshi Party 508,426 0.22 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 463,963 0.20 1 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 332,403 0.14 0 Kerala Congress 258,591 0.11 0 All India Muslim League 224,155 0.10 0 Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 217,104 0.09 0 Socialist Unity Centre of India 196,767 0.08 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 165,320 0.07 0 Manipur Peoples Party 149,019 0.06 0 Tamil Nadu Congress (K) 144,076 0.06 0 Naga National Democratic Party 113,919 0.05 0 Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party 95,149 0.04 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 83,122 0.04 0 People's Party of Arunachal 78,455 0.03 0 Republican Party of India 22,877 0.01 0 Jharkhand Party 18,837 0.01 0 Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference 646 0.00 0 Independents 18,623,803 7.92 5 Appointed Anglo-Indians 2 Total 235,184,209 100.00 516 Valid votes 235,184,209 97.49 Invalid/blank votes 6,062,678 2.51 Total votes 241,246,887 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 379,540,608 63.56 Source: ECI
Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab
Results from 1985 The elections in Punjab were held in September 1985 after the signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Akali leader Harchand Singh Longowal on 24 July 1985. The elections were held alongside elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly .[ 2] Assam Accord in August 1985.[ 2]
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress (Indira) 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 Lokdal 46,627 0.32 0 Independents 4,864,958 33.78 8 Total 14,401,125 100.00 27 Valid votes 14,401,125 95.70 Invalid/blank votes 646,951 4.30 Total votes 15,048,076 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,834,725 72.23 Source: ECI
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