1984 Indian general election in Delhi

1984 Indian general election in Delhi

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7 seats
Turnout	64.5%
First party Second party   Leader Rajiv Gandhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee Party INC BJP Seats won 7 0 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 1,528,252 419,210 Percentage 68.72% 18.85%

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]

Parties and alliances

   Indian National Congress

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Rajiv Gandhi	7

   Bharatiya Janata Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			A. B. Vajpayee	5

Elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party Affiliation [3]
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

References

1. "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1984". IndiaVotes. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
2. "Cong corners all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952". Zee News. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
3. "General Election, 1984 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India . 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.