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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1984 Indian general election in Delhi
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1980 Indian general election in Delhi
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1989 Indian general election in Delhi
| next_year = 1989
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1984|12|24}}
| seats_for_election = 7 seats
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=06|oTop=04}}
| leader1 = '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats1 = '''7'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote1 = '''1,528,252'''
| percentage1 = '''68.72%'''
| swing1 =
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=06|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| popular_vote2 = 419,210
| percentage2 = 18.85%
| swing2 =
| map_image = File:1984delhi.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption =
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| turnout = 64.5%
}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114190027/https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/57/9 |archive-date=14 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-17 |title=Cong corners all 7 seats in Delhi for third time since 1952 |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cong-corners-all-7-seats-in-delhi-for-third-time-since-1952_532393.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Zee News |language=en |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114191142/https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cong-corners-all-7-seats-in-delhi-for-third-time-since-1952_532393.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Parties and alliances==

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! '''Flag'''
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:INC Logo.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| style="text-align:center"| 7
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}} ===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! Flag
! Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center"|[[A. B. Vajpayee]]
| style="text-align:center"| 5
|}

== Results ==
=== Results by Party/Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 15,28,252
| 68.72
| {{increase}} 18.32
| 7
| 7
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 4,19,210
| 18.85
| {{steady}}
| 5
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Lok Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Lok Dal|LKD]]
| 1,15,777
| 5.21
| {{steady}}
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
| 73,970
| 3.33
| {{decrease}} 34.57
| 1
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)|INC(J)]]
| 5,354
| 0.24
| {{steady}}
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 81,420
| 3.66
| {{increase}} 0.25
| 174
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 22,23,983
! 100%
! -
! 189
! 7
! -
|}

== Elected MPs ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]
|[[K. C. Pant]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,31,932
|67.86
|Kanwar Lal Gupta
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|59,046
|30.37
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|72,886
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|37.49
|-

!2
|[[South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|South Delhi]]
|[[Lalit Maken]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,15,898
|61.07
|[[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|1,30,847
|37.01
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|85,051
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|24.06
|-

!3
|[[Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Delhi]]
|[[Chaudhary Bharat Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|3,65,454
|72.75
|[[Tarif Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Lok Dal}}
|[[Lok Dal|LKD]]
|1,15,777
|23.05
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|2,49,677
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|49.70
|-

!4
|[[East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|East Delhi]]
|[[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|3,86,150
|76.95
|Kishore Lal
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|73,970
|14.74
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|3,12,180
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|62.21
|-

!5
|[[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
|[[Jai Parkash Aggarwal]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,22,069
|60.52
|[[Sikander Bakht]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|74,993
|37.18
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|47,076
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|23.34
|-

!6
|[[Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency|Delhi Sadar]]
|[[Jagdish Tytler]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,55,333
|62.11
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|89,480
|35.78
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|65,853
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|26.33
|-

!7
|[[Karol Bagh Lok Sabha constituency|Karol Bagh]] (SC)
|[[Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,51,416
|68.81
|[[Surender Pal Ratawal]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|64,844
|29.47
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|86,572
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|39.34
|-
|}

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Delhi==
{|class ="wikitable"
|-
!SI No.
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!Colspan=2|Party
|-
!rowspan="3"|1
|rowspan="3"|K. C. Pant
|rowspan="3"|New Delhi
|rowspan="3"|Cabinet Minister
|Education
|31 December 1984
|25 September 1985
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=11}}
|-
|Steel and Mines
|25 September 1985
|12 April 1987
|-
|Defence
|12 April 1987
|2 December 1989
|-
!rowspan="4"|2
|rowspan="4"|H. K. L. Bhagat
|rowspan="4"|East Delhi
|rowspan="4"|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
|-
!rowspan="4"|3
|rowspan="4"|Jagdish Tytler
|rowspan="4"|Delhi Sadar
|Minister of State
|Transport (Civil Aviation)
|25 September 1985
|22 October 1986
|-
|rowspan="3"|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 ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Delhi elections}}
{{India-election-stub}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Delhi]]
[[Category:1980s in Delhi]]
[[Category:1984 Indian general election by state or union territory|Delhi]]

1984 Indian general election in Delhi - Revision history

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