Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over October 1983.Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 1983, Elections.in website, retrieved 27 April 2017.Statistical Report on General Election, 1983, The Election Commission of India. 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.Poke Me: BJP mustn't play the 'Jammu card' in next month's J&K elections, The Economic Times, 30 October 2014.

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.

Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Karnah74.68%Abdul Gani Lone15,40745.%Ghulam Qadir Mir12,19435.61%3,2132Handwara76.85%Chowdary Mohammed Ramzan17,57545.48%Abdul Ghani Lone17,56545.46%103Langate76.77%Abdul Ahad Wani10,95444.29%Ghulam Nabi4,63718.75%6,3174Kupwara64.57%Peer Abdul Gani13,11948.27%Abdul Haq Khan6,04622.25%7,0735Bandipora78.95%Mohammad Khalil Naik18,25353.31%Nizam Uddin Bhat7,38021.55%10,8736Sonawari78.47%Ghulam Rasool Bahar19,24558.3%Abdul Aziz Parray6,81320.64%12,4327Pattan78.52%Iftikhar Hussain Ansari11,76139.22%Abdul Aziz Parrey10,90436.36%8578Gulmarg72.53%Ghulam Hassan Mir14,74762.53%Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Beg4,65719.75%10,0909Sangrama78.15%Ghulam Rasool Bhat13,13357.26%Mohammed Maqbool Malik4,02017.53%9,11310Sopore83.57%Hakeem Habibullah17,04845.98%Syed Ali Shah Geelani12,97434.99%4,07411Rafiabad76.88%Mohammad Dilawar Mir12,97649.87%Sheikh Bashir Ali Vakil4,00015.37%8,97612Baramulla74.13%Shiekh Mohammed Maqbol9,81236.05%Ghulam Mohammed Safi6,18522.72%3,62713Uri78.08%Mohammad Shafi15,94066.73%Qazi Mohammad7,94633.27%7,99414Kangan75.51%Sheikh Abdul Jabar17,69668.48%Mohammed Afzal Qazi5,78022.37%11,91615Ganderbal86.32%Farooq Abdullah32,33195.81%Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Saiati1,2353.66%31,09616Hazratbal81.53%Hissam Ud Din Bandey18,74469.8%Sofi Ghulam Ahmed4,67417.41%14,07017Amira Kadal73.64%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shoh25,53377.42%Abdul Aziz6,08618.45%19,44718Habba Kadal75.24%Ghulam Mohammed Butt27,74569.53%Piaray Lal Kharihalu11,46228.72%16,28319Zaina Kadal93.47%Ali Mohammad Charloo38,36696.94%Noor Mohammed 5871.48%37,77920Eidgah86.63%Mubarak Ahmed Gul36,76993.87%Ghulam Mohammed Misgar1,2853.28%35,48421Zadibal88.93%Sheikh Abdul Rashid49,93788.54%Jehangir Ali Khan4,0017.09%45,93622Nagin77.71%Abdul Samad Teli21,89367.45%Ghulam Mohmad Bawan9,67029.79%12,22323Beerwah63.%Syed Ahmad Syed13,87961.01%Abdul Ahad Magray2,90312.76%10,97624Khan Sahib70.86%Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah13,73758.09%Ghulam Ahmad Barray4,55719.27%9,18025Budgam75.93%Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani17,03755.67%Assadullah Mir8,39227.42%8,64526Chadoora72.48%Abdul Samad Mir13,61453.81%Mir Mustafa5,73622.67%7,87827Charari Sharief79.47%Abdul Rahim Rather17,67869.79%Abdul Qayoom6,56725.93%11,11128Pulwama80.46%Sana Ullah Dar15,70751.16%Mohammed Ayub5,18916.9%10,51829Pampore83.87%Mohammed Sultan21,67271.91%Peerzada Ghulam Jeelani5,13617.04%16,53630Tral88.32%Ali Muhammad Naik21,28361.05%Mohammed Subhan Bhat13,57838.95%7,70531Wachi81.36%Ghulam Qadirwani16,31456.17%Ghulam Qadir6,43022.14%9,88432Shopian80.69%Sheikh Mohammad Mansoor14,66248.01%Moulana Mohammed Amin8,80528.83%5,85733Noorabad79.97%Wali Mohammad Itoo15,84654.36%Abdul Aziz Zargar9,54832.75%6,29834Devsar81.06%Ghulam Ahmad Shah15,53453.68%Manohar Nath Kaul9,75733.72%5,77735Kulgam79.98%Ghulam Nabi Dar9,72338.03%Sheikh Ghulam Hassan6,84326.77%2,88036Hom Shali Bugh85.01%Abdul Salam Deva13,75246.37%Mufti Mohammed Syed7,72226.04%6,03037Pahalgam80.11%Piyare Lal Handoo15,65456.77%Mohammed Tahir9,99536.25%5,65938Srigufwara–Bijbehara86.09%Abdul Gani Shah17,30353.9%Mufti Mahd. Syed14,21444.28%3,08939Anantnag82.75%Mirza Mehboob Beg15,57554.4%Ghulam Hassan Naik9,96334.8%5,61240Shangus–Anantnag East81.96%Mohammed Maqbool14,40350.84%Mohammed Ashraf Khan13,04246.03%1,36141Kokernag80.2%Malik Ghulam Ud Din17,11260.61%Peer Hissam Ud Din11,12339.39%5,98942Dooru76.27%Mohammed Akbar Ganie12,85450.52%Sher Ali Boda8,36732.88%4,48743Leh67.1%Sonam Gyalsan15,40464.26%Sonam Wangchuk Narboo8,28734.57%7,11744Kargil76.8%Munshi Habibullah18,72950.35%Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan18,46949.65%26045Kishtwar72.2%Ghulam Hussain Arman12,21351.63%Bashir Ahmed Kichloo9,00438.06%3,20946Inderwal63.28%Sheikh Ghulam Mohammed10,36742.92%Mohammed Sharief8,10433.55%2,26347Bhaderwah (SC)65.54%Hari Lal Hitaishit11,70648.87%Bodh Raj11,20946.8%49748Doda Result withheld by Jammu and Kashmir High Court49Ramban61.18%Jagdev Singh8,51943.17%Prem Singh7,46737.84%1,05250Banihal67.42%Abdul Rashid15,04663.67%Sona Ullah6,82128.87%8,22551Gulabgarh62.96%Haji Buland Khan14,34860.47%Mohammed Ayub Khan7,99433.69%6,35452Reasi59.43%Jagjivan Lal7,89532.86%Rajit Singh6,69327.86%1,20253Udhampur59.06%Balak Ram12,41745.32%Shiv Charan Gupta5,99821.89%6,41954Chenani57.96%Bhim Singh7,69034.37%Yash Paul Khajuria7,42833.2%26255Ramnagar (SC)55.29%Ram Dass12,72956.%Charan Dass4,98321.92%7,74656Samba64.54%Parkash Sharma13,51544.66%Surjeet Singh6,40021.15%7,11557Bari Brahmana (SC)72.5%Gouri Shankar15,72152.91%Gurnbachan Kumari10,13134.1%5,59058Bishnah (SC)77.02%Bhagat Chhaju Ram21,12367.18%Parma Nand8,15925.95%12,96459Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South73.94%Janak Raj Gupta15,74449.73%Rajinder Singh Chib11,22135.44%4,52360Jammu Cantonment61.89%Trilochan Datta16,09450.61%Harbans Singh10,98634.55%5,10861Jammu West51.65%Rangil Singh16,67266.38%Tilak Raj Sharma4,33117.24%12,34162Jammu East59.01%Om Parkash14,26255.98%Chaman Lal Gupta7,61929.91%6,64363Jandrah Gharota65.09%Balwan Singh12,62843.21%Rattan Chand4,19014.34%8,43864Marh (SC)69.07%Mula Ram14,54358.02%Krit Paul3,29513.15%11,24865Akhnoor76.64%Dharam Pal13,06745.67%Govind Ram Sharma9,52733.29%3,54066Chhamb74.27%Madan Lal14,09057.23%Ram Nath4,20817.09%9,88267Basohli63.38%Mangat Ram Sharma14,01953.42%Darshan Kumar Sharma8,93934.06%5,08068Billawar60.65%Puran Singh12,05443.38%Kashmir Singh4,53916.33%7,51569Kathua (SC)58.62%Sanji Ram14,66752.48%Baldev Raj5,90521.13%8,76270Hiranagar68.69%Ram Dass13,21839.91%Baldev Singh9,78829.55%3,43071Nowshera65.39%Beli Ram10,39530.05%Rachpal Singh7,20220.82%3,19372Darhal68.84%Bashir Ahmed13,43540.33%Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain11,10033.32%2,33573Rajouri70.64%Talib Hussain17,68349.95%Mirza Abdul Rashid15,48843.75%2,19574Surankote71.24%Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad14,15048.27%Mohammed Sayeed Beig12,26841.85%1,88275Mendhar77.51%Ragfiq Hussain Khan17,44554.76%Mohammed Sadiq13,92643.71%3,51976Haveli66.22%Ghulam Ahmad8,55529.64%Yash Lal7,24125.09%1,314

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