Before 2014 Lok Sabha elections, when was the last time that any party obtained absolute majority?

1967

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1974

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1984

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1989

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The correct option is C 1984
In 2014, the Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha elections with 282 seats on its own. This was the first clear majority since 1984, when the Rajiv Gandhi led Congress had swept the 8th Lok Sabha elections.

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