Election Results for the
Conservatives
1979 1983- Landslide Election
• Conservative Seats- 339 • Conservative Seats- 397
• Conservative Majority- 43 • Conservative Majority- 144
• Seats gained from previous election- 63 • Seats gained from previous
• % of total seats- 53.4 election- 47
• % of Vote Share- 43.9% • % of total seats- 61.1%
• Turnout- 76% • % of Vote Share- 42.4%
• Overall swing of 5.2% was the largest
since 1945
• Turnout- 72.7%
• Marked a change in government which • Best Conservative Result since
would continue for 18 years 1935
Conservatives
1979 1983- Landslide Election
• Conservative Seats- 339 • Conservative Seats- 397
• Conservative Majority- 43 • Conservative Majority- 144
• Seats gained from previous election- 63 • Seats gained from previous
• % of total seats- 53.4 election- 47
• % of Vote Share- 43.9% • % of total seats- 61.1%
• Turnout- 76% • % of Vote Share- 42.4%
• Overall swing of 5.2% was the largest
since 1945
• Turnout- 72.7%
• Marked a change in government which • Best Conservative Result since
would continue for 18 years 1935
