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.
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]
Delhi[edit]
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]
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]
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[1] |
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.[2]
b Does not include the two PDIC candidates elected as independents in 1978.
Tripura[edit]
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 |
Rajya Sabha[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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".