Election Name: | 1984 Indian vice presidential election |
Country: | India |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1979 Indian vice presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1979 |
Next Election: | 1987 Indian vice presidential election |
Next Year: | 1987 |
Election Date: | 22 August 1984 |
Nominee1: | R. Venkataraman |
Party1: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
Home State1: | Tamil Nadu |
Electoral Vote1: | 508 |
Percentage1: | 71.05% |
Nominee2: | B. C. Kamble |
Party2: | RPI (K) |
Home State2: | Maharashtra |
Color2: | 000190 |
Electoral Vote2: | 207 |
Percentage2: | 28.95% |
Vice President | |
Before Election: | Mohammad Hidayatullah |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | R. Venkataraman |
After Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
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.[1]
|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-|align="left"|R. Venkataraman||align="left"|INC(I)||508||71.05|-|align="left"|B. C. Kamble||align="left"|RPI (K)||207||28.95|-| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|715! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||715||95.97|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||30||4.03|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||745||94.54|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||43||5.46|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||788|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}