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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1978
| next_election = 1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1988
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 31
| election_date = 17 February 1983
| turnout = 72.58%
| opinion_polls =
| image1 =
| leader1 =
| leader_since1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| popular_vote1 = 130,956
| percentage1 = 27.68
| swing1 = 1.64 {{decrease}}
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 20
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 25
| seat_change1 = 5 {{increase}}
| image2 =
| leader2 =
| leader_since2 =
| party2 = All Party Hill Leaders Conference
| alliance2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| popular_vote2 = 118,593
| percentage2 = 24.92
| swing2 = 0.15 {{increase}}
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = 16
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 15
| seat_change2 = 1 {{decrease}}
| map_alt =
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Williamson A. Sangma]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| posttitle =
| after_election = [[B. B. Lyngdoh]]
| after_party = All Party Hill Leaders Conference
}}
The '''1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election''' was held on 17 February 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Warjri|first=Antarwell|date=March 2017|title=Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya|url=https://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf|journal=International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies|volume=3|issue=5|pages=206–218}}</ref> No party secured a majority of seats and no women were elected.<ref name=":1" /> A coalition named the Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party was formed by the [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (AHL), the [[Hill State People's Democratic Party]], the [[Public Demands Implementation Convention|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]] and two independent members. On 2 March 1983 the coalition presented [[B. B. Lyngdoh]] from AHL as Chief Minister. However, the coalition only lasted 29 days and on 2 April a new coalition, the Meghalaya Democratic Forum, was formed with the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) in the lead. [[Williamson A. Sangma|W. A. Sangma]] of the INC was appointed Chief Minister.<ref name=":0" />

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ [[1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 17 February 1983 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 130,956 || 27.68 ||1.64 {{Decrease}}
| 25 || 5 {{Increase}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{All Party Hill Leaders Conference/meta/color}}"|
| align="left" |[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (AHL)
|118,593
|24.92
|0.15 {{Increase}}
|15
|1 {{Decrease}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Hill State People's Democratic Party/meta/color}}"|
| align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HDP)
|91,386
|19.32
|0.08 {{Increase}}
|15
|1 {{Increase}}
|-
|
|align="left" |[[Public Demands Implementation Convention|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]]
|23,253
|4.92
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|2
|{{Steady}} {{ref label|alpha|a}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|2,442
|0.52
|0.1 {{Decrease}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 106,378 || 22.49 ||2.33 {{Decrease}}
| 3 ||5 {{Decrease}}{{ref label|beta|b}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 473,050 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3672-meghalaya-1983/|title=Meghalaya 1983|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
|}
{{note label|alpha|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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Susmita Sen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRWKAAAAMAAJ|title=Regionalism in Meghalaya|date=2005|publisher=South Asian Publishers|isbn=978-81-7003-288-5|pages=118|language=en}}</ref>

{{note label|beta|b}}Does not include the two PDIC candidates elected as independents in 1978.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Meghalaya elections}}

[[Category:1983 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Meghalaya]]

1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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