1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
all 75 seats in Legislative Assembly ; 38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.2%
Chief Minister before election; Farooq Abdullah ; JKNC	Elected Chief Minister; Farooq Abdullah ; JKNC

Last updated May 29, 2025

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over October 1983.^[2]^[1] The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah was appointed Chief Minister.

Background

The 1983 Jammu and Kashmir elections cemented the political polarisation on religious lines after Indira Gandhi campaigned aggressively in the state, raising the bogey of a 'Muslim invasion' of the Jammu region, alluding to the Resettlement Bill passed by the-then National Conference government, which gave the state's residents who left for Pakistan before 1954 the right to return to the state, reclaim their properties, and resettle.^[3]

Result

Indira Gandhi's strategy yielded dividends in the 1983 state elections and the Congress won 26 seats, while the NC secured 46. Barring an odd constituency, all the victories of the Congress were in the Jammu and Ladakh regions, while National Conference swept the Kashmir Valley. The 1983 election established the model for any future Congress-NC alliance - the Congress allotting itself seats mainly in the Jammu and Ladakh regions, while the National Conference limiting itself to the Kashmir Valley.

Farooq Abdullah was sworn in as the Chief Minister Again.



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	1,039,064	47.29	46	1
	Indian National Congress	666,112	30.32	26	15
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference	100,622	4.58	1	New
	Others	170,415	7.76	0	0
	Independents	220,904	10.05	2	2
Total		2,197,117	100.00	75	1

Valid votes		2,197,117	96.71
Invalid/blank votes		74,692	3.29
Total votes		2,271,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,101,665	73.24
Source: ECI^[4]

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[5]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Karnah	74.68%	Abdul Gani Lone		JKNC	15,407	45.%	Ghulam Qadir Mir		JKNC	12,194	35.61%	3,213
2	Handwara	76.85%	Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan		JKNC	17,575	45.48%	Abdul Ghani Lone		JKNC	17,565	45.46%	10
3	Langate	76.77%	Abdul Ahad Wani		JKNC	10,954	44.29%	Ghulam Nabi		JKNC	4,637	18.75%	6,317
4	Kupwara	64.57%	Peer Abdul Gani		JKNC	13,119	48.27%	Abdul Haq		JKNC	6,046	22.25%	7,073
5	Bandipora	78.95%	Mohammad Khalil Naik		JKNC	18,253	53.31%	Nizam Uddin Bhat		JKNC	7,380	21.55%	10,873
6	Sonawari	78.47%	Ghulam Rasool Bahar		JKNC	19,245	58.3%	Abdul Aziz Parray		INC	6,813	20.64%	12,432
7	Pattan	78.52%	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		INC	11,761	39.22%	Abdul Aziz Parrey		JKNC	10,904	36.36%	857
8	Gulmarg	72.53%	Ghulam Hassan Mir		JKNC	14,747	62.53%	Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Beg		INC	4,657	19.75%	10,090
9	Sangrama	78.15%	Ghulam Rasool Bhat		JKNC	13,133	57.26%	Mohammed Maqbool Malik		INC	4,020	17.53%	9,113
10	Sopore	83.57%	Hakeem Habibullah		JKNC	17,048	45.98%	Syed Ali Shah Geelani		JI	12,974	34.99%	4,074
11	Rafiabad	76.88%	Mohammad Dilawar Mir		JKNC	12,976	49.87%	Sheikh Bashir Ali Vakil		JKNC	4,000	15.37%	8,976
12	Baramulla	74.13%	Shiekh Mohammed Maqbol		JKNC	9,812	36.05%	Ghulam Mohammed Safi		JI	6,185	22.72%	3,627
13	Uri	78.08%	Mohammad Shafi		JKNC	15,940	66.73%	Qazi Mohammad		Independent	7,946	33.27%	7,994
14	Kangan	75.51%	Sheikh Abdul Jabar		JKNC	17,696	68.48%	Mohammed Afzal Qazi		INC	5,780	22.37%	11,916
15	Ganderbal	86.32%	Farooq Abdullah		JKNC	32,331	95.81%	Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Saiati		INC	1,235	3.66%	31,096
16	Hazratbal	81.53%	Hissam Ud Din Bandey		JKNC	18,744	69.8%	Sofi Ghulam Ahmed		Independent	4,674	17.41%	14,070
17	Amira Kadal	73.64%	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shoh		JKNC	25,533	77.42%	Abdul Aziz		INC	6,086	18.45%	19,447
18	Habba Kadal	75.24%	Ghulam Mohammed Butt		JKNC	27,745	69.53%	Piaray Lal Kharihalu		INC	11,462	28.72%	16,283
19	Zaina Kadal	93.47%	Ali Mohammad Charloo		JKNC	38,366	96.94%	Noor Mohammed		Independent	587	1.48%	37,779
20	Eidgah	86.63%	Mubarak Ahmed Gul		JKNC	36,769	93.87%	Ghulam Mohammed Misgar		INC	1,285	3.28%	35,484
21	Zadibal	88.93%	Sheikh Abdul Rashid		JKNC	49,937	88.54%	Jehangir Ali Khan		Independent	4,001	7.09%	45,936
22	Nagin	77.71%	Abdul Samad Teli		JKNC	21,893	67.45%	Ghulam Mohmad Bawan		INC	9,670	29.79%	12,223
23	Beerwah	63.%	Syed Ahmad Syed		JKNC	13,879	61.01%	Abdul Ahad Magray		JKNC	2,903	12.76%	10,976
24	Khan Sahib	70.86%	Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah		JKNC	13,737	58.09%	Ghulam Ahmad Barray		INC	4,557	19.27%	9,180
25	Budgam	75.93%	Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani		JKNC	17,037	55.67%	Assadullah Mir		INC	8,392	27.42%	8,645
26	Chadoora	72.48%	Abdul Samad Mir		JKNC	13,614	53.81%	Mir Mustafa		Independent	5,736	22.67%	7,878
27	Charari Sharief	79.47%	Abdul Rahim Rather		JKNC	17,678	69.79%	Abdul Qayoom		INC	6,567	25.93%	11,111
28	Pulwama	80.46%	Sana Ullah Dar		JKNC	15,707	51.16%	Mohammed Ayub		INC	5,189	16.9%	10,518
29	Pampore	83.87%	Mohammed Sultan		JKNC	21,672	71.91%	Peerzada Ghulam Jeelani		INC	5,136	17.04%	16,536
30	Tral	88.32%	Ali Muhammad Naik		Independent	21,283	61.05%	Mohammed Subhan Bhat		JKNC	13,578	38.95%	7,705
31	Wachi	81.36%	Ghulam Qadirwani		JKNC	16,314	56.17%	Ghulam Qadir		INC	6,430	22.14%	9,884
32	Shopian	80.69%	Sheikh Mohammed Mansoor		JKNC	14,662	48.01%	Moulana Mohammed Amin		JI	8,805	28.83%	5,857
33	Noorabad	79.97%	Wali Mohammad Itoo		JKNC	15,846	54.36%	Abdul Aziz Zargar		INC	9,548	32.75%	6,298
34	Devsar	81.06%	Ghulam Ahmad Shah		JKNC	15,534	53.68%	Manohar Nath Kaul		INC	9,757	33.72%	5,777
35	Kulgam	79.98%	Ghulam Nabi Dar		JKNC	9,723	38.03%	Sheikh Ghulam Hassan		JI	6,843	26.77%	2,880
36	Hom Shali Bugh	85.01%	Abdul Salam Deva		JKNC	13,752	46.37%	Mufti Mohammed Syed		INC	7,722	26.04%	6,030
37	Pahalgam	80.11%	Piyare Lal Handoo		JKNC	15,654	56.77%	Mohammed Tahir		INC	9,995	36.25%	5,659
38	Srigufwara–Bijbehara	86.09%	Abdul Gani Shah		JKNC	17,303	53.9%	Mufti Mahd. Syed		INC	14,214	44.28%	3,089
39	Anantnag	82.75%	Mirza Mehboob Beg		JKNC	15,575	54.4%	Ghulam Hassan Naik		INC	9,963	34.8%	5,612
40	Shangus–Anantnag East	81.96%	Mohammed Maqbool		INC	14,403	50.84%	Mohammed Ashraf Khan		JKNC	13,042	46.03%	1,361
41	Kokernag	80.2%	Malik Ghulam Ud Din		JKNC	17,112	60.61%	Peer Hissam Ud Din		INC	11,123	39.39%	5,989
42	Dooru	76.27%	Mohammed Akbar Ganie		JKNC	12,854	50.52%	Sher Ali Boda		INC	8,367	32.88%	4,487
43	Leh	67.1%	Sonam Gyalsan		INC	15,404	64.26%	Sonam Wangchuk Narboo		JKNC	8,287	34.57%	7,117
44	Kargil	76.8%	Munshi Habibullah		JKNC	18,729	50.35%	Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan		INC	18,469	49.65%	260
45	Kishtwar	72.2%	Ghulam Hussain Arman		INC	12,213	51.63%	Bashir Ahmed Kichloo		JKNC	9,004	38.06%	3,209
46	Inderwal	63.28%	Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed		JKNC	10,367	42.92%	Mohammed Sharief		INC	8,104	33.55%	2,263
47	Bhaderwah	65.54%	Hari Lal Hitaishit		INC	11,706	48.87%	Bodh Raj		JKNC	11,209	46.8%	497
48	Doda	*Result with heal by Jammu and Kashmir High Courtd*
49	Ramban	61.18%	Jagdev Singh		INC	8,519	43.17%	Prem Singh		JKNC	7,467	37.84%	1,052
50	Banihal	67.42%	Abdul Rashid		JKNC	15,046	63.67%	Sona Ullah		INC	6,821	28.87%	8,225
51	Gulabgarh	62.96%	Haji Buland Khan		JKNC	14,348	60.47%	Mohammed Ayub Khan		INC	7,994	33.69%	6,354
52	Reasi	59.43%	Jagjivan Lal		JKNC	7,895	32.86%	Rajit Singh		INC	6,693	27.86%	1,202
53	Udhampur	59.06%	Balak Ram		INC	12,417	45.32%	Shiv Charan Gupta		BJP	5,998	21.89%	6,419
54	Chenani	57.96%	Bhim Singh		Independent	7,690	34.37%	Yash Paul Khajuria		INC	7,428	33.2%	262
55	Ramnagar	55.29%	Ram Dass		INC	12,729	56.%	Charan Dass		JKNC	4,983	21.92%	7,746
56	Samba	64.54%	Parkash Sharma		INC	13,515	44.66%	Surjeet Singh		JKNC	6,400	21.15%	7,115
57	Bari Brahmana	72.5%	Gouri Shankar		INC	15,721	52.91%	Gurnbachan Kumari		JKNC	10,131	34.1%	5,590
58	Bishnah	77.02%	Bhagat Chhaju Ram		INC	21,123	67.18%	Parma Nand		JKNC	8,159	25.95%	12,964
59	Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South	73.94%	Janak Raj Gupta		INC	15,744	49.73%	Rajinder Singh Chib		JKNC	11,221	35.44%	4,523
60	Jammu Cantonment	61.89%	Trilochan Datta		Independent	16,094	50.61%	Harbans Singh		INC	10,986	34.55%	5,108
61	Jammu West	51.65%	Rangil Singh		INC	16,672	66.38%	Tilak Raj Sharma		BJP	4,331	17.24%	12,341
62	Jammu East	59.01%	Om Parkash		INC	14,262	55.98%	Chaman Lal Gupta		BJP	7,619	29.91%	6,643
63	Jandrah Gharota	65.09%	Balwan Singh		INC	12,628	43.21%	Rattan Chand		Independent	4,190	14.34%	8,438
64	Marh	69.07%	Mula Ram		INC	14,543	58.02%	Krit Paul		Independent	3,295	13.15%	11,248
65	Akhnoor	76.64%	Dharam Pal		INC	13,067	45.67%	Govind Ram Sharma		JKNC	9,527	33.29%	3,540
66	Chhamb	74.27%	Madan Lal		INC	14,090	57.23%	Ram Nath		BJP	4,208	17.09%	9,882
67	Basohli	63.38%	Mangat Ram Sharma		INC	14,019	53.42%	Darshan Kumar Sharma		JKNC	8,939	34.06%	5,080
68	Billawar	60.65%	Puran Singh		INC	12,054	43.38%	Kashmir Singh		JKNC	4,539	16.33%	7,515
69	Kathua	58.62%	Sanji Ram		INC	14,667	52.48%	Baldev Raj		BJP	5,905	21.13%	8,762
70	Hiranagar	68.69%	Ram Dass		INC	13,218	39.91%	Baldev Singh		BJP	9,788	29.55%	3,430
71	Nowshera	65.39%	Beli Ram		INC	10,395	30.05%	Rachpal Singh		JKNC	7,202	20.82%	3,193
72	Darhal	68.84%	Bashir Ahmed		INC	13,435	40.33%	Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain		JKNC	11,100	33.32%	2,335
73	Rajouri	70.64%	Talib Hussain		JKNC	17,683	49.95%	Mirza Abdul Rashid		INC	15,488	43.75%	2,195
74	Surankote	71.24%	Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad		INC	14,150	48.27%	Mohammed Sayeed Beig		JKNC	12,268	41.85%	1,882
75	Mendhar	77.51%	Ragfiq Hussain Khan		JKNC	17,445	54.76%	Mohammed Sadiq		INC	13,926	43.71%	3,519
76	Haveli	66.22%	Ghulam Ahmad		JKNC	8,555	29.64%	Yash Lal		Independent	7,241	25.09%	1,314

References

1 2 Statistical Report on General Election, 1983, The Election Commission of India.
↑ Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 1983, Elections.in website, retrieved 27 April 2017.
↑ Poke Me: BJP mustn't play the 'Jammu card' in next month's J&K elections, The Economic Times, 30 October 2014.
↑ "Jammu & Kashmir 1983". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 June 2022.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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[election_commission-1] 1 2 Statistical Report on General Election, 1983, The Election Commission of India.

[elections.in-2] Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 1983, Elections.in website, retrieved 27 April 2017.

[3] Poke Me: BJP mustn't play the 'Jammu card' in next month's J&K elections, The Economic Times, 30 October 2014.

[4] "Jammu & Kashmir 1983". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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