1983 Chicago mayoral election
Results by ward

1983 Chicago mayoral election

Section Title: Results by ward
Table Section Text: None

Ward	Washington %	Washington Votes	Epton %	Epton Votes	Plurality	Turnout	Total Votes

1st	62.61%	13,033	37.39%	7,782	5,251	78%	20,815

2nd	97.61%	22,749	2.39%	558	22,191	80%	23,307

3rd	99.28%	24,472	0.72%	178	24,294	78%	24,650

4th	92.49%	24,428	7.51%	1,984	22,444	80%	26,412

5th	90.97%	24,738	9.03%	2,455	22,283	83%	27,193

6th	99.32%	35,052	0.68%	240	34,812	84%	35,292

7th	82.09%	17,304	17.91%	3,776	13,528	78%	21,080

8th	98.55%	31,106	1.45%	458	30,648	83%	31,564

9th	94.06%	24,076	5.94%	1,521	22,555	83%	25,597

10th	33.96%	10,105	66.04%	19,651	9,546	86%	29,756

11th	25.92%	7,200	74.08%	20,574	13,374	86%	27,774

12th	15.42%	3,838	84.58%	21,059	17,221	84%	24,897

13th	4.02%	1,460	95.98%	34,893	33,433	91%	36,353

14th	16.11%	3,864	83.89%	20,117	16,253	87%	23,981

15th	61.07%	15,954	38.93%	10,168	5,786	84%	26,122

16th	99.15%	25,654	0.85%	221	25,433	82%	25,875

17th	99.30%	29,264	0.70%	206	29,058	83%	29,470

18th	43.82%	14,894	56.18%	19,096	4,202	87%	33,990

19th	20.07%	7,056	79.93%	28,095	21,039	85%	35,151

20th	99.15%	25,713	0.85%	220	25,493	79%	25,933

21st	99.17%	32,962	0.83%	275	32,687	85%	33,237

22nd	52.21%	4,674	47.79%	4,279	395	70%	8,953

23rd	4.06%	1,373	95.94%	32,404	31,031	90%	33,777

24th	99.47%	24,265	0.53%	129	24,136	81%	24,394

25th	49.28%	5,925	50.72%	6,099	174	73%	12,024

26th	45.78%	7,449	54.22%	8,823	1,374	74%	16,272

27th	92.92%	20,710	7.08%	1,577	19,133	78%	22,287

28th	99.01%	22,339	0.99%	224	22,115	79%	22,563

29th	92.85%	19,884	7.15%	1,531	18,353	80%	21,415

30th	12.70%	3,034	87.30%	20,853	17,819	83%	23,887

31st	60.64%	9,857	39.36%	6,399	3,458	75%	16,256

32nd	43.99%	8,268	56.01%	10,526	2,258	76%	18,794

33rd	37.95%	6,909	62.05%	11,298	4,389	77%	18,207

34th	98.87%	29,372	1.13%	336	29,036	84%	29,708

35th	15.47%	3,414	84.53%	18,661	15,247	81%	22,075

36th	4.91%	1,651	95.09%	31,968	30,317	87%	33,619

37th	76.97%	17,555	23.03%	5,254	12,301	81%	22,809

38th	5.74%	1,883	94.26%	30,942	29,059	87%	32,825

39th	12.37%	3,127	87.63%	22,161	19,034	84%	25,288

40th	17.15%	3,772	82.85%	18,217	14,445	82%	21,989

41st	6.78%	2,380	93.22%	32,733	30,353	84%	35,113

42nd	45.62%	12,496	54.38%	14,894	2,398	81%	27,390

43rd	35.94%	11,008	64.06%	19,620	8,612	81%	30,628

44th	39.33%	10,613	60.67%	16,372	5,759	79%	26,985

45th	6.97%	2,376	93.03%	31,737	29,361	87%	34,113

46th	47.04%	10,251	52.96%	11,543	1,292	78%	21,794

47th	18.12%	4,515	81.88%	20,403	15,888	81%	24,918

48th	43.47%	9,433	56.53%	12,269	2,836	76%	21,702

49th	43.13%	9,719	56.87%	12,815	3,096	77%	22,534

50th	18.28%	5,002	81.72%	22,368	17,366	82%	27,370

Totals	51.87%	668,176	48.13%	619,962	48,214	82.15%	1,288,138

Sentence(s)

Washington's strongest showing was in the 24th ward where he received 99.47% of the vote.

final_sentence: Washington's strongest showing was in the 24th ward where he received 99.47% of the vote.