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British Columbia general election, 1983

The 33rd provincial election for the province of British Columbia, Canada was called on April 7, 1983. The election was held on May 5, 1983. The new legislature that resulted from this election met for the first time on June 23, 1983.

The governing Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority government, defeating the opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia. The “Socreds” increased both their share of the popular vote almost half of all votes) and their number of seats in the legislature. No other parties other than the Socreds and the NDP won seats in the legislature.

Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote
Previous After % Change # % Change
Social Credit Bill Bennett 57 31 35 +12.9% 820,807 49.76% +1.53%
New Democratic Dave Barrett 57 26 22 -15.4% 741,354 44.94% -1.05%
Liberal Shirley McLoughlin 52 0 0 - 44,442 2.69% +2.22%
Progressive Conservative
12 0 0 - 19,131 1.16% -3.90%
Western Canada Concept Doug Christie 18 0 - 14,185 0.86% -
Independent
18 0 0 - 5,225 0.32% +0.24%
Green
4 0 - 3,078 0.19% -
Communist
4 0 0 - 837 0.05% -0.03%
Western National
2 0 - 474 0.03% -
TOTALS
224
57
57
0
1,649,533
100%
-
Sources: Elections BC


Preceded by:
1979 BC election

List of British Columbia elections

Preceded by:
1986 BC election

Last updated: 06-05-2005 23:16:07
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