Home General Elections 9 June 1983

UK Polling History: Election of 9 June 1983

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Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Alliance Ulster
Unionist
DUP SNP Plaid
Cymru
Sinn
Fein
Other SDLP Alliance
(NI)
Workers'
Party
Total seats 397 209 23 11 3 2 2 1 1 1
Total votes 13,012,592 8,457,118 7,780,589 259,952 152,749 331,975 125,309 102,721 234,967 137,012 61,275 14,650
Seats gained +35 -37 +2 -1 -2 -1
Votes gained -694,291 -2,260,000 -81,429 -18,382 -62,948 -5,348 -4,489 -151,055 -30,088 -24,696
Share of votes 42.4% 27.6% 25.4% 0.8% 0.5% 1.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
Share of eligible voters 30.5% 19.8% 18.2% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
Gain in share of votes -1.5% -9.6% -0.0% +0.1% +0.2% -0.0% +0.3% -0.8% +0.1% -0.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters -2.4% -8.1% -0.1% +0.1% +0.1% -0.0% +0.2% -0.6% +0.0% -0.1%
Total votes: 30,670,909
Electorate: 42,691,975
Turnout: 71.8%
Swing: 5.0% Sinn Fein from Labour