17th Guam Legislature

The 17th Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 3, 1983 and ended on January 7, 1985, during the 1st and 2nd years of Ricardo J. Bordallo's 2nd Gubernatorial Term.

In the 1982 Guamanian legislative election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a fourteen-to-seven (14-7) supermajority of seats in the Guam Legislature.{{cite web|author=Guam Election Commission|url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_3ylv378_szNnBwWkpsVDZtVFk/edit|title=Election Comparative Analysis Report, Guam - 1983}} Pages 21

Party summary

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style="vertical-align:bottom;";" ! rowspan=3 \| Affiliation ! colspan=2 \| Party (shading indicates majority caucus) ! rowspan=3 \| Total
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Democratic ! Republican
style="font-size:80%" \| End of previous legislature \| 10 \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 11 ! 21
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style="font-size:80%" \| Begin ! {{Party shading/Democratic}} \| 14 \| 7 ! 21
Latest Voting share ! {{Party shading/Democratic}} \| {{Percentage\|14\|21\|1\|pad=yes}} \| {{Percentage\|7\|21\|1\|pad=yes}} \|
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style="font-size:80%" \| Beginning of the next legislature \| {{Party shading/Democratic}} \| 11 \| 10 ! 21

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! rowspan=3 | Affiliation

! colspan=2 | Party

(shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

! Republican

style="font-size:80%" | End of previous legislature