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June 9, 1983 General Election Results - United Kingdom Totals

 Electors    42,192,999     
 Total Votes    30,671,137  72.7%   

 

Party Votes  % Seats

 Conservative    13,012,316  42.4  397 
 Labour    8,456,934  27.6  209 
 Liberal/SDP Alliance    7,780,949  25.4  23 
 Ulster Unionist Party    259,952  0.8  11 
 Democratic Unionist Party    152,749  0.5 
 Scottish National Party    331,975  1.1 
 Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales)    125,309  0.4 
 Social Democratic and Labour Party    137,012  0.4 
 Sinn Fein    102,701  0.3 
 Ulster Popular Unionist Party    22,861  0.1 
 Others    288,379  0.9