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India">Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, though the vote in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab</a> was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing insurgency. </p><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1984 Indian general election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/50px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/75px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/100px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" 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Lok Sabha">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_8th_Lok_Sabha" title="List of members of the 8th Lok Sabha">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr>541 of the 543 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a><br>271 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">400,375,333</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">64.01% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, 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M. S. Namboodiripad.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg/120px-E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg/180px-E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg/240px-E._M._S._Namboodiripad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="1680"></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Indira)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Indira)">INC(I)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="text-align:center"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">LF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">42.69%, 353 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">– </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.24%, 37 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>414</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">30 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 61 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 15 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>120,107,044</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10,132,859 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13,809,950 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>46.86%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.31% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.87% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 4.17<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 0.37<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;"> </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #1F75FE;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -10px; left: -5px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg/100px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg/150px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg/200px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_alt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="864"></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00FF66;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -10px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Prime minister Charan Singh_(cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="235"></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF9933;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -20px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lkadvani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Lkadvani.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/120px-Lkadvani.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/180px-Lkadvani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/240px-Lkadvani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1309"></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lokdal" title="Lokdal">LKD</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.97%, 31 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 21 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16,210,514 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14,040,064 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18,202,853 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.89% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.97% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.74% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 12.08<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1984.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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The <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> of <a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a>, a regional political party from the state of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, was the second largest party, winning 30 seats, thus achieving the distinction of becoming the first regional party to become a national opposition party. <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> contested the election in alliance with the INC (I), and won 12 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voting was held immediately after the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Indira_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Indira Gandhi">assassination of Indira Gandhi</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1984_anti-Sikh_riots" title="1984 anti-Sikh riots">1984 anti-Sikh riots</a> in November and most of the Indian voters supported Congress (Indira) due to a heavy outpouring of <a href="/wiki/Public_grief" class="mw-redirect" title="Public grief">public grief</a> at Gandhi's death. </p><p>The 1984 elections were the last in which a single party won a majority of seats until <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a>, and the only time to date in which a party won more than 400 seats. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Results"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Results</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Delayed_elections_in_Assam_and_Punjab"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Indian_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon 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style="text-align:right">18,202,853</td><td style="text-align:right">7.74</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#1F75FE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">16,210,514</td><td style="text-align:right">6.89</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00FF66"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Lokdal" title="Lokdal">Lokdal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">14,040,064</td><td style="text-align:right">5.97</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#cc0d0d"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">13,809,950</td><td style="text-align:right">5.87</td><td style="text-align:right">22</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFED00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">10,132,859</td><td style="text-align:right">4.31</td><td style="text-align:right">30</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#f50222"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,363,430</td><td style="text-align:right">2.71</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0D0D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,695,179</td><td style="text-align:right">2.42</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#009933"></td><td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,968,967</td><td style="text-align:right">1.69</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00FF00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">Indian Congress (Socialist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,577,377</td><td style="text-align:right">1.52</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00CCFF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Jagjivan)" title="Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)">Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,511,515</td><td style="text-align:right">0.64</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#d84c4c"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,173,869</td><td style="text-align:right">0.50</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ac1313"></td><td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,055,556</td><td style="text-align:right">0.45</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#fe0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Conference" title="Jammu & Kashmir National Conference">Jammu & Kashmir National Conference</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,010,243</td><td style="text-align:right">0.43</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">658,821</td><td style="text-align:right">0.28</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Joseph)" title="Kerala Congress (Joseph)">Kerala Congress (Joseph)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">598,113</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00FF99"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Doordarshi_Party" title="Doordarshi Party">Doordarshi Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">508,426</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#e77373"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Peasants_and_Workers_Party_of_India" title="Peasants and Workers Party of India">Peasants and Workers Party of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">463,963</td><td style="text-align:right">0.20</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#337316"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">332,403</td><td style="text-align:right">0.14</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CC6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">258,591</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Muslim_League_(Opposition)" title="Muslim League (Opposition)">All India Muslim League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">224,155</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Gandhi Kamraj National Congress</td><td style="text-align:right">217,104</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">196,767</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:darkblue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Khobragade)" title="Republican Party of India (Khobragade)">Republican Party of India (Khobragade)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">165,320</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#99CC99"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Manipur_Peoples_Party" title="Manipur Peoples Party">Manipur Peoples Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">149,019</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00bfff"></td><td>Tamil Nadu Congress (K)</td><td style="text-align:right">144,076</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#a00000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Naga_National_Democratic_Party" title="Naga National Democratic Party">Naga National Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">113,919</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party</td><td style="text-align:right">95,149</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#AF7050"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">83,122</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:green"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Arunachal" title="People's Party of Arunachal">People's Party of Arunachal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">78,455</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000066"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India" title="Republican Party of India">Republican Party of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">22,877</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:green"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Party" title="Jharkhand Party">Jharkhand Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">18,837</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference</td><td style="text-align:right">646</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">18,623,803</td><td style="text-align:right">7.92</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Appointed <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indians">Anglo-Indians</a></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">235,184,209</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">516</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>235,184,209</td><td>97.49</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>6,062,678</td><td>2.51</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>241,246,887</td><td>100.00</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>379,540,608</td><td>63.56</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eci.gov.in/eci-backend/public/api/download?url=LMAhAK6sOPBp%2FNFF0iRfXbEB1EVSLT41NNLRjYNJJP1KivrUxbfqkDatmHy12e%2FzVx8fLfn2ReU7TfrqYobgIioTRtrX9vvkQ8lDf9Brh2QljusDaFYGfpJM9zoHo8J9PwdGGp0XefbaBYdvPF8WFYJhpk%2BW%2Bp89Gy9OKaFe1hlV80Naz6W6EWVdsoeDF0ia">ECI</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delayed_elections_in_Assam_and_Punjab">Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Indian_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg/300px-Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="233" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="374"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 233px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg/300px-Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg.png" data-width="300" data-height="233" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg/450px-Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg/600px-Wahlergebnisse_Indien_1985.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Results from 1985</figcaption></figure> <p>The elections in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> were held in September 1985 after the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Rajiv%E2%80%93Longowal_Accord" title="Rajiv–Longowal Accord">Rajiv–Longowal Accord</a> between Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> and Akali leader <a href="/wiki/Harchand_Singh_Longowal" title="Harchand Singh Longowal">Harchand Singh Longowal</a> on 24 July 1985. The elections were held alongside elections to the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Legislative_Assembly" title="Punjab Legislative Assembly">Punjab Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-asian_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Assam elections were held in December 1985 after the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Assam_Accord" title="Assam Accord">Assam Accord</a> in August 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-asian_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0EF4E1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Indira)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Indira)">Indian National Congress (Indira)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,628,777</td><td style="text-align:right">32.14</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0F204A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,577,279</td><td style="text-align:right">17.90</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#cc0d0d"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">462,576</td><td style="text-align:right">3.21</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00FF00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">Indian Congress (Socialist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">457,705</td><td style="text-align:right">3.18</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#f50222"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">369,687</td><td style="text-align:right">2.57</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#4A6673"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Plain_Tribals_Council_of_Assam" title="Plain Tribals Council of Assam">Plain Tribals Council of Assam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">310,150</td><td style="text-align:right">2.15</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF9933"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">263,284</td><td style="text-align:right">1.83</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#1F75FE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">420,082</td><td style="text-align:right">2.92</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00FF66"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Lokdal" title="Lokdal">Lokdal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">46,627</td><td style="text-align:right">0.32</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">4,864,958</td><td style="text-align:right">33.78</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">14,401,125</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">27</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>14,401,125</td><td>95.70</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>646,951</td><td>4.30</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>15,048,076</td><td>100.00</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>20,834,725</td><td>72.23</td><td></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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