<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en">
	<id>https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=1982_elections_in_India</id>
	<title>1982 elections in India - Revision history</title>
	<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=1982_elections_in_India"/>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=1982_elections_in_India&amp;action=history"/>
	<updated>2026-07-31T11:41:45Z</updated>
	<subtitle>Revision history for this page on the wiki</subtitle>
	<generator>MediaWiki 1.45.4</generator>
	<entry>
		<id>https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=1982_elections_in_India&amp;diff=466527&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Raj kumar at 23:28, 27 June 2025</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=1982_elections_in_India&amp;diff=466527&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2025-06-27T23:28:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|none}} &amp;lt;!-- &amp;quot;none&amp;quot; is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox election&lt;br /&gt;
| election_name     = Elections in India &lt;br /&gt;
| country           = India &lt;br /&gt;
| previous_election = 1980 elections in India &lt;br /&gt;
| previous_year     = 1980&lt;br /&gt;
| election_date     = 1982&lt;br /&gt;
| next_election     = 1983 elections in India &lt;br /&gt;
| next_year         = 1983&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Politics of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Elections in the Republic of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;1982&amp;#039;&amp;#039; included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Overall Results==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! Date(s)&lt;br /&gt;
!State&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Government before election&lt;br /&gt;
!Chief Minister before election&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Government after election&lt;br /&gt;
!Chief Minister after election&lt;br /&gt;
!Maps&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;|19 May 1982&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;#000000&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; |[[President&amp;#039;s rule|President&amp;#039;s Rule]] &lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[K. Karunakaran]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi]] &lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi]] &lt;br /&gt;
| [[File:IN-HR.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Thakur Ram Lal]]  &lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Thakur Ram Lal]]  &lt;br /&gt;
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Jyoti Basu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}} &lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jyoti Basu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|10 November 1982&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Naga National Democratic Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
| [[John Bosco Jasokie]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|[[S. C. Jamir]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Legislative Assembly elections==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Haryana]]===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right&lt;br /&gt;
!Party&lt;br /&gt;
!Votes&lt;br /&gt;
!%&lt;br /&gt;
!Seats&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]||1,845,297||37.58||36&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Indian National Lok Dal|Lok Dal]]||1,172,149||23.87||31&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||376,604||7.67||6&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Janata Party]]||157,224||3.29||1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]||36,642||0.75||0&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||18,616||0.38||0&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]]||398||0.01||0&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|Independents||1,303,414||26.54||16&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||87,091||–||–&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4,997,435&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;100&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;90&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||7,152,281||69.87||–&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left colspan=4|Source: [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/Statistical%20Report%201982%20Haryana.pdf Electoral Commission of India]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Himachal Pradesh]]===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election results&lt;br /&gt;
|image=[[File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1982.svg]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]|votes1=659239|seats1=31|sc1=+22&lt;br /&gt;
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=545037|seats2=29|sc2=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=73683|seats3=2|sc3=–51&lt;br /&gt;
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=26543|seats4=0|sc4=0&lt;br /&gt;
|party5=[[Lok Dal]]|votes5=22521|seats5=0|sc5=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=2636|seats6=0|sc6=0&lt;br /&gt;
|party11=Independents|votes11=220637|seats11=6|sc11=0&lt;br /&gt;
|total_sc=0&lt;br /&gt;
|invalid=21278&lt;br /&gt;
|electorate=2211524&lt;br /&gt;
|source=ECI&amp;lt;ref name=election1982&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3805-himachal-pradesh-1982/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 1982 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 November 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Kerala]]===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Party Wise Results&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1982_ST_REP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala|publisher=Election Commission of India|year=1982|pages=3}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1982-election-results.html|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1982|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2019-05-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.keralaassembly.org/sum82.html|title=Kerala Assembly Election 1982: Summary|website=www.keralaassembly.org|access-date=2019-05-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!Party&lt;br /&gt;
!Seats&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Valid Votes Secure&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
!Alliance&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Indian National Congress-Indira (Cong-I or INCI)&lt;br /&gt;
|20&lt;br /&gt;
|1137374&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;12&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background:skyblue; color:black;&amp;quot; | UDF&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Congress (A) (INC(A))&lt;br /&gt;
|15&lt;br /&gt;
|920743&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)&lt;br /&gt;
|14&lt;br /&gt;
|590255&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Kerala Congress- Mani (KCM)&lt;br /&gt;
|6&lt;br /&gt;
|559930&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Kerala Congress- Joseph (KCJ)&lt;br /&gt;
|8&lt;br /&gt;
|435200&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Janata-Gopalan (JANG)&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|262595&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|National Democratic Party (NDP)&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|255580&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Socialist Republican Party (SRP)&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|205250&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Revolutionary Socialist Party-Sreekantan Nair (RSP-S)&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|114721&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Praja Socialist Party (PSP)&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|29011&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Democratic Labour Party (DLP)&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|35821&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Independents (UDF)&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|71025&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)&lt;br /&gt;
|28&lt;br /&gt;
|1964924&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;8&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background:#f00; color:black;&amp;quot; | LDF&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Communist Party of India (CPI)&lt;br /&gt;
|13&lt;br /&gt;
|838191&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Congress-Socialist (ICS)&lt;br /&gt;
|7&lt;br /&gt;
|551132&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|263869&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|All Indian Muslim League (AIML)&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|310626&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Janata (JAN)&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|386810&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|37705&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Independents (LDF)&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|149928&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
|Total&lt;br /&gt;
|140&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[Nagaland]]===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election results&lt;br /&gt;
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1982.svg]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=140420|seats1=24|sc1=+9&lt;br /&gt;
|party2=[[Naga National Democratic Party]]|votes2=140112|seats2=24|sc2=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party3=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes3=157173|seats3=12|sc3=+3&lt;br /&gt;
|total_sc=0&lt;br /&gt;
|invalid=6267&lt;br /&gt;
|electorate=596453&lt;br /&gt;
|source=ECI&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3636-nagaland-1982/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=17 August 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===[[West Bengal]]===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=2|Party&lt;br /&gt;
!Candidates&lt;br /&gt;
!Seats&lt;br /&gt;
!Votes&lt;br /&gt;
!%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=8 align=left|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|209&lt;br /&gt;
|174&lt;br /&gt;
|8,655,371&lt;br /&gt;
|38.49&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[All India Forward Bloc]]&lt;br /&gt;
|34&lt;br /&gt;
|28&lt;br /&gt;
|1,327,849&lt;br /&gt;
|5.90&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|23&lt;br /&gt;
|19&lt;br /&gt;
|901,723&lt;br /&gt;
|4.01&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|12&lt;br /&gt;
|7&lt;br /&gt;
|407,660&lt;br /&gt;
|1.81&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]&amp;lt;!-- contesting as independents in Howrah Central, Hansan and Santipur--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|106,973&lt;br /&gt;
|0.48&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]&amp;lt;!-- contesting as independents in Tarakeswar and Jamalpur--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|80,307	&lt;br /&gt;
|0.36&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]&amp;lt;!-- Contesting as independent in Sabang --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|34,185&lt;br /&gt;
|0.15&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[West Bengal Socialist Party]] and&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|Democratic Socialist Party]]&amp;lt;!-- Contesting as independents. Ideally this row should be split between WBSP and DSP --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|10&lt;br /&gt;
|6&lt;br /&gt;
|354,935&lt;br /&gt;
|1.58&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|250&lt;br /&gt;
|49&lt;br /&gt;
|8,035,272&lt;br /&gt;
|35.73&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|28&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|885,535&lt;br /&gt;
|3.94&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|34&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|232,573&lt;br /&gt;
|1.03&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|93&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|187,513&lt;br /&gt;
|0.83&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|52&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|129,994&lt;br /&gt;
|0.58&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|129,116&lt;br /&gt;
|0.57&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Lok Dal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|16&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|22,361&lt;br /&gt;
|0.10&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|1,268&lt;br /&gt;
|0.01&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|Independents&amp;lt;!-- excluding LF candidates contesting as independents --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|432&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|994,701&lt;br /&gt;
|4.42&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1,204&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;294&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;22,487,336&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;100&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left colspan=6|Source: ECI&amp;lt;ref name=election1982-wb&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3189-west-bengal-1982/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1982 |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=14 August 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Assembly1983&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly|title=List of Members|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmQmAAAAMAAJ|date=July 1983|publisher=Superintendent, Government Print.|page=9}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Rajya Sabha==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1982 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Commons}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Indian elections}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Legislatures of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1982 elections in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1982 elections in Asia|India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1982 in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Elections in India by year]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Raj kumar</name></author>
	</entry>
</feed>