1984 Indian general election

General elections were held in India in 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 fighting.

The election was won convincingly by Rajiv Gandhi's (son of Indira) Indian National Congress, who claimed 414 seats, and a majority of 295 in the 533-seat parliament.

Turnout was 63.56% in the main elections and 61.95% in the delayed elections.

Results

Party	Acronym	% of votes	Seats
Indian National Congress	INC	49.01%	404
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	5.87%	22
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	4.31%	30
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1.69%	12
Janata Party	JP	6.89%	10
Communist Party of India	CPI	2.71%	6
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	1.52%	4
Lok Dal	LD	5.97%	3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0.5%	3
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0.43%	3
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	7.74%	2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2.42%	2
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0.45%	2
Indian Union Muslim League	MUL	0.28%	2
Kerala Congress (Joseph)	KC(J)	0.25%	2
Indian Congress (J)	ICJ	0.64%	1
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0.2%	1
Peoples Party of Arunachal	PPA	0.3%	0
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC(M)	0.11%	0
All India Muslim League	AIML	0.1%	0
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0.06%	0
Naga National Democratic Party	NNDP	0.05%	0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0.04%	0
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference	JKP	0%	0
Independents	-	7.29%	5
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2
Total		100%	506

Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab

Party	Acronym	% of votes	Seats
Indian National Congress	INC	32.14%	10
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	17.9	7
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	3.21%	0
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	3.18%	1
Janata Party	JP	2.92%	0
Communist Party of India	CPI	2.57%	0
Plain Tribals Council of Assam	PTCA	2.15%	1
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1.83%	0
Lok Dal	LD	0.32%	0
Independents	-	33.78%	8
Total		100%	27