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General elections were held in India on 24, 27 and 28 December 1984 soon after the assassination of previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, though the vote in Assam and Punjab was delayed until 1985 due to ongoing insurgency.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress: 160,944: 39.48: 18 +18: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party: 86,100: 21.12: 8 +1: Bharatiya Janata Party: 4,915: 1.21: ...
The election of the President of India is an indirect election in which electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the state legislative assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas) of all states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies (MLAs) of union territories with legislatures, i.e., National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi ...
Voting was held immediately after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November and most of India supported Congress. [1] The Bharatiya Janata Party won its first two seats, in Hanamkonda and Mahesana. Congress wins 24 seats, Janata party and BJP wins only one each.
8 August - PT Usha misses Olympic medal by 1/100 of a second in 1984 Summer Olympics. [4] 24 August - The first 3D film in India My Dear Kuttichathan was released. 24 October - India's first metro Kolkata metro started. 31 October – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security
The President of India is the ceremonial head of state of the country and supreme commander-in-chief for all defense forces in India. However, it is the Prime Minister of India, who is the leader of the party or political alliance having a majority in the national elections to the Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Parliament).
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1984–1989) addressing the Special Session of the United Nations on Disarmament, in New York City in June 1988. In 1984, Indira Gandhi's son Rajiv Gandhi became nominal head of Congress, and went on to become prime minister upon her assassination. [161]
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