# 1983 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over October 1983. The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah was appointed Chief Minister.

## Background

The 1983 Jammu and Kashmir elections cemented the political polarisation on religious lines after Indira Gandhi campaigned aggressively in the state, raising the bogey of a 'Muslim invasion' of the Jammu region, alluding to the Resettlement Bill passed by the-then National Conference government, which gave the state's residents who left for Pakistan before 1954 the right to return to the state, reclaim their properties, and resettle.

## Result

Indira Gandhi's strategy yielded dividends in the 1983 state elections and the Congress won 26 seats, while the NC secured 46. Barring an odd constituency, all the victories of the Congress were in the Jammu and Ladakh regions, while National Conference swept the Kashmir Valley. The 1983 election established the model for any future Congress-NC alliance - the Congress allotting itself seats mainly in the Jammu and Ladakh regions, while the National Conference limiting itself to the Kashmir Valley.
Farooq Abdullah was sworn in as the Chief Minister Again.
| | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 1,039,064 | 47.29 | 46 | 1 |
| | Indian National Congress | 666,112 | 30.32 | 26 | 15 |
| | Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | 100,622 | 4.58 | 1 | New |
| | Others | 170,415 | 7.76 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 220,904 | 10.05 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 2,197,117 | 100.00 | 75 | 1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,197,117 | 96.71 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 74,692 | 3.29 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,271,809 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,101,665 | 73.24 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

## Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Karnah | 74.68% | Abdul Gani Lone | | JKNC | 15,407 | 45.% | Ghulam Qadir Mir | | JKNC | 12,194 | 35.61% | 3,213 |
| 2 | Handwara | 76.85% | Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan | | JKNC | 17,575 | 45.48% | Abdul Ghani Lone | | JKNC | 17,565 | 45.46% | 10 |
| 3 | Langate | 76.77% | Abdul Ahad Wani | | JKNC | 10,954 | 44.29% | Ghulam Nabi | | JKNC | 4,637 | 18.75% | 6,317 |
| 4 | Kupwara | 64.57% | Peer Abdul Gani | | JKNC | 13,119 | 48.27% | Abdul Haq | | JKNC | 6,046 | 22.25% | 7,073 |
| 5 | Bandipora | 78.95% | Mohammad Khalil Naik | | JKNC | 18,253 | 53.31% | Nizam Uddin Bhat | | JKNC | 7,380 | 21.55% | 10,873 |
| 6 | Sonawari | 78.47% | Ghulam Rasool Bahar | | JKNC | 19,245 | 58.3% | Abdul Aziz Parray | | INC | 6,813 | 20.64% | 12,432 |
| 7 | Pattan | 78.52% | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | | INC | 11,761 | 39.22% | Abdul Aziz Parrey | | JKNC | 10,904 | 36.36% | 857 |
| 8 | Gulmarg | 72.53% | Ghulam Hassan Mir | | JKNC | 14,747 | 62.53% | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Beg | | INC | 4,657 | 19.75% | 10,090 |
| 9 | Sangrama | 78.15% | Ghulam Rasool Bhat | | JKNC | 13,133 | 57.26% | Mohammed Maqbool Malik | | INC | 4,020 | 17.53% | 9,113 |
| 10 | Sopore | 83.57% | Hakeem Habibullah | | JKNC | 17,048 | 45.98% | Syed Ali Shah Geelani | | JI | 12,974 | 34.99% | 4,074 |
| 11 | Rafiabad | 76.88% | Mohammad Dilawar Mir | | JKNC | 12,976 | 49.87% | Sheikh Bashir Ali Vakil | | JKNC | 4,000 | 15.37% | 8,976 |
| 12 | Baramulla | 74.13% | Shiekh Mohammed Maqbol | | JKNC | 9,812 | 36.05% | Ghulam Mohammed Safi | | JI | 6,185 | 22.72% | 3,627 |
| 13 | Uri | 78.08% | Mohammad Shafi | | JKNC | 15,940 | 66.73% | Qazi Mohammad | | Independent | 7,946 | 33.27% | 7,994 |
| 14 | Kangan | 75.51% | Sheikh Abdul Jabar | | JKNC | 17,696 | 68.48% | Mohammed Afzal Qazi | | INC | 5,780 | 22.37% | 11,916 |
| 15 | Ganderbal | 86.32% | Farooq Abdullah | | JKNC | 32,331 | 95.81% | Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Saiati | | INC | 1,235 | 3.66% | 31,096 |
| 16 | Hazratbal | 81.53% | Hissam Ud Din Bandey | | JKNC | 18,744 | 69.8% | Sofi Ghulam Ahmed | | Independent | 4,674 | 17.41% | 14,070 |
| 17 | Amira Kadal | 73.64% | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shoh | | JKNC | 25,533 | 77.42% | Abdul Aziz | | INC | 6,086 | 18.45% | 19,447 |
| 18 | Habba Kadal | 75.24% | Ghulam Mohammed Butt | | JKNC | 27,745 | 69.53% | Piaray Lal Kharihalu | | INC | 11,462 | 28.72% | 16,283 |
| 19 | Zaina Kadal | 93.47% | Ali Mohammad Charloo | | JKNC | 38,366 | 96.94% | Noor Mohammed | | Independent | 587 | 1.48% | 37,779 |
| 20 | Eidgah | 86.63% | Mubarak Ahmed Gul | | JKNC | 36,769 | 93.87% | Ghulam Mohammed Misgar | | INC | 1,285 | 3.28% | 35,484 |
| 21 | Zadibal | 88.93% | Sheikh Abdul Rashid | | JKNC | 49,937 | 88.54% | Jehangir Ali Khan | | Independent | 4,001 | 7.09% | 45,936 |
| 22 | Nagin | 77.71% | Abdul Samad Teli | | JKNC | 21,893 | 67.45% | Ghulam Mohmad Bawan | | INC | 9,670 | 29.79% | 12,223 |
| 23 | Beerwah | 63.% | Syed Ahmad Syed | | JKNC | 13,879 | 61.01% | Abdul Ahad Magray | | JKNC | 2,903 | 12.76% | 10,976 |
| 24 | Khan Sahib | 70.86% | Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah | | JKNC | 13,737 | 58.09% | Ghulam Ahmad Barray | | INC | 4,557 | 19.27% | 9,180 |
| 25 | Budgam | 75.93% | Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani | | JKNC | 17,037 | 55.67% | Assadullah Mir | | INC | 8,392 | 27.42% | 8,645 |
| 26 | Chadoora | 72.48% | Abdul Samad Mir | | JKNC | 13,614 | 53.81% | Mir Mustafa | | Independent | 5,736 | 22.67% | 7,878 |
| 27 | Charari Sharief | 79.47% | Abdul Rahim Rather | | JKNC | 17,678 | 69.79% | Abdul Qayoom | | INC | 6,567 | 25.93% | 11,111 |
| 28 | Pulwama | 80.46% | Sana Ullah Dar | | JKNC | 15,707 | 51.16% | Mohammed Ayub | | INC | 5,189 | 16.9% | 10,518 |
| 29 | Pampore | 83.87% | Mohammed Sultan | | JKNC | 21,672 | 71.91% | Peerzada Ghulam Jeelani | | INC | 5,136 | 17.04% | 16,536 |
| 30 | Tral | 88.32% | Ali Muhammad Naik | | Independent | 21,283 | 61.05% | Mohammed Subhan Bhat | | JKNC | 13,578 | 38.95% | 7,705 |
| 31 | Wachi | 81.36% | Ghulam Qadirwani | | JKNC | 16,314 | 56.17% | Ghulam Qadir | | INC | 6,430 | 22.14% | 9,884 |
| 32 | Shopian | 80.69% | Sheikh Mohammed Mansoor | | JKNC | 14,662 | 48.01% | Moulana Mohammed Amin | | JI | 8,805 | 28.83% | 5,857 |
| 33 | Noorabad | 79.97% | Wali Mohammad Itoo | | JKNC | 15,846 | 54.36% | Abdul Aziz Zargar | | INC | 9,548 | 32.75% | 6,298 |
| 34 | Devsar | 81.06% | Ghulam Ahmad Shah | | JKNC | 15,534 | 53.68% | Manohar Nath Kaul | | INC | 9,757 | 33.72% | 5,777 |
| 35 | Kulgam | 79.98% | Ghulam Nabi Dar | | JKNC | 9,723 | 38.03% | Sheikh Ghulam Hassan | | JI | 6,843 | 26.77% | 2,880 |
| 36 | Hom Shali Bugh | 85.01% | Abdul Salam Deva | | JKNC | 13,752 | 46.37% | Mufti Mohammed Syed | | INC | 7,722 | 26.04% | 6,030 |
| 37 | Pahalgam | 80.11% | Piyare Lal Handoo | | JKNC | 15,654 | 56.77% | Mohammed Tahir | | INC | 9,995 | 36.25% | 5,659 |
| 38 | Srigufwara–Bijbehara | 86.09% | Abdul Gani Shah | | JKNC | 17,303 | 53.9% | Mufti Mahd. Syed | | INC | 14,214 | 44.28% | 3,089 |
| 39 | Anantnag | 82.75% | Mirza Mehboob Beg | | JKNC | 15,575 | 54.4% | Ghulam Hassan Naik | | INC | 9,963 | 34.8% | 5,612 |
| 40 | Shangus–Anantnag East | 81.96% | Mohammed Maqbool | | INC | 14,403 | 50.84% | Mohammed Ashraf Khan | | JKNC | 13,042 | 46.03% | 1,361 |
| 41 | Kokernag | 80.2% | Malik Ghulam Ud Din | | JKNC | 17,112 | 60.61% | Peer Hissam Ud Din | | INC | 11,123 | 39.39% | 5,989 |
| 42 | Dooru | 76.27% | Mohammed Akbar Ganie | | JKNC | 12,854 | 50.52% | Sher Ali Boda | | INC | 8,367 | 32.88% | 4,487 |
| 43 | Leh | 67.1% | Sonam Gyalsan | | INC | 15,404 | 64.26% | Sonam Wangchuk Narboo | | JKNC | 8,287 | 34.57% | 7,117 |
| 44 | Kargil | 76.8% | Munshi Habibullah | | JKNC | 18,729 | 50.35% | Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan | | INC | 18,469 | 49.65% | 260 |
| 45 | Kishtwar | 72.2% | Ghulam Hussain Arman | | INC | 12,213 | 51.63% | Bashir Ahmed Kichloo | | JKNC | 9,004 | 38.06% | 3,209 |
| 46 | Inderwal | 63.28% | Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed | | JKNC | 10,367 | 42.92% | Mohammed Sharief | | INC | 8,104 | 33.55% | 2,263 |
| 47 | Bhaderwah | 65.54% | Hari Lal Hitaishit | | INC | 11,706 | 48.87% | Bodh Raj | | JKNC | 11,209 | 46.8% | 497 |
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| 49 | Ramban | 61.18% | Jagdev Singh | | INC | 8,519 | 43.17% | Prem Singh | | JKNC | 7,467 | 37.84% | 1,052 |
| 50 | Banihal | 67.42% | Abdul Rashid | | JKNC | 15,046 | 63.67% | Sona Ullah | | INC | 6,821 | 28.87% | 8,225 |
| 51 | Gulabgarh | 62.96% | Haji Buland Khan | | JKNC | 14,348 | 60.47% | Mohammed Ayub Khan | | INC | 7,994 | 33.69% | 6,354 |
| 52 | Reasi | 59.43% | Jagjivan Lal | | JKNC | 7,895 | 32.86% | Rajit Singh | | INC | 6,693 | 27.86% | 1,202 |
| 53 | Udhampur | 59.06% | Balak Ram | | INC | 12,417 | 45.32% | Shiv Charan Gupta | | BJP | 5,998 | 21.89% | 6,419 |
| 54 | Chenani | 57.96% | Bhim Singh | | Independent | 7,690 | 34.37% | Yash Paul Khajuria | | INC | 7,428 | 33.2% | 262 |
| 55 | Ramnagar | 55.29% | Ram Dass | | INC | 12,729 | 56.% | Charan Dass | | JKNC | 4,983 | 21.92% | 7,746 |
| 56 | Samba | 64.54% | Parkash Sharma | | INC | 13,515 | 44.66% | Surjeet Singh | | JKNC | 6,400 | 21.15% | 7,115 |
| 57 | Bari Brahmana | 72.5% | Gouri Shankar | | INC | 15,721 | 52.91% | Gurnbachan Kumari | | JKNC | 10,131 | 34.1% | 5,590 |
| 58 | Bishnah | 77.02% | Bhagat Chhaju Ram | | INC | 21,123 | 67.18% | Parma Nand | | JKNC | 8,159 | 25.95% | 12,964 |
| 59 | Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South | 73.94% | Janak Raj Gupta | | INC | 15,744 | 49.73% | Rajinder Singh Chib | | JKNC | 11,221 | 35.44% | 4,523 |
| 60 | Jammu Cantonment | 61.89% | Trilochan Datta | | Independent | 16,094 | 50.61% | Harbans Singh | | INC | 10,986 | 34.55% | 5,108 |
| 61 | Jammu West | 51.65% | Rangil Singh | | INC | 16,672 | 66.38% | Tilak Raj Sharma | | BJP | 4,331 | 17.24% | 12,341 |
| 62 | Jammu East | 59.01% | Om Parkash | | INC | 14,262 | 55.98% | Chaman Lal Gupta | | BJP | 7,619 | 29.91% | 6,643 |
| 63 | Jandrah Gharota | 65.09% | Balwan Singh | | INC | 12,628 | 43.21% | Rattan Chand | | Independent | 4,190 | 14.34% | 8,438 |
| 64 | Marh | 69.07% | Mula Ram | | INC | 14,543 | 58.02% | Krit Paul | | Independent | 3,295 | 13.15% | 11,248 |
| 65 | Akhnoor | 76.64% | Dharam Pal | | INC | 13,067 | 45.67% | Govind Ram | | JKNC | 9,527 | 33.29% | 3,540 |
| 66 | Chhamb | 74.27% | Madan Lal | | INC | 14,090 | 57.23% | Ram Nath | | BJP | 4,208 | 17.09% | 9,882 |
| 67 | Basohli | 63.38% | Mangat Ram Sharma | | INC | 14,019 | 53.42% | Darshan Kumar Sharma | | JKNC | 8,939 | 34.06% | 5,080 |
| 68 | Billawar | 60.65% | Puran Singh | | INC | 12,054 | 43.38% | Kashmir Singh | | JKNC | 4,539 | 16.33% | 7,515 |
| 69 | Kathua | 58.62% | Sanji Ram | | INC | 14,667 | 52.48% | Baldev Raj | | BJP | 5,905 | 21.13% | 8,762 |
| 70 | Hiranagar | 68.69% | Ram Dass | | INC | 13,218 | 39.91% | Baldev Singh | | BJP | 9,788 | 29.55% | 3,430 |
| 71 | Nowshera | 65.39% | Beli Ram | | INC | 10,395 | 30.05% | Rachpal Singh | | JKNC | 7,202 | 20.82% | 3,193 |
| 72 | Darhal | 68.84% | Bashir Ahmed | | INC | 13,435 | 40.33% | Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain | | JKNC | 11,100 | 33.32% | 2,335 |
| 73 | Rajouri | 70.64% | Talib Hussain | | JKNC | 17,683 | 49.95% | Mirza Abdul Rashid | | INC | 15,488 | 43.75% | 2,195 |
| 74 | Surankote | 71.24% | Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad | | INC | 14,150 | 48.27% | Mohammed Sayeed Beig | | JKNC | 12,268 | 41.85% | 1,882 |
| 75 | Mendhar | 77.51% | Ragfiq Hussain Khan | | JKNC | 17,445 | 54.76% | Mohammed Sadiq | | INC | 13,926 | 43.71% | 3,519 |
| 76 | Haveli | 66.22% | Ghulam Ahmad | | JKNC | 8,555 | 29.64% | Yash Lal | | Independent | 7,241 | 25.09% | 1,314 |