1984 Indian general election in Delhi

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1984 Indian general election in Delhi

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7 seats
Turnout64.5%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rajiv Gandhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Party INC BJP
Seats won 7 0
Seat change Increase 1 New
Popular vote 1,528,252 419,210
Percentage 68.72% 18.85%

The 1984 Indian general election in Delhi was held to elect representatives of the 7 seats of the NCT of Delhi in the Lok Sabha.

The Indian National Congress won all the seven seats of Delhi and won two-thirds of the votes.[1] This was the second of three times in which the Congress won all seven seats of Delhi, the first time being in the 1971 Indian general election.[2]

Elected MPs[edit]

No. Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party Affiliation[3]
1 New Delhi K. C. Pant Indian National Congress
2 South Delhi Lalit Maken Indian National Congress
Arjun Singh (bypoll) Indian National Congress
3 Outer Delhi (SC) Chaudhary Bharat Singh Indian National Congress
4 East Delhi H. K. L. Bhagat Indian National Congress
5 Chandni Chowk Jai Parkash Aggarwal Indian National Congress
6 Delhi Sadar Jagdish Tytler Indian National Congress
7 Karol Bagh (SC) Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar Indian National Congress

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1984". IndiaVotes. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Cong corners all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952". Zee News. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ "General Election, 1984 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.