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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1983 elections in India
| previous_year = 1983
| election_date = 1984
| next_election = 1985 elections in India
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==General Elections==
{{main|1984 Indian general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1984.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=115478267|seats1=404
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=18202853|seats2=2
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=16210514|seats3=10
|party4=[[Lokdal]]|votes4=14040064|seats4=3
|party5=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes5=13809950|seats5=22
|party6=[[Telugu Desam Party]]|votes6=10132859|seats6=30
|party7=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes7=6363430|seats7=6
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=5695179|seats8=2
|party9=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes9=3968967|seats9=12
|party10=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes10=3577377|seats10=4
|party11=[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)]]|votes11=1511515|seats11=1
|party12=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes12=1173869|seats12=3
|party13=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes13=1055556|seats13=2
|party14=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes14=1010243|seats14=3
|party15=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes15=658821|seats15=2
|party16=[[Kerala Congress (Joseph)]]|votes16=598113|seats16=2
|party17=[[Doordarshi Party]]|votes17=508426|seats17=0
|party18=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes18=463963|seats18=1
|party19=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|votes19=332403|seats19=0|
|party20=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes20=258591|seats20=0
|party21=[[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League]]|votes21=224155|seats21=0
|party22=Gandhi Kamraj National Congress|votes22=217104|seats22=0
|party23=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes23=196767|seats23=0
|party24=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes24=165320|seats24=0
|party25=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes25=149019|seats25=0
|party26=Tamil Nadu Congress (K)|votes26=144076|seats26=0
|party27=[[Naga National Democratic Party]]|votes27=113919|seats27=0
|party28=Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party|votes28=95149|seats28=0
|party29=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes29=83122|seats29=0
|party30=[[People's Party of Arunachal]]|votes30=78455|seats30=0
|party31=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes31=22877|seats31=0
|party32=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes32=18837|seats32=0
|party33=Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference|votes33=646|seats33=0
|party34=Independents|votes34=18623803|seats34=5
|row35=Appointed [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats35=2
|invalid=6062678
|electorate=379540608
|source=ECI<ref>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4118-general-election-1984-vol-i-ii/ ECI]</ref>
}}

===Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab===
[[File:Wahlergebnisse Indien 1985.svg|thumb|300px|Results from 1985]]

{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=4628777|seats1=10|sc1=
|party2=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes2=2577279|seats2=7|sc2=
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=462576|seats3=0|sc3=
|party4=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes4=457705|seats4=1|sc4=
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=369687|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]|votes6=310150|seats6=1|sc6=
|party7=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes7=263284|seats7=0|sc7=
|party8=[[Janata Party]]|votes8=420082|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=[[Lokdal]]|votes9=46627|seats9=0|sc9=
|party10=Independents|votes10=4864958|seats10=8|sc10=
|invalid=646951
|total_sc=0
|electorate=20834725
|source=ECI<ref>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4119-general-election-1985-vol-i-ii/ ECI]</ref>
}}

==Overall result==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date(s)
!State
!colspan="2"|Government before
!Chief Minister before
! colspan="2"|Government after
!Elected Chief Minister
!Maps
|-
|25 April 1984
| [[1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizoram People's Conference}}
| [[T. Sailo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|-
| 24 December 1984
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| [[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
|27 December 1984
|[[1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Goa]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Pratapsingh Rane]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Pratapsingh Rane]]
|[[File:IN-GA.svg|50px]]
|-
|27 December 1984 and 3 May 1985
|[[1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Rishang Keishing]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rishang Keishing]]
|[[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1984 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Gegong Apang]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Gegong Apang]]
|[[File:IN-AR.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===[[Arunachal Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1984 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Arunachal Pradesh Election results, 1984 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4030-arunachal-pradesh-1984/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Party
!Contested
!Won
!Votes
!%
|-
!INC
|30
|21
|96791
|43.07%
|-
!PPA
|13
|4
|34910
|15.54%
|-
!BJP
|6
|1
|17,283
|7.69%
|-
!JNP
|3
|0
|845
|0.38%
|-
!Independents
|63
|4
|74888
|33.33%
|-
!Total
|'''115'''
|'''30'''
|'''224717'''
|
|-
|}

===[[Goa, Daman and Diu]]===
{{Main|1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 1984.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=160944|seats1=18|sc1=+18
|party2=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes2=86100|seats2=8|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=4915|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=3013|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=1554|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=756|seats6=0|sc6=0
|party11=Independents|votes11=150424|seats11=4|sc11=+1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=13844
|electorate=586657
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3847-goa-1984/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Manipur]]===
{{Main|1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1984.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=257809|seats1=30|sc1=+30
|party2=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes2=93421|seats2=3|sc2=–1
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=52530|seats3=4|sc3=–6
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=35852|seats4=1|sc4=–4
|party5=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes5=28156|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Kuki National Assembly]]|votes6=13367|seats6=1|sc6=–1
|party7=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes7=6163|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[Lok Dal]]|votes8=3653|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes9=790|seats9=0|sc9=–1
|party11=Independents|votes11=372766|seats11=21|sc11=+2
|total_sc=0
|invalid=20362
|electorate=1013680
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3706-manipur-1984/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Mizoram]]===
{{Main|1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1984.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (I)]]|votes1=74005|seats1=20|sc1={{increase}}15
|party2=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes2=66065|seats2=8|sc2={{decrease}}10
|party3=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes3=45819|seats3=2|sc3={{decrease}}3
|valid=185889
|invalid=2490
|total_sc=0
|electorate=256530
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3658-mizoram-1984/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 15 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Tamilnadu]]===
{{Main|1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
[[File:1984 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png|thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left]]
{{Election table}}
|-
!colspan=2|Alliance/Party
! Seats won
! Change
! Popular Vote
! Vote %
! Adj. %<sup>‡</sup>
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|AIADMK}}" colspan=2|AIADMK+ alliance
| '''195'''
| '''+29'''
| '''11,681,221'''
| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''53.9%'''
|-
|{{Party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 132
| +3
| 8,030,809
| 37.0%
| 54.3%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 61
| +30
| 3,529,708
| 16.3%
| 54.5%
|-
! {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress breakaway parties}}
| 2
| -4
| 120,704
| 0.6%
| 40.4%
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|DMK}}" colspan=2|DMK+ alliance
| '''34'''
| '''-25'''
| '''8,021,293'''
| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''37.0%'''
|-
|{{Party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| 24
| -13
| 6,362,770
| 29.3%
| 40.8%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 5
| -6
| 597,622
| 2.8%
| 39.6%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Janata Party}}
| 3
| +1
| 493,374
| 2.3%
| 36.4%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| 2
| -7
| 567,527
| 2.6%
| 35.5%
|-
! style="background-color:gray" colspan=2|Others
| '''5'''
| '''-4'''
| '''1,983,959'''
| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | '''9.1%'''
|-
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician}}
| 4
| -4
| 1,619,921
| 7.5%
| 7.9%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Ambedkar Kranti Dal}}
| 1
| –
| 47,212
| 0.7%
| 57.2%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Tamil Nadu Congress (K)}}
| 0
| –
| 152,315
| 0.7%
| 34.9%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Indian Congress (J)}}
| 0
| –
| 110,121
| 0.5%
| 3.2%
|-
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 0
| –
| 54,390
| 0.3%
| 3.7%
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Total'''
| 234
| –
| 21,686,473
| 100%
| style="text-align:center;" | –
|-
|}{{refbegin}}
'''‡''': Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
<br>Sources: [[Election Commission of India|ECI]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=1984 Election Statistical Report |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf |access-date=19 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf |archive-date=7 Oct 2010}}</ref>
{{refend}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Indian elections}}
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