1984 Indian general election

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.

The elections were a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (Indira) of Rajiv Gandhi (son of Indira Gandhi), 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.

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

Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab

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. In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of the Assam Accord in August 1985.

• Source: https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-reports

Chandigarh

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	1
Chandigarh	Jagan Nath Kaushal		103,090	Harmohan Dhawan		36,790	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	66,300

Jammu and Kashmir

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	1	2	3	4	5	6
Baramulla	Saif-ud-Din Soz		234,357	Mohi-ud-Din Wani		93,938	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"	140,419
Srinagar	Abdul Rashid Kabuli		367,249	Muzaffer Ahmed Shah		80,972	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"	286,277
Anantnag	Akbar Jahan Begum		240,973	Peer Hussan-ud-Din		158,963	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} ; color:white;"	82,010
Ladakh	Phuntsog Namgyal		33,037	Qamar Ali		25,060	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	7,977
Udhampur	Girdhari Lal Dogra		206,639	Bhim Singh		95,149	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	111,490
Jammu	Janak Raj Gupta		262,796	Shabir Ahmed Salaria		142,604	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	120,192

Delhi

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
New Delhi	Krishan Chandra Pant		131,932	Kanwar Lal Gupta		59,046	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	72,886
South Delhi	Lalit Maken		215,898	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		130,847	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	85,051
Outer Delhi	Bharat Singh		365,454	Tarif Singh		115,777	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	249,677
East Delhi	H.K.L. Bhagat		386,150	Kishore Lal		73,970	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	312,180
Chandni Chowk	Jai Prakash Aggarwal		122,069	Sikander Bakht		74,993	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	47,076
Delhi Sadar	Jagdish Tytler		155,333	Madan Lal Khurana		89,480	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	65,853
Karol Bagh (SC)	Sunderwati Nawal Prabhakar		151,416	Surender Pal Rathwal		64,844	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	86,572

Tamil Nadu

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Madras North	N.V.N. Somu		261,941	G. Lakshmanan		225,491	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	36,450
Madras Central	A. Kalanithi		313,848	Earnest Paul E. M.		217,104	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	96,744
Madras South	Vyjayanthimala		336,353	Era Sezhiyan		288,336	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	48,017
Sriperumbudur (SC)	Maragatham Chandrasekhar		332,468	Nagaratnam T.		222,994	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	109,474
Chengalpattu	S. Jagathrakshakan		297,415	M.V. Ramu		239,206	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	58,209
Arakkonam	R. Jeevarathinam		292,606	Pulavar K. Govindan		231,664	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	60,942
Vellore	A.C. Shanmugam		284,416	A.M. Ramalingam		209,693	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	74,723
Tiruppattur	Jayamohan A.		298,159	Abdul Latheef M.		176,372	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	121,787
Vandavasi	Balaraman L.		341,267	Pandian R.K.		206,375	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	134,892
Tindivanam	S.S. Eramasamy Padayatchi		356,127	M.R. Lakshminarayanan		154,269	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	201,858
Cuddalore	Venkatesan P.R.S.		327,393	Ramu T. Alias Killivalavan		195,439	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	131,954
Chidambaram (SC)	Vallalperuman P.		329,892	Kannapiran S.		209,001	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	120,891
Dharmapuri	M. Thambi Durai		333,427	Parvathi Krishnan		182,175	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	151,252
Krishnagiri	K. Ramamurthi		304,854	T. Chandrasekaran		138,488	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	166,366
Rasipuram (SC)	Devarajan B.		367,276	Duraisami P.		165,870	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	201,406
Salem	Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam		359,819	Kandasamy M.A.		123,644	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	236,175
Tiruchengode	Kannan P.		426,648	Kandaswamy M.		268,582	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	158,066
Nilgiris	R. Prabhu		341,824	C.T. Dhandapani		209,885	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	131,939
Gobichettipalayam	Kholandaivelu P.		338,243	Saminathan P.A.		177,616	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	160,627
Coimbatore	Kuppuswamy C. K.		355,525	Umanath R.		253,006	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	102,519
Pollachi (SC)	Anna Nambi R.		324,200	Krishnaswamy K.		222,770	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	101,430
Palani	Senapathy Gounder A.		408,104	Velusamy S.R.		144,076	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	264,028
Dindigul	K.R. Natarajan		343,571	K.Maya Thevar		202,253	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	141,318
Madurai	Subburaman A.G.		365,948	Sankariah N.		192,937	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	173,011
Periyakulam	Selvendran P.		348,903	Agniraju S.		190,290	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	158,613
Karur	Murugaih A. R.		413,533	Kandaswamy M.		177,970	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	235,563
Tiruchirappalli	Adaikalaraj M.		337,786	N. Selvarasu		234,881	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	102,905
Perambalur (SC)	S. Thangaraju		350,549	C. Thiyagarajan		197,780	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	152,769
Mayiladuthurai	Pakeer Mohamed E.S.M.		335,033	Kalyanam P.		215,390	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	119,643
Nagapattinam (SC)	Mahalingam M.		300,912	Murugaiyan K.		298,623	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	2,289
Thanjavur	Singaravadevel M.		306,351	Palanimanickam S.		217,030	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	89,321
Pudukkottai	N. Sundarraj		426,717	Veeriah K.		161,813	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	264,904
Sivaganga	P. Chidambaram		377,160	Tha Krutinan		164,627	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	212,533
Ramanathapuram	V. Rajeshwaran		274,922	M.S.K. Sathiyendren		174,778	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	100,144
Sivakasi	N. Soundararajan		323,786	A. Srinivasan		257,308	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	66,478
Tirunelveli	Kadambur R. Janarthanan		296,897	D.S.A. Sivaprakasam		210,951	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	85,946
Tenkasi (SC)	M. Arunachalam		360,517	R. Krishnan		168,950	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	191,567
Tiruchendur	K.T. Kosalram		345,381	Jawaharlal M.		121,954	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	223,427
Nagercoil	N. Dennis		235,365	P. Vijayaraghavan		223,728	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11,637

Tripura

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Name	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	1	2
Tripura West	Ajoy Biswas		232,339	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder		228,819	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"	3,520
Tripura East (ST)	Baju Ban Riyan		231,023	Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman		189,960	Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"	41,063