1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Jammu and Kashmir Flag (1952-2019).svg
  1977 17 November 1983 to 24 November 1983 1987  

all 75 seats in Legislative Assembly
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.2% [1]
 First partySecond party
  Indian Election Symbol Plough.png Hand INC.svg
Leader Farooq Abdullah
Party JKNC INC
Last election4711
Seats won4626
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 15

 Third partyFourth party
  Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party BJP JKPC
Last electionnew partynew
Seats won01
Seat changeSteady2.svg-

Chief Minister before election

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

Elected Chief Minister

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

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.

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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.

India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1983.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1,039,06447.2946Decrease2.svg1
Indian National Congress 666,11230.3226Increase2.svg15
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference 100,6224.581New
Others170,4157.7600
Independents220,90410.052Decrease2.svg2
Total2,197,117100.0075Decrease2.svg1
Valid votes2,197,11796.71
Invalid/blank votes74,6923.29
Total votes2,271,809100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,101,66573.24
Source: ECI [4]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/None)
MemberParty
KarnahNoneAbdul Gani Lone Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference
HandwaraNoneChowdry Mohmad Ramzan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
LangetNoneAbdul Ahad Wani Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
KupwaraNonePeer Abdul Gani Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BandiporaNoneMohd. Khalil Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
SonawariNoneGh. Rasool Bahar Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
PattanNoneMolvi Iftikhar Hussain Indian National Congress
GulmargNoneGh. Hassan Mir Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
SangramaNoneGulam Rasool Bhat Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
SoporeNoneHakim Habibullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
11. RafibadNoneMohd. Dilawar Mir Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BaramullaNoneSheik Mohd. Maqbool Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
UriNoneMohammad Shafi Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
KangariNoneSheikh Abdul Jabar Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
GanderbalNoneFarooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
HazaratbalNoneHissam Ud Din Bandey Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
AmirakadalNoneGhulam Mohudin Shah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
HabakadalNoneGh. Mohamad Butt Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ZainakadalNoneAli Mohd. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
IdgahNoneMubarik Ahmed (gul) Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ZadibalNoneSheikh Abdul Rashid Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
NaginNoneAbdul Samad Teli Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BeerwahNoneSyed Ahmad Saeed Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Khan SahibNoneHakim Mohd. Yaseen Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BadgamNoneGulam Hussain Geelani Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ChaduraNoneAbdul Samad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Chari SharifNoneAbdul Rahim Rather Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
PulwamaNoneSana Ullah Dar Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
PamporeNoneMohd. Sultan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
TralNoneAli Mohd. Naik Independent
WachiNoneGhulam Qadirwani Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ShopianNoneSheikh Mohd. Mansoor Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
NoorabadNoneWali Mohd. Itoo Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
DevsarNoneGh, Ahmad Shah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
KulgamNoneGh. Nabi Dar Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
HomshalibugNoneAbdul Salam Deva Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
PahalgamNonePiyare Lal Handoo Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BijbeheraNoneAbdul Gani Shah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
AnantnagNoneMirza Mehboob Beg Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ShawngasNoneMohd. Maqbool Indian National Congress
KokernagNoneMalik Ghulam Ud Din Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
DoruNoneMohd. Akbar Ganie Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
LehNoneSonam Gyalsan Indian National Congress
KargilNoneMunshi Habibullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
KistwarNoneGhulam Hussain Arman Indian National Congress
InderwalNoneSheikh Ghulam Mohamad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
BhadarwahSCHari Lal Hitaishit Indian National Congress
RambanNoneJagdev Singh Indian National Congress
BanihalNoneAbdul Rashid Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Gulab GarhNoneBulandkhan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
ReasiNoneJagjivan Lal Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
UdhampurNoneBalak Ram Indian National Congress
Chehani GhordiNoneBhim Singh Independent
RamnagarSCRam Dass Indian National Congress
SambaNoneParkash Sharma Indian National Congress
Bari BrahminanSCGori Shankar Indian National Congress
BishnaSCBhagat Chhaju Ram Indian National Congress
Ranbir Singh PuraNoneJanak Raj Indian National Congress
Jammu CantonmentNoneTrilochan Datta Independent
Jammu WestNoneRangil Singh Indian National Congress
Jammu EastNoneOm Parkash Indian National Congress
Jandrah GharotaNoneBalwan Singh Indian National Congress
MarhSCMulu Ram Indian National Congress
AkhnoorNoneDharam Pal Indian National Congress
ChhambaNoneMadan Lal Indian National Congress
BasohliNoneMangat Ram Indian National Congress
BhillawarNonePuran Singh Indian National Congress
KathuaSCSanji Ram Indian National Congress
HiranagarNoneRam Dass Indian National Congress
NowsheraNoneBeli Ram Indian National Congress
DarhalNoneBashir Ahmed Indian National Congress
RajouriNoneTalib Hussaian Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
SuranNoneMohammed Aslam Indian National Congress
MendharNoneRagfiq Hussain Khan Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
HaveliNoneGhulam Ahmad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

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References

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