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The 1984 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.
The Indian National Congress won all the seven seats of Delhi and won two-thirds of the votes. [1] This was the second of three times in which the Congress won all seven seats of Delhi, the first time being in the 1971 Indian general election. [2]
No. | Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation [3] |
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1 | New Delhi | K. C. Pant | Indian National Congress |
2 | South Delhi | Lalit Maken | Indian National Congress |
Arjun Singh (bypoll) | Indian National Congress | ||
3 | Outer Delhi (SC) | Chaudhary Bharat Singh | Indian National Congress |
4 | East Delhi | H. K. L. Bhagat | Indian National Congress |
5 | Chandni Chowk | Jai Parkash Aggarwal | Indian National Congress |
6 | Delhi Sadar | Jagdish Tytler | Indian National Congress |
7 | Karol Bagh (SC) | Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar | Indian National Congress |
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