On this day, 42 years ago, June 9, 1983 (April 28, 1983 in the lunar calendar), Mrs. Thatcher won the British election. Margaret Thatcher On June 9, 1983, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government won a sweeping victory in the British general election, which was enough to ensure that Margaret Thatcher was re-elected as British Prime Minister for a five-year term. Although Mrs. Thatcher's reputation was at an unprecedented low a year ago, when she regained the Falkland Islands from Argentina, she regained the trust of the people and defeated her main opponent, the Labor Party, in the general election again. Labour officials blamed their defeat on a third party-the coalition of Liberal and Social Democrats, which divided the anti-Thatcher vote. Dennis Haley, a Labour leader, said the election put the people in the hands of the most reactionary right-wing extremist government in British history. Westerners view the election as part of a right-wing trend that may encourage President Reagan to run again.