1983 General Election - Edinburgh Pentlands
| Year | 1983 |
| General election | 1983 General Election |
| Constituency | Edinburgh Pentlands |
| Turnout | 73.4% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Rifkind, Malcolm | Conservative | 17,051 |
| Smith, Keith | Social Democratic | 12,742 |
| Milligan, E | Labour | 10,390 |
| MacCormick, Donald | SNP | 2,642 |
| Nicol-Smith, A | Ecology | 687 |