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1982Final results

1982 election for Illinois Representative District 35

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Samuel Panayotovich (D) won with 88.5% of the vote, defeating Elmer Stevenson (R) by 77.0 points.

Samuel PanayotovichDemocrat · winner
88.5%29,537
Elmer StevensonRepublican
11.5%3,831
33,370 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+0.61976Even1978R+12.71980D+77.01982D+79.61986D+9.71988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET