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

Andhra Pradesh

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



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

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

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	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

← 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

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

References

^ "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

"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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