| Election Name: | 1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Flag Image: | Lower Hutt COA.jpg |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Election Date: | 8 October 1983 |
| Turnout: | (16,746 42.00%) |
| Candidate1: | John Kennedy-Good |
| Party1: | United Citizens |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,261 |
| Percentage1: | 49.33 |
| Candidate2: | Alister Abernethy |
| Party2: | New Zealand Labour Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,961 |
| Percentage2: | 23.65 |
| Candidate3: | Don Lee |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,653 |
| Percentage3: | 21.81 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | John Kennedy-Good |
| After Election: | John Kennedy-Good |
The 1983 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the 1983 New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
The incumbent Mayor, John Kennedy-Good, stood for a sixth term and was successful. The Labour Party made a modest recovery from its 1980 result, winning three extra seats. Former United Citizens councillor Don Lee severed his links with the ticket to run for the mayoralty. As an independent he was defeated for mayor as well as losing his seat on the city council and Hutt Valley Energy Board (the latter of which he was chairman of). He did however manage to retain his seat on the Wellington Regional Council (which Kennedy-Good was also elected to).[1]