1983 elections in India

Elections in India
1983
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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.

Overall Result

Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
Karnataka Indian National Congress R. Gundu Rao Janata Party Ramakrishna Hegde
17 February 1983 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Williamson A. Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference B. B. Lyngdoh
14–20 February 1983 Assam President's Rule Indian National Congress Hiteswar Saikia
1 May 1983 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Telugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao
Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty
17 November 1983 to 24 November 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
s.no party seats contested seats won seats change vote share swing
1 Telugu Desam Party 289 202 +202 46.3% + 46.3%
2 Indian National Congress 294 60 -115 33.64% -22.78%
3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 28 5 -3 2.01% -0.70%
4 Communist Party of India 48 6 +3 2.79% +0.30%
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 81 3 +3 2.76% +2.76%
6 Janata Party 44 1 -59 0.96% -27.89%
7 others 1100 20 +5 5.00% -4.20%

Assam

Main article: 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,194,65752.5391+65
Indian Congress (Socialist)137,6856.054New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)116,9235.142–9
Plain Tribals Council of Assam106,0844.661–3
Communist Party of India58,7462.581–4
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

Main article: 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference1,039,06447.29461
Indian National Congress666,11230.322615
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference100,6224.581New
Others170,4157.7600
Independents220,90410.0522
Total2,197,117100.00751
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

Main article: 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
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 193 95 4,272,318 33.07% 36
Indian National Congress 221 82 5,221,419 40.42% 67
Bharatiya Janata Party 110 18 1,024,892 7.93% 18
Communist Party of India 7 3 161,192 1.25%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 3 115,320 0.89% 3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 1 16,234 0.13% 1
Independents 751 22 1,998,256 15.47% 12
Total 1365 224 12,919,459

Meghalaya

Main article: 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
← Summary of the 17 February 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 130,956 27.68 1.64 25 5
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL) 118,593 24.92 0.15 15 1
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) 91,386 19.32 0.08 15 1
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) 23,253 4.92 2 [a]
Communist Party of India 2,442 0.52 0.1 0
Independents (IND) 106,378 22.49 2.33 3 5 [b]
Total 473,050 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[4]

a In 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]

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

Tripura

Main article: 1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1977 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 4 0 578 0.06% -
Communist Party of India 1 0 7,657 0.83% 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 56 37 433,608 46.78% 51
Indian Congress Secular 3 0 540 0.06% -
Indian National Congress 45 12 282,859 30.51% 0
Janata Party 5 0 515 0.06% 0
All India Forward Block 1 0 6,549 0.71% 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 15,218 1.64% 2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 6 97,039 10.47% 4
Independents 75 3 82,443 8.89% 2
Total 206 60 927,006

[6]

Local Elections

Delhi

Main article: 1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
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 56 34 856,055 47.50%
Bharatiya Janata Party 50 19 666,605 36.99%
Lok Dal 6 2 73,765 4.09%
Janata Party 37 1 65,980 3.66%
Total 400 56 1,802,118

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 1983 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

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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