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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1984 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1979 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1979<br />
| next_election = 1987 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1987<br />
| election_date = 22 August 1984<br />
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=R_Venkataraman_(cropped).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=90|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=05}} <br />
| nominee1 = '''[[R. Venkataraman]]'''<br />
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
| home_state1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''508'''<br />
| percentage1 = '''71.05%'''<br />
| image2 = Flag of various Republican Parties of India.svg <br />
| nominee2 = [[B. C. Kamble]]<br />
| party2 = [[Republican Party of India (Kamble)|RPI (K)]]<br />
| home_state2 = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| color2 = 000190<br />
| electoral_vote2 = 207<br />
| percentage2 = 28.95%<br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| before_election = [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]<br />
| before_party = Independent politician<br />
| after_election = [[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
}}<br />
The '''1984 Indian vice presidential election''' was held on 22 August 1984 to elect the [[vice president of India]]. [[R. Venkataraman]] was elected for the post, after he defeated [[B. C. Kamble]] in the election.<ref name=eci>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA]</ref><br />
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==Result==<br />
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1984|sortable=yes}}<br />
|- align=center<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br /><br />
|-<br />
|align="left"|[[R. Venkataraman]]||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]||508||71.05<br />
|-<br />
|align="left"|[[B. C. Kamble]]||align="left"|[[Republican Party of India (Kamble)|RPI (K)]]||207||28.95<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Total<br />
! style="text-align:right;"|715<br />
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| <br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||715||95.97<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||30||4.03<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||745||94.54<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||43||5.46<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||788|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1982 Indian presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Indian vice presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:1984 elections in India|India]]</div>
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