1983 Réunionese Regional Council election

Regional Council elections were held in Réunion on 20 February 1983. The Rally for the Republic–Union for French Democracy–Departmentalist Militant Front alliance emerged as the largest in the Council, winning 18 of the 45 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	RPR–UDF–FMD	76,763	38.80	18
	Communist Party of Réunion	64,801	32.76	16
	Socialist Party	25,722	13.00	6
	New Union for the Interests of Réunion	20,630	10.43	5
	Socialist Party dissidents (Jean-Max Nativel)	5,809	2.94	0
	Socialist Party dissidents (Daniel Cadet)	4,098	2.07	0
Total		197,823	100.00	45
Valid votes		197,823	98.72
Invalid/blank votes		2,575	1.28
Total votes		200,398	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		268,352	74.68
Source: La Réunion

Aftermath

Following the elections, the President of the Regional Council was elected by the Council on 28 February. Mario Hoarau of the Communist Party of Réunion was elected in the third ballot.

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round		Third round
			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mario Hoarau	Communist Party of Réunion	22	50.00	22	51.16	22	50.00
	Auguste Legros	RPR–UDF–FMD	17	38.64
	Pierre Lagourge	New Union for the Interests of Réunion	5	11.36	21	48.84
	Marc Gérard						22	50.00
Total			44	100.00	43	100.00	44	100.00
Valid votes			44	100.00	43	97.73	44	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00	1	2.27	0	0.00
Total			44	100.00	44	100.00	44	100.00
Source: La Réunion