1984 Indian vice presidential election explained

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]

Result

|- 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;"||-|}

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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