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1983 general · June 21, 1983

1983 Louisiana State Senate election results, district by district

Every Louisiana State Senate district in the 1983 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 39 seats

After the electionD 38 · R 1
Races39
Changed party0
Unopposed31%12 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 34 · R 1 · Uncalled 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Samuel B. Nunez (D)Unopposed
SD-2Nat Kiefer (D)Unopposed
SD-3Dennis Bagneris (D)7.4Incumbent lost
SD-4Ben Bagert (D)32.3Incumbent lost
SD-5William Jefferson (D)78.4
SD-6Thomas A. Casey (D)9.9
SD-7Fritz Windhorst (D)Unopposed
SD-8Elwyn H. Nicholson (D)29.4
SD-9Ken Hollis (R)Unopposed
SD-10Francis Lauricella (D)68.6
SD-11No winner recorded—
SD-12B. B. Rayburn (D)58.9
SD-13M. A. Cross (D)44.4
SD-14Richard Turnley (D)33.4
SD-15Thomas H. Hudson (D)Unopposed
SD-16Kenneth E. Osterberger (D)47.5
SD-17J. E. Jumonville (D)43.9
SD-18Joe Sevario (D)30.8
SD-19Ron Landry (D)16.3
SD-20No winner recorded—Incumbent lost
SD-21Anthony J. Guarisco Jr. (D)18.4
SD-22Oswald Decuir (D)Unopposed
SD-23Allen R. Bares (D)20.9
SD-24Armand J. Brinkhaus (D)Unopposed
SD-25Cecil Picard (D)Unopposed
SD-26Cliff Newman (D)25.7
SD-27William L. McLeod Jr. (D)28.9
SD-28John Saunders (D)11.8
SD-29No winner recorded—Incumbent lost
SD-30Bryan A. Poston (D)47.6
SD-31Donald G. Kelly (D)Unopposed
SD-32William B. Atkins (D)29.3Incumbent lost
SD-33David Ginn (D)5.4
SD-34Lawson Swearingen (D)Unopposed
SD-35Charles Barham (D)Unopposed
SD-36Foster Campbell Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-37Sydney B. Nelson (D)78.1
SD-38Richard Neeson (D)14.7
SD-39No winner recorded—Incumbent lost

Louisiana State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner