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	'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] in 1984 soon after the assassination of previous [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], though the vote in [[Assam]] and [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing fighting.		'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] in 1984 soon after the assassination of previous [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], though the vote in [[Assam]] and [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing fighting.

	The elections were a landslide victory for 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.		The elections were a landslide victory for 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 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.

	The Bharatiya Janata Party won its first two seats, in [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hanamkonda]] and [[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Mahesana]].		The Bharatiya Janata Party won its first two seats, in [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hanamkonda]] and [[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Mahesana]].

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{{short description|General election in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1984 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1980 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1989 Indian general election
| next_year = 1989
| election_date = 24, 27 and 28 December 1984
| seats_for_election = 541 of the 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 271
| turnout = 64.01% ({{increase}}7.09pp)
| image_size = 150x150px

| image1 = Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg
| leader1 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress (I)
| seats1 = '''414'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 61
| popular_vote1 = '''120,107,044'''
| percentage1 = '''46.86%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 4.17pp

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = NT Rama Rao 2000 stamp of India.jpg|bSize =200|cWidth=100|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}
| leader2 = [[N.T. Rama Rao]]
| party2 = Telugu Desam Party
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| seats2 = 30
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| popular_vote2 = 10,132,859
| percentage2 = 3.95%
| swing2 = ''New''

| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1984.svg|300px|lang=en]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| posttitle = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] after election
}}{{Politics of India}}

'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] in 1984 soon after the assassination of previous [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], though the vote in [[Assam]] and [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing fighting.

The elections were a landslide victory for 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.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won its first two seats, in [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hanamkonda]] and [[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahesana]].

The 1984 elections were the last in which a single party won a majority of seats until [[2014 Indian general election|2014]], and the only time to date in which a party won more than 400 seats.

==Results==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1984.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=115478267|seats1=404
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=18202853|seats2=2
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=16210514|seats3=10
|party4=[[Lokdal]]|votes4=14040064|seats4=3
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=13809950|seats5=22
|party6=[[Telugu Desam Party]]|votes6=10132859|seats6=30
|party7=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes7=6363430|seats7=6
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=5695179|seats8=2
|party9=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes9=3968967|seats9=12
|party10=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes10=3577377|seats10=4
|party11=[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)]]|votes11=1511515|seats11=1
|party12=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes12=1173869|seats12=3
|party13=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes13=1055556|seats13=2
|party14=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes14=1010243|seats14=3
|party15=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes15=658821|seats15=2
|party16=[[Kerala Congress (Joseph)]]|votes16=598113|seats16=2
|party17=[[Doordarshi Party]]|votes17=508426|seats17=0
|party18=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes18=463963|seats18=1
|party19=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|votes19=332403|seats19=0|
|party20=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes20=258591|seats20=0
|party21=[[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League]]|votes21=224155|seats21=0
|party22=Gandhi Kamraj National Congress|votes22=217104|seats22=0
|party23=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes23=196767|seats23=0
|party24=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes24=165320|seats24=0
|party25=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes25=149019|seats25=0
|party26=Tamil Nadu Congress (K)|votes26=144076|seats26=0
|party27=[[Naga National Democratic Party]]|votes27=113919|seats27=0
|party28=Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party|votes28=95149|seats28=0
|party29=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes29=83122|seats29=0
|party30=[[People's Party of Arunachal]]|votes30=78455|seats30=0
|party31=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes31=22877|seats31=0
|party32=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes32=18837|seats32=0
|party33=Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference|votes33=646|seats33=0
|party34=Independents|votes34=18623803|seats34=5
|row35=Appointed [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats35=2
|invalid=6062678
|electorate=379540608
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4118-general-election-1984-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9755&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]
}}

===Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab===
[[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1985.svg|thumb|300px|Results from 1985]]

{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=4628777|seats1=10|sc1=
|party2=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes2=2577279|seats2=7|sc2=
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=462576|seats3=0|sc3=
|party4=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes4=457705|seats4=1|sc4=
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=369687|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]|votes6=310150|seats6=1|sc6=
|party7=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes7=263284|seats7=0|sc7=
|party8=[[Janata Party]]|votes8=420082|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=[[Lokdal]]|votes9=46627|seats9=0|sc9=
|party10=Independents|votes10=4864958|seats10=8|sc10=
|invalid=646951
|total_sc=0
|electorate=20834725
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4119-general-election-1985-vol-i-ii/ ECI]
}}

==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[1982 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian elections}}

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