1983 elections in India

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

Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

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[edit]



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	1,194,657	52.53	91	+65
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	137,685	6.05	4	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	116,923	5.14	2	–9
	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	106,084	4.66	1	–3
	Communist Party of India	58,746	2.58	1	–4
	Independents	659,995	29.02	10	–5
Total		2,274,090	100.00	109	–21

Valid votes		2,274,090	95.34
Invalid/blank votes		111,100	4.66
Total votes		2,385,190	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,284,612	32.74
Source: ECI^[1]

Delhi[edit]

Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1983^[2]
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

Jammu and Kashmir[edit]

Karnataka[edit]

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[edit]

← Summary of the 17 February 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		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[edit]

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

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Rajya Sabha[edit]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

"Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

[1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[eci-delhi-2] Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI

[eci-karnataka-3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[:1-4] "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".

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