1984 Indian general election

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Advani Bharatiya Janata Party New 2 New 18,202,853 7.74% New Wahlergebnisse Indien 1984-1985.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (Indira) Prime Minister after election List of members of the 7th Lok Sabha List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India on 24, 27 and 28 December 1984, shortly after the assassination of prime minister, Indira Gandhi. Voting was delayed 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),Manor James 1985 The Indian general election of 1984 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/026137948590006X Electoral Studies 4 2 149–152 10.1016/0261-3794(85)90006-X 0261-3794 subscription 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.Kumaresan S. 2019-03-04 AIADMK- Congress combine ride on sympathy wave in 1984 https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/Mar/04/aiadmk--cong-combine-ride-on-sympathy-wave-in-84-1946778.html 2024-05-19 The New Indian Express en 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 350px Indian National Congress (Indira) 115478267 404 Bharatiya Janata Party 18202853 2 Janata Party 16210514 10 Lokdal 14040064 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13809950 22 Telugu Desam Party 10132859 30 Communist Party of India 6363430 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5695179 2 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3968967 12 Indian Congress (Socialist) 3577377 4 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 1511515 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1173869 3 All India Forward Bloc 1055556 2 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1010243 3 Indian Union Muslim League 658821 2 Kerala Congress (Joseph) 598113 2 Doordarshi Party 508426 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 463963 1 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 332403 0 Kerala Congress 258591 0 All India Muslim League 224155 0 Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 217104 0 Socialist Unity Centre of India 196767 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 165320 0 Manipur Peoples Party 149019 0 Tamil Nadu Congress (K) 144076 0 Naga National Democratic Party 113919 0 Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party 95149 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 83122 0 People's Party of Arunachal 78455 0 Republican Party of India 22877 0 Jharkhand Party 18837 0 Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference 646 0 Independents 18623803 5 Appointed Anglo-Indians 2 6062678 379540608 ECI Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab thumb|300px|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.Narain Iqbal India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy Asian Survey 1986 26 2 253–269 10.2307/2644461 2644461 In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of the Assam Accord in August 1985. Indian National Congress (Indira) 4628777 10 Shiromani Akali Dal 2577279 7 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 462576 0 Indian Congress (Socialist) 457705 1 Communist Party of India 369687 0 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 310150 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 263284 0 Janata Party 420082 0 Lokdal 46627 0 Independents 4864958 8 646951 0 20834725 ECI Results by state/union territory +State/Union Territory SeatsINCLFRTDPINDOTHA & N Islands110000Andhra Pradesh42623013Arunachal Pradesh220000Assam1440082Bihar54482013Chandigarh110000Dadra & Nagar Haveli100010Delhi770000Goa, Daman and Diu220000Gujarat26240002Haryana10100000Himachal Pradesh440000Jammu & Kashmir630003Karnataka28240004Kerala20131006Lakshadweep110000Madhya Pradesh40400000Maharashtra48430014Manipur220000Meghalaya220000Nagaland110000Orissa21200001Pondicherry110000Punjab1360007Rajasthan25250000Sikkim100010Tamil Nadu392500014Tripura202000Uttar Pradesh85830002West Bengal421626000Total54141433301351 NOTE: The LF (Left Front) consisted of the CPI(M), CPI, RSP, and AIFB. The results include the 1984 General Election and the delayed 1985 elections in Assam and Punjab. See also List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha 1984 Indian general election by state or union territory References Category:General elections in India General General India