1984_elections_in_India

1984 elections in India

List of elections in India in 1984

General Elections

Main article: 1984 Indian general election

More information Party, Votes ...



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	115,478,267	49.10	404
	Bharatiya Janata Party	18,202,853	7.74	2
	Janata Party	16,210,514	6.89	10
	Lokdal	14,040,064	5.97	3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	13,809,950	5.87	22
	Telugu Desam Party	10,132,859	4.31	30
	Communist Party of India	6,363,430	2.71	6
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5,695,179	2.42	2
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3,968,967	1.69	12
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	3,577,377	1.52	4
	Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)	1,511,515	0.64	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,173,869	0.50	3
	All India Forward Bloc	1,055,556	0.45	2
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	1,010,243	0.43	3
	Indian Union Muslim League	658,821	0.28	2
	Kerala Congress (Joseph)	598,113	0.25	2
	Doordarshi Party	508,426	0.22	0
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	463,963	0.20	1
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	332,403	0.14	0
	Kerala Congress	258,591	0.11	0
	All India Muslim League	224,155	0.10	0
	Gandhi Kamraj National Congress	217,104	0.09	0
	Socialist Unity Centre of India	196,767	0.08	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	165,320	0.07	0
	Manipur Peoples Party	149,019	0.06	0
	Tamil Nadu Congress (K)	144,076	0.06	0
	Naga National Democratic Party	113,919	0.05	0
	Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party	95,149	0.04	0
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	83,122	0.04	0
	People's Party of Arunachal	78,455	0.03	0
	Republican Party of India	22,877	0.01	0
	Jharkhand Party	18,837	0.01	0
	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference	646	0.00	0
	Independents	18,623,803	7.92	5
Appointed Anglo-Indians				2
Total		235,184,209	100.00	516

Valid votes		235,184,209	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		6,062,678	2.51
Total votes		241,246,887	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		379,540,608	63.56
Source: ECI^[1]

Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab

More information Party, Votes ...


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	4,628,777	32.14	10
	Shiromani Akali Dal	2,577,279	17.90	7
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	462,576	3.21	0
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	457,705	3.18	1
	Communist Party of India	369,687	2.57	0
	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	310,150	2.15	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	263,284	1.83	0
	Janata Party	420,082	2.92	0
	Lokdal	46,627	0.32	0
	Independents	4,864,958	33.78	8
Total		14,401,125	100.00	27

Valid votes		14,401,125	95.70
Invalid/blank votes		646,951	4.30
Total votes		15,048,076	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,834,725	72.23
Source: ECI^[2]

Legislative Assembly elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Main article: 1984 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Source:^[3]

More information Party, Contested ...

Party	Contested	Won	Votes	%
INC	30	21	96791	43.07%
PPA	13	4	34910	15.54%
BJP	6	1	17,283	7.69%
JNP	3	0	845	0.38%
Independents	63	4	74888	33.33%
Total	115	30	224717

Goa, Daman and Diu

Main article: 1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

More information Party, Votes ...



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	160,944	39.48	18	+18
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	86,100	21.12	8	+1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,915	1.21	0	New
	Janata Party	3,013	0.74	0	0
	Communist Party of India	1,554	0.38	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	756	0.19	0	0
	Independents	150,424	36.90	4	+1
Total		407,706	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		407,706	96.72
Invalid/blank votes		13,844	3.28
Total votes		421,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		586,657	71.86
Source: ECI^[4]

Manipur

Main article: 1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

More information Party, Votes ...



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	257,809	29.82	30	+30
	Manipur Peoples Party	93,421	10.81	3	–1
	Janata Party	52,530	6.08	4	–6
	Communist Party of India	35,852	4.15	1	–4
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	28,156	3.26	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	13,367	1.55	1	–1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,163	0.71	0	New
	Lok Dal	3,653	0.42	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	790	0.09	0	–1
	Independents	372,766	43.12	21	+2
Total		864,507	100.00	60	0

Valid votes		864,507	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		20,362	2.30
Total votes		884,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,013,680	87.29
Source: ECI^[5]

Mizoram

Main article: 1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

More information Party, Votes ...



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (I)	74,005	39.81	20	15
	Mizoram People's Conference	66,065	35.54	8	10
	Independents	45,819	24.65	2	3
Total		185,889	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		185,889	98.68
Invalid/blank votes		2,490	1.32
Total votes		188,379	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		256,530	73.43
Source: ECI^[6]

Tamilnadu

Main article: 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

More information Alliance/Party, Seats won ...


Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %^‡
AIADMK+ alliance		195	+29	11,681,221	53.9%
	AIADMK	132	+3	8,030,809	37.0%	54.3%
	INC	61	+30	3,529,708	16.3%	54.5%
	Indian National Congress breakaway parties	2	-4	120,704	0.6%	40.4%
DMK+ alliance		34	-25	8,021,293	37.0%
	DMK	24	-13	6,362,770	29.3%	40.8%
	CPI(M)	5	-6	597,622	2.8%	39.6%
	JP	3	+1	493,374	2.3%	36.4%
	CPI	2	-7	567,527	2.6%	35.5%
Others		5	-4	1,983,959	9.1%
	Independent	4	-4	1,619,921	7.5%	7.9%
	AKD	1	–	47,212	0.7%	57.2%
	TNC(K)	0	–	152,315	0.7%	34.9%
	INC(J)	0	–	110,121	0.5%	3.2%
	BJP	0	–	54,390	0.3%	3.7%
	Total	234	–	21,686,473	100%	–

‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: ECI^[7]

References

[1]
ECI
[2]
ECI
[3]
"Arunachal Pradesh Election results, 1984". Election Commission of India.
[4]
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
[5]
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
[6]
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
[7]
"1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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