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India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

514 seats · vs 1980 (529-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 62.0%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1984 · 18 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 404 seatsTelugu Desam Party — 30 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 22 seatsAnna Dravidar Kazhagam — 12 seatsJanata Party — 10 seatsCommunist Party of India — 6 seatsIndependent — 5 seats11 other parties — 25 seats258514of 514 seats
  • INC404
  • TDP30
  • CPM22
  • ADK12
  • JNP10
  • CPI6
  • IND5
  • Others25

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress40479%11,54,78,26749.1%491
TDPTelugu Desam Party306%1,01,32,8594.3%34
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)224%1,38,09,9505.9%59
ADKAnna Dravidar Kazhagam122%39,68,9671.7%12
JNPJanata Party102%1,62,10,5146.9%207
CPICommunist Party of India61%63,63,4302.7%61
INDIndependent51%1,86,23,8037.9%3791
ICSICS41%35,77,3771.5%31
LKDLKD31%1,40,40,0646.0%171
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party31%11,73,8690.5%4
JKNJKN31%10,10,2430.4%5
BJPBharatiya Janata Party20%1,82,02,8537.7%224
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam20%56,95,1792.4%28
FBLFBL20%10,55,5560.4%6
MULMUL20%6,58,8210.3%13
KECJKECJ20%5,98,1130.3%2
ICJICJ10%15,11,5150.6%35
PWPPWP10%4,63,9630.2%3

+ 16 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 258

1984 · selected
Majority 258
INC404TDP30CPM22ADK12JNP10CPI6IND5ICS4LKD3RSP3+8 more · 15 seats
1980 · previous
Majority 265

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1984

1980 1984· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.0
49.1
0.0
4.3
6.2
5.9
18.8
6.9
6.4
7.9
0.0
6.0
0.0
7.7
INCTDPCPMJNPINDLKDBJP

Seat change

1984 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
0 → 404
+404
TDP
0 → 30
+30
CPM
37 → 22
−15
ADK
2 → 12
+10
JNP
31 → 10
−21
CPI
12 → 6
−6
IND
9 → 5
−4
ICS
0 → 4
+4
LKD
0 → 3
+3
RSP
4 → 3
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1984

share lostshare gained
INC
0.0% → 49.1%
+49.1%
BJP
0.0% → 7.7%
+7.7%
LKD
0.0% → 6.0%
+6.0%
TDP
0.0% → 4.3%
+4.3%
IND
6.4% → 7.9%
+1.5%
ICS
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
ICJ
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CPM
6.2% → 5.9%
−0.3%
SAD
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
ADK
2.5% → 1.7%
−0.8%

Biggest INC–INCI swings

Seats where the INC-vs-INCI vote gap moved most, 1980 → 1984. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − INCI share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward INCI.

toward INCItoward INC
Tura
Meghalaya
+148.6%
Amethi
Uttar Pradesh
+140.8%
Ramtek
Maharashtra
+136.5%
Dhenkanal
Odisha
+135.8%
Yavatmal
Maharashtra
+135.1%
Sangli
Maharashtra
+134.9%
Karad
Maharashtra
+134.5%
Tindivanam
Tamil Nadu
+134.0%
Berhampur
Odisha
+133.5%
Begusarai
Bihar
+133.5%
Koraput
Odisha
+133.1%
East Delhi
Delhi
+131.9%

Closest races · 1984

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1984

514 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1980