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{{Short description|General election in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1984 Indian general election
| country = India
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
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| seats_for_election = 541 of the 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| seats_for_election = 541 of the 543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 271
| majority_seats = 271
| turnout = 64.01% ({{increase}}7.09pp)
| registered = 400,375,333
| image_size = 150x150px
| turnout = 64.01% ({{increase}} 7.09[[Percentage point|pp]])
 
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}
| image1 = Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg
| leader1 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| leader1 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| last_election1 = 42.69%, 353 seats
| seats1 = '''414'''
| seats1 = '''414'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 61
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 61
| popular_vote1 = '''120,107,044'''
| popular_vote1 = '''120,107,044'''
| percentage1 = '''46.86%'''
| percentage1 = '''49.1%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}} 4.17pp
| swing1 = {{increase}} 4.17[[Percentage point|pp]]
 
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=NT Rama Rao.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| 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]]
| leader2 = [[N.T. Rama Rao]]
| party2 = Telugu Desam Party
| party2 = Telugu Desam Party
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| last_election2 = –
| seats2 = 30
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| popular_vote2 = 10,132,859
| popular_vote2 = 10,132,859
| percentage2 = 3.95%
| percentage2 = 4.31%
| swing2 = ''New''
| swing2 = ''New''
 
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1984.svg|300px|lang=en]]
| seats2 = 30
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}
| leader3 = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| party3 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| last_election3 = 6.24%, 37 seats
| seats3 = 22
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 15
| popular_vote3 = 13,809,950
| percentage3 = 5.87%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.37[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=5|oTop=10}}
| leader4 = [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| party4 = Janata Party
| last_election4 = 18.97%, 31 seats
| seats4 = 10
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 21
| popular_vote4 = 16,210,514
| percentage4 = 6.89%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 12.08[[Percentage point|pp]]
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| leader5 = [[Charan Singh]]
| party5 = Lokdal
| last_election5 = ''New''
| seats5 = 3
| seat_change5 = ''New''
| popular_vote5 = 14,040,064
| percentage5 = 5.97%
| swing5 = ''New''
| image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image=lkadvani.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=5}}
| leader6 = [[L. K. Advani]]
| party6 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| last_election6 = ''New''
| seats6 = 2
| seat_change6 = ''New''
| popular_vote6 = 18,202,853
| percentage6 = 7.74%
| swing6 = ''New''
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse Indien 1984.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| before_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| before_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| after_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| after_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha
| elected_members = List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha
}}{{Politics of India}}
}}{{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.
General elections were held in [[India]] on 24, 27 and 28 December 1984, shortly after the [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassination]] of [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]]. Voting was delyed in [[Assam]] and [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] until 1985 due to ongoing insurgency.  


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 elections were a [[landslide victory]] for the [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (son of Indira Gandhi),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Manor |first=James |date=1985 |title=The Indian general election of 1984 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/026137948590006X |journal=Electoral Studies |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=149–152 |doi=10.1016/0261-3794(85)90006-X |issn=0261-3794|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 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. [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] contested the election in alliance with the INC (I), and won 12 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumaresan |first=S. |date=2019-03-04 |title=AIADMK- Congress combine ride on sympathy wave in 1984 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/Mar/04/aiadmk--cong-combine-ride-on-sympathy-wave-in-84-1946778.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>


The Bharatiya Janata Party won its first two seats, in [[Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hanamkonda]] and [[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahesana]].
Voting was held immediately after the [[assassination of Indira Gandhi]] and the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] in November. Congress (Indira) received significant support due to an outpouring of [[public grief]] at Gandhi's death. Voting was delayed in the Sikh-majority state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], while the [[Assam Movement|Assam movement]] and sporadic violence in [[Mizoram]] by the [[Mizo National Front]] as a part of its [[Mizo National Front uprising|uprising against the government]] saw voting being delayed in these states.  


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.
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.
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{{Election results
{{Election results
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|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=16210514|seats3=10
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=16210514|seats3=10
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===Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab===
===Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab===
[[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1985.svg|thumb|300px|Results from 1985]]
[[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1985.svg|thumb|300px|Results from 1985]]
The elections in [[Punjab, India|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]].<ref name=Asian>{{cite journal |last1=Narain |first1=Iqbal |title=India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy|journal=Asian Survey |date=1986 |volume=26|number=2|pages=253–269 |doi=10.2307/2644461|jstor=2644461 }}</ref> In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of the [[Assam Accord]] in August 1985.<ref name=Asian/>


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<!--==State Wise result==
* Source: https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-reports
===Chandigarh===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
|-
! 1
| [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]]
| [[Jagan Nath Kaushal]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|103,090
| [[Harmohan Dhawan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|36,790
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|66,300
|}
===Jammu and Kashmir===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
|-
! 1
| [[Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency|Baramulla]]
| [[Saif-ud-Din Soz]]
| {{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|234,357
| Mohi-ud-Din Wani
| {{party name with color|Independent}}
|93,938
| style="background:{{party color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"|140,419
|-
! 2
| [[Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Srinagar]]
| [[Abdul Rashid Kabuli]]
| {{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|367,249
| Muzaffer Ahmed Shah
| {{party name with color|Independent}}
|80,972
| style="background:{{party color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"|286,277
|-
! 3
| [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]
| [[Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah|Akbar Jahan Begum]]
| {{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|240,973
| Peer Hussan-ud-Din
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|158,963
| style="background:{{party color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"|82,010
|-
! 4
| [[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]]
| [[Phuntsog Namgyal]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|33,037
| Qamar Ali
| {{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|25,060
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7,977
|-
! 5
| [[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]
| [[Girdhari Lal Dogra]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|206,639
| Bhim Singh
| {{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party}}
|95,149
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|111,490
|-
! 6
| [[Jammu Lok Sabha constituency|Jammu]]
| [[Janak Raj Gupta]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|262,796
| Shabir Ahmed Salaria
| {{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|142,604
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|120,192
|-
|}
===Delhi===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
|-
! 1
| [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
| [[K. C. Pant|Krishan Chandra Pant]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|131,932
| [[Kanwar Lal Gupta]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|59,046
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|72,886
|-
! 2
| [[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
| [[Lalit Maken]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|215,898
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|130,847
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|85,051
|-
! 3
| [[Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Delhi]]
| [[Bharat Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|365,454
| [[Tarif Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|115,777
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|249,677
|-
! 4
| [[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
| [[H.K.L. Bhagat]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|386,150
| [[Kishore Lal]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|73,970
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|312,180
|-
! 5
| [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
| [[Jai Prakash Aggarwal]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|122,069
| [[Sikander Bakht]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|74,993
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|47,076
|-
! 6
| [[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]
| [[Jagdish Tytler]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|155,333
| [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|89,480
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|65,853
|-
! 7
| [[Karol Bagh Lok Sabha constituency|Karol Bagh (SC)]]
| [[Sunderwati Nawal Prabhakar]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|151,416
| Surender Pal Rathwal
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|64,844
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|86,572
|-
|}
===Tamil Nadu===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
|-
! 1
| [[Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency|Madras North]]
| [[N. V. N. Somu|N.V.N. Somu]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|261,941
| [[G. Lakshmanan]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|225,491
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|36,450
|-
! 2
| [[Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency|Madras Central]]
| [[A. Kalanithi]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|313,848
| Earnest Paul E. M.
| {{party name with color|GKC.}}
|217,104
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|96,744
|-
! 3
| [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Madras South]]
| [[Vyjayanthimala]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|336,353
| [[Era Sezhiyan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|288,336
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|48,017
|-
! 4
| [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur (SC)]]
| [[Maragatham Chandrasekhar]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|332,468
| [[Nagaratnam T.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|222,994
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|109,474
|-
! 5
| [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]
| [[S. Jagathrakshakan]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|297,415
| [[M.V. Ramu]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|239,206
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|58,209
|-
! 6
| [[Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency|Arakkonam]]
| [[R. Jeevarathinam]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|292,606
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|231,664
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|60,942
|-
! 7
| [[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]
| [[A.C. Shanmugam]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|284,416
| [[A.M. Ramalingam]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|209,693
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|74,723
|-
! 8
| [[Tiruppattur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruppattur]]
| [[Jayamohan A.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|298,159
| [[Abdul Latheef M.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|176,372
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|121,787
|-
! 9
| [[Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency|Vandavasi]]
| [[Balaraman L.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|341,267
| [[Pandian R.K.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|206,375
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|134,892
|-
! 10
| [[Tindivanam Lok Sabha constituency|Tindivanam]]
| [[S.S. Eramasamy Padayatchi]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|356,127
| [[M.R. Lakshminarayanan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|154,269
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|201,858
|-
! 11
| [[Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency|Cuddalore]]
| [[Venkatesan P.R.S.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|327,393
| [[Ramu T. Alias Killivalavan]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|195,439
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|131,954
|-
! 12
| [[Chidambaram (SC) Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram (SC)]]
| [[Vallalperuman P.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|329,892
| [[Kannapiran S.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|209,001
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|120,891
|-
! 13
| [[Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency|Dharmapuri]]
| [[M. Thambi Durai]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|333,427
| [[Parvathi Krishnan]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|182,175
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|151,252
|-
! 14
| [[Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency|Krishnagiri]]
| [[K. Ramamurthi]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|304,854
| [[T. Chandrasekaran]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|138,488
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|166,366
|-
! 15
| [[Rasipuram (SC) Lok Sabha constituency|Rasipuram (SC)]]
| [[Devarajan B.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|367,276
| [[Duraisami P.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|165,870
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|201,406
|-
! 16
| [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]
| [[Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|359,819
| [[Kandasamy M.A.]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|123,644
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|236,175
|-
! 17
| [[Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchengode]]
| [[Kannan P.]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|426,648
| [[Kandaswamy M.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|268,582
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|158,066
|-
! 18
| [[Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency|Nilgiris]]
| [[R. Prabhu]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|341,824
| [[C.T. Dhandapani]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|209,885
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|131,939
|-
! 19
| [[Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency|Gobichettipalayam]]
| [[Kholandaivelu P.]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|338,243
| [[Saminathan P.A.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|177,616
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|160,627
|-
! 20
| [[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency|Coimbatore]]
| [[Kuppuswamy C. K.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|355,525
| [[Umanath R.]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|253,006
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|102,519
|-
! 21
| [[Pollachi (SC) Lok Sabha constituency|Pollachi (SC)]]
| [[Anna Nambi R.]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|324,200
| [[Krishnaswamy K.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|222,770
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|101,430
|-
! 22
| [[Palani Lok Sabha constituency|Palani]]
| [[Senapathy Gounder A.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|408,104
| [[Velusamy S.R.]]
| {{party name with color|Tamil National Congress}}
|144,076
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|264,028
|-
! 23
| [[Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency|Dindigul]]
| [[K.R. Natarajan]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|343,571
| [[K.Maya Thevar]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|202,253
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|141,318
|-
! 24
| [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency|Madurai]]
| [[Subburaman A.G.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|365,948
| [[Sankariah N.]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|192,937
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|173,011
|-
! 25
| [[Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Periyakulam]]
| [[Selvendran P.]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|348,903
| [[Agniraju S.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|190,290
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|158,613
|-
! 26
| [[Karur Lok Sabha constituency|Karur]]
| [[Murugaih A. R.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|413,533
| [[Kandaswamy M.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|177,970
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|235,563
|-
! 27
| [[Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchirappalli]]
| [[Adaikalaraj M.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|337,786
| [[N. Selvarasu]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|234,881
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|102,905
|-
! 28
| [[Perambalur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency|Perambalur (SC)]]
| [[S. Thangaraju]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|350,549
| [[C. Thiyagarajan]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|197,780
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|152,769
|-
! 29
| [[Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency|Mayiladuthurai]]
| Pakeer Mohamed E.S.M.
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|335,033
| [[Kalyanam P.]]
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|215,390
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|119,643
|-
! 30
| [[Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency|Nagapattinam (SC)]]
| Mahalingam M.
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|300,912
| Murugaiyan K.
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|298,623
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|2,289
|-
! 31
| [[Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency|Thanjavur]]
| [[S. Singaravadivel|Singaravadevel M.]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|306,351
| Palanimanickam S.
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|217,030
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|89,321
|-
! 32
| [[Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency|Pudukkottai]]
| [[N. Sundarraj]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|426,717
| Veeriah K.
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|161,813
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|264,904
|-
! 33
| [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|377,160
| Tha Krutinan
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|164,627
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|212,533
|-
! 34
| [[Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Ramanathapuram]]
| [[V. Rajeshwaran]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|274,922
| M.S.K. Sathiyendren
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|174,778
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|100,144
|-
! 35
| [[Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency|Sivakasi]]
| [[N. Soundararajan]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|323,786
| A. Srinivasan
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|257,308
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|66,478
|-
! 36
| [[Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency|Tirunelveli]]
| [[Kadambur R. Janarthanan]]
| {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|296,897
| D.S.A. Sivaprakasam
| {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|210,951
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"|85,946
|-
! 37
| [[Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency|Tenkasi (SC)]]
| [[M. Arunachalam]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|360,517
| [[R. Krishnan]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|168,950
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|191,567
|-
! 38
| [[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]
| [[K.T. Kosalram]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|345,381
| Jawaharlal M.
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|121,954
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|223,427
|-
! 39
| [[Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency|Nagercoil]]
| [[N. Dennis]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|235,365
| [[P. Vijayaraghavan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Party}}
|223,728
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11,637
|-
|}
===Tripura===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! Votes
|-
! 1
| [[Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency|Tripura West]]
| [[Ajoy Biswas]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|232,339
| Sudhir Ranjan Majumder
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|228,819
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"|3,520
|-
! 2
| [[Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency|Tripura East (ST)]]
| [[Baju Ban Riyan]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|231,023
| Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|189,960
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"|41,063
|-
|}-->


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha]]
*[[1982 Indian presidential election]]
*[[:Category:1984 Indian general election by state or union territory]]


==References==
==References==
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1984 Indian general election
← 1980 24, 27 and 28 December 1984 1989 →
541 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha
271 seats needed for a majority
Registered400,375,333
Turnout64.01% (Increase 7.09pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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E. M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg
Leader Rajiv Gandhi N. T. Rama Rao E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Party Indian National Congress (Indira) TDP CPI (M)
Last election 42.69%, 353 seats – 6.24%, 37 seats
Seats won 414 30 22
Seat change Increase 61 New Decrease 15
Popular vote 120,107,044 10,132,859 13,809,950
Percentage 49.1% 4.31% 5.87%
Swing Increase 4.17pp New Decrease 0.37pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Prime minister Charan Singh_(cropped).jpg
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Leader Chandra Shekhar Charan Singh L. K. Advani
Party JP Lokdal BJP
Last election 18.97%, 31 seats New New
Seats won 10 3 2
Seat change Decrease 21 New New
Popular vote 16,210,514 14,040,064 18,202,853
Percentage 6.89% 5.97% 7.74%
Swing Decrease 12.08pp New New
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Indian National Congress (Indira)

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General elections were held in India on 24, 27 and 28 December 1984, shortly after the assassination of prime minister, Indira Gandhi. Voting was delyed in Assam and Punjab 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),[1] 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.[2]

Voting was held immediately after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November. Congress (Indira) received significant support due to an outpouring of public grief at Gandhi's death. Voting was delayed in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, while the Assam movement and sporadic violence in Mizoram by the Mizo National Front as a part of its uprising against the government saw voting being delayed in these states.

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[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress (Indira)115,478,26749.10404
Bharatiya Janata Party18,202,8537.742
Janata Party16,210,5146.8910
Lokdal14,040,0645.973
Communist Party of India (Marxist)13,809,9505.8722
Telugu Desam Party10,132,8594.3130
Communist Party of India6,363,4302.716
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,695,1792.422
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3,968,9671.6912
Indian Congress (Socialist)3,577,3771.524
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)1,511,5150.641
Revolutionary Socialist Party1,173,8690.503
All India Forward Bloc1,055,5560.452
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference1,010,2430.433
Indian Union Muslim League658,8210.282
Kerala Congress (Joseph)598,1130.252
Doordarshi Party508,4260.220
Peasants and Workers Party of India463,9630.201
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha332,4030.140
Kerala Congress258,5910.110
All India Muslim League224,1550.100
Gandhi Kamraj National Congress217,1040.090
Socialist Unity Centre of India196,7670.080
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)165,3200.070
Manipur Peoples Party149,0190.060
Tamil Nadu Congress (K)144,0760.060
Naga National Democratic Party113,9190.050
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party95,1490.040
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party83,1220.040
People's Party of Arunachal78,4550.030
Republican Party of India22,8770.010
Jharkhand Party18,8370.010
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference6460.000
Independents18,623,8037.925
Appointed Anglo-Indians2
Total235,184,209100.00516
Valid votes235,184,20997.49
Invalid/blank votes6,062,6782.51
Total votes241,246,887100.00
Registered voters/turnout379,540,60863.56
Source: ECI

Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab[edit | edit source]

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.[3] In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of the Assam Accord in August 1985.[3]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress (Indira)4,628,77732.1410
Shiromani Akali Dal2,577,27917.907
Communist Party of India (Marxist)462,5763.210
Indian Congress (Socialist)457,7053.181
Communist Party of India369,6872.570
Plain Tribals Council of Assam310,1502.151
Bharatiya Janata Party263,2841.830
Janata Party420,0822.920
Lokdal46,6270.320
Independents4,864,95833.788
Total14,401,125100.0027
Valid votes14,401,12595.70
Invalid/blank votes646,9514.30
Total votes15,048,076100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,834,72572.23
Source: ECI

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Manor, James (1985). "The Indian general election of 1984". Electoral Studies. 4 (2): 149–152. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(85)90006-X. ISSN 0261-3794.
  2. ↑ Kumaresan, S. (4 March 2019). "AIADMK- Congress combine ride on sympathy wave in 1984". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26 (2): 253–269. doi:10.2307/2644461. JSTOR 2644461.
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