The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1983 were the first democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 8 May of that year. The elections were held using closed list proportional representation in three electoral districts corresponding to each of the three Provinces of the Valencian Community. Only lists which polled 3% or more in the entire Valencian Community were eligible for seats, which were then allocated on a Provincial basis using the D'Hondt method of allocation. With a total number of 89 seats, Valencia elected 35 members, Alicante 29 and Castellon 25.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the elections with an absolute majority [1] and the Corts in turn elected the socialist Joan Lerma as the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community. Out of a total of 2,654,967 voters, the turnout was 1,931,142 or 72.74% of the total.
The regional leader of each party was the candidate for President. These were:-
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| PSPV-PSOE | 982,567 | 51.77 | 51 |
| Popular Alliance - Democratic Popular Party | 609,519 | 32.11 | 32 |
| Communist Party of Spain | 142,570 | 7.51 | 6 |
| Unitat del Poble Valencià | 58,712 | 3.09 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre | 36,015 | 1.90 | |
| Democratic Liberal Party | 29,788 | 1.57 | |
| Valencian Independent Organisation | 12,585 | 0.66 | |
| Socialist Worker’s Party | 10,156 | 0.54 | |
| Valencian Nationalist Left-URV | 7,623 | 0.40 | |
| Spanish Communist Workers' Party | 5,945 | 0.31 | |
| CIP | 2,586 | 0.14 | |
Additionally 13,180 (0.68%) votes were cast “en blanco” i.e. for “none of the above.”
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