1983 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1983 included elections to six state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

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Overall Result

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
Karnataka Indian National Congress R. Gundu Rao Janata Party Ramakrishna Hegde IN-KA.svg
17 February 1983 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Williamson A. Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference B. B. Lyngdoh IN-ML.svg
14–20 February 1983 Assam President's Rule Indian National Congress Hiteswar Saikia IN-AS.svg
1 May 1983 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Telugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao IN-AP.svg
Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty IN-TR.svg
17 November 1983 to 24 November 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah IN-JK.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

s.nopartyseats contestedseats wonseats changevote shareswing
1 Telugu Desam Party 289202+20246.3%+ 46.3%
2 Indian National Congress 29460-11533.64%-22.78%
3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 285-32.01%-0.70%
4 Communist Party of India 486+32.79%+0.30%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 813+32.76%+2.76%
6 Janata Party 441-590.96%-27.89%
7others110020+55.00%-4.20%

Assam

India Assam Legislative Assembly 1983.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 1,194,65752.5391+65
Indian Congress (Socialist) 137,6856.054New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 116,9235.142–9
Plain Tribals Council of Assam 106,0844.661–3
Communist Party of India 58,7462.581–4
Independents659,99529.0210–5
Total2,274,090100.00109–21
Valid votes2,274,09095.34
Invalid/blank votes111,1004.66
Total votes2,385,190100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,284,61232.74
Source: ECI [1]

Jammu and Kashmir

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 [2]

Karnataka

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1983 [3]
Political Party
Seats Contested
Seats Won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Seat change
Janata Party 193954,272,31833.07%Increase2.svg 36
Indian National Congress 221825,221,41940.42%Decrease2.svg 67
Bharatiya Janata Party 110181,024,8927.93%Increase2.svg 18
Communist Party of India 73161,1921.25%Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 43115,3200.89%Increase2.svg 3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1116,2340.13%Increase2.svg 1
Independents 751221,998,25615.47%Increase2.svg 12
Total136522412,919,459

Meghalaya

← Summary of the 17 February 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)130,95627.681.64 Decrease2.svg255 Increase2.svg
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL)118,59324.920.15 Increase2.svg151 Decrease2.svg
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP)91,38619.320.08 Increase2.svg151 Increase2.svg
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) 23,2534.922Steady2.svg [a]
Communist Party of India 2,4420.520.1 Decrease2.svg0Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)106,37822.492.33 Decrease2.svg35 Decrease2.svg [b]
Total473,050100.0060±0
Source: Election Commission of India [4]

aIn the 1978 election, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; at that time, the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results. [5]

bDoes not include the two PDIC candidates elected as independents in 1978.

Tripura

Performance of the political parties in this election
PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 405780.06%-
Communist Party of India 107,6570.83%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5637433,60846.78%51
Indian Congress Secular 305400.06%-
Indian National Congress 4512282,85930.51%0
Janata Party 505150.06%0
All India Forward Block 106,5490.71%1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2215,2181.64%2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14697,03910.47%4
Independents 75382,4438.89%2
Total20660927,006

[6]

Local Elections

Delhi

Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1983 [7]
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress 5634856,05547.50%
Bharatiya Janata Party 5019666,60536.99%
Lok Dal 6273,7654.09%
Janata Party 37165,9803.66%
Total400561,802,118

Rajya Sabha

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jammu & Kashmir 1983". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Meghalaya 1983". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN   978-81-7003-288-5.
  6. ↑ "1983 Tripura Election result".
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI
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