1984 Indian general election

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1984 Indian general election
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  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% (Increase2.svg 7.09pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Rajiv Gandhi N. T. Rama Rao E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Party INC(I) TDP CPI(M)
Last election42.69%, 353 seats6.24%, 37 seats
Seats won4143022
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 61NewDecrease2.svg 15
Popular vote120,107,04410,132,85913,809,950
Percentage46.86%4.31%5.87%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.17pp NewDecrease2.svg 0.37pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Chandra Shekhar Charan Singh Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Party JP LKD BJP
Last election18.97%, 31 seatsNewNew
Seats won1032
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 21NewNew
Popular vote16,210,51414,040,06418,202,853
Percentage6.89%5.97%7.74%
SwingDecrease2.svg 12.08pp NewNew

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Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

Prime Minister after election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC(I)

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.

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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

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PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress (Indira) 115,478,26749.10404
Bharatiya Janata Party 18,202,8537.742
Janata Party 16,210,5146.8910
Lokdal 14,040,0645.973
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13,809,9505.8722
Telugu Desam Party 10,132,8594.3130
Communist Party of India 6,363,4302.716
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,695,1792.422
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,968,9671.6912
Indian Congress (Socialist) 3,577,3771.524
Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 1,511,5150.641
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,173,8690.503
All India Forward Bloc 1,055,5560.452
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1,010,2430.433
Indian Union Muslim League 658,8210.282
Kerala Congress (Joseph) 598,1130.252
Doordarshi Party 508,4260.220
Peasants and Workers Party of India 463,9630.201
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 332,4030.140
Kerala Congress 258,5910.110
All India Muslim League 224,1550.100
Gandhi Kamraj National Congress217,1040.090
Socialist Unity Centre of India 196,7670.080
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 165,3200.070
Manipur Peoples Party 149,0190.060
Tamil Nadu Congress (K)144,0760.060
Naga National Democratic Party 113,9190.050
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party95,1490.040
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 83,1220.040
People's Party of Arunachal 78,4550.030
Republican Party of India 22,8770.010
Jharkhand Party 18,8370.010
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference6460.000
Independents18,623,8037.925
Appointed Anglo-Indians 2
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

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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 Dal 2,577,27917.907
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 462,5763.210
Indian Congress (Socialist) 457,7053.181
Communist Party of India 369,6872.570
Plain Tribals Council of Assam 310,1502.151
Bharatiya Janata Party 263,2841.830
Janata Party 420,0822.920
Lokdal 46,6270.320
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

References

  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. 1 2 Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26 (2): 253–269. doi:10.2307/2644461.