1984 elections in India

General Elections



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


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]

Overall Result

Date(s)	State		Chief Minister before		Elected Chief Minister
25 April 1984	Mizoram	Mizoram People's Conference	T. Sailo	Indian National Congress	Lal Thanhawla
24 December 1984	Tamil Nadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. G. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. G. Ramachandran
27 December 1984	Goa	Indian National Congress	Pratapsingh Rane	Indian National Congress	Pratapsingh Rane
27 December 1984 and 3 May 1985	Manipur	Indian National Congress	Rishang Keishing	Indian National Congress	Rishang Keishing
	Arunachal Pradesh	Indian National Congress	Gegong Apang	Indian National Congress	Gegong Apang

Legislative Assembly elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Source:^[3]

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



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



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



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


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

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

External links

Election Commission of India

[1] ECI

[2] ECI

[:0-3] "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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