This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in La Rioja on 8 May 1983. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.[1] [2]
The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold).[1] Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
Population: 109,536
| Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− | |||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 24,960 | 48.88 | +14.96 | 15 | +5 | ||
| People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL)1 | 20,617 | 40.38 | +29.31 | 12 | +9 | ||
| Progressive Riojan Party (PRP) | 2,075 | 4.06 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1,543 | 3.02 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Communist Party of Spain (PCE) | 1,317 | 2.58 | –3.35 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Independents (INDEP) | 547 | 1.07 | New | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | n/a | n/a | –41.86 | 0 | –12 | ||
| Workers' Revolutionary Organization (ORT) | n/a | n/a | –5.25 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Blank ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | ||||
| Total | 51,059 | 27 | ±0 | ||||
| Valid votes | 51,059 | 100.00 | +1.23 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | –1.23 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 51,059 | 62.88 | +3.76 | ||||
| Abstentions | 30,142 | 37.12 | –3.76 | ||||
| Registered voters | 81,201 | ||||||
| Sources[3] | |||||||