United Kingdom 1983 Election

9 June 1983
72.7% Turnout
29,250,199 Total Votes
629 Seats
# Party Votes % Seats
1 Conservative 13,012,316 42.4% 397
2 Labour 8,456,934 27.6% 209
3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 7,780,949 25.4% 23

Previous parliamentary election: 1979 – won by Conservative (turnout -3.3pp)