1984 Indian general election in Delhi

1984 Indian general election in Delhi

24 December 1984 (1984-12-24)

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


Prime Minister before election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC

Prime Minister after election

Rajiv Gandhi
INC

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]

Parties and alliances

  Indian National Congress

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Rajiv Gandhi 7
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party A. B. Vajpayee 5

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 15,28,252 68.72 18.32 7 7 1
BJP 4,19,210 18.85 5 0
LKD 1,15,777 5.21 1 0
JP 73,970 3.33 34.57 1 0 1
INC(J) 5,354 0.24 1 0
IND 81,420 3.66 0.25 174 0
Total 22,23,983 100% - 189 7 -

Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 New Delhi K. C. Pant INC 1,31,932 67.86 Kanwar Lal Gupta BJP 59,046 30.37 72,886 37.49
2 South Delhi Lalit Maken INC 2,15,898 61.07 Vijay Kumar Malhotra BJP 1,30,847 37.01 85,051 24.06
3 Outer Delhi Chaudhary Bharat Singh INC 3,65,454 72.75 Tarif Singh LKD 1,15,777 23.05 2,49,677 49.70
4 East Delhi H. K. L. Bhagat INC 3,86,150 76.95 Kishore Lal JP 73,970 14.74 3,12,180 62.21
5 Chandni Chowk Jai Parkash Aggarwal INC 1,22,069 60.52 Sikander Bakht BJP 74,993 37.18 47,076 23.34
6 Delhi Sadar Jagdish Tytler INC 1,55,333 62.11 Madan Lal Khurana BJP 89,480 35.78 65,853 26.33
7 Karol Bagh (SC) Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar INC 1,51,416 68.81 Surender Pal Ratawal BJP 64,844 29.47 86,572 39.34

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi

SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 K. C. Pant New Delhi Cabinet Minister Education 31 December 1984 25 September 1985 INC
Steel and Mines 25 September 1985 12 April 1987
Defence 12 April 1987 2 December 1989
2 H. K. L. Bhagat East Delhi Cabinet Minister Parliamentary Affairs 31 December 1984 2 December 1989
Tourism 25 September 1985 12 May 1986
Food and Civil Supplies 12 May 1986 14 February 1988
Information and Broadcasting 14 February 1988 2 December 1989
3 Jagdish Tytler Delhi Sadar Minister of State Transport (Civil Aviation) 25 September 1985 22 October 1986
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Civil Aviation 22 October 1986 14 February 1988
Tourism 28 July 1987 14 February 1988
Labour 14 February 1988 25 June 1988

References

  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.