Which of the following statements is correct about the '1984 Lok Sabha elections'?

A) In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the Congress party came to power.
B) Congress party came to power winning 364 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.
C) In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the  Congress party got more than 80% of the seats.
D) The Congress party got 48% of the votes in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984.
E) The Congress party got 88% of the votes in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

A, C, and D

The correct answer is Option 2 - A, C, and D

The correct statements are:

A) In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the Congress party came to power.
C) In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the  Congress party got more than 80% of the seats.
D) The Congress party got 48% of the votes in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984.

Correction in the incorrect statement:

B) Congress party came to power winning 415 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, not 364 of the 545 Lok Sabha seats.

E) The Congress party got 48% of the votes, not 88% of the votes in the Lok Sabha elections of 1984.

In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the Congress party came to power winning 415 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats – more than 80% of the seats. Such a victory was never achieved by any party in the Lok Sabha.The Congress party won four-fifths of the seats. Does it mean that four out of five Indian voters voted for the Congress party? Actually not.

The Congress party got 48% of the votes. This means that only 48% of those who voted, voted in favour of the candidates put up by the Congress party, but the party still managed to win more than 80% of the seats in the Lok Sabha.

Talking about the performance of other parties. The BJP got 7.4 per cent votes but less than one per cent seats. This happened because in our country we follow a special method of elections. It is called First Past the Post (FPTP) system.