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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.

## Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

### Andhra Pradesh[edit]

Main article: 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

s.no  | party  | seats contested  | seats won  | seats change  | vote share  | swing

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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]

Main article: 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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]

Main article: 1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1983[2] | Political Party
| No. of candidates
| No. of elected
| Number of Votes
| % of Votes

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| 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]

Main article: 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

### Karnataka[edit]

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

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| 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]

Main article: 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

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

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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]

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

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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]

## Rajya Sabha[edit]

Main article: 1983 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI
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".

## External links[edit]

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

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