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Template:Infobox election Template:Politics of India Elections in the Republic of India in 1982 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Overall Results

Date(s) State Government before election Chief Minister before election Government after election Chief Minister after election Maps
19 May 1982 Kerala President's Rule Template:Full party name with color K. Karunakaran
Haryana Template:Full party name with color Bhajan Lal Bishnoi Template:Full party name with color Bhajan Lal Bishnoi
Himachal Pradesh Template:Full party name with color Thakur Ram Lal Template:Full party name with color Thakur Ram Lal
West Bengal Template:Full party name with color Jyoti Basu Template:Full party name with color Jyoti Basu
10 November 1982 Nagaland Template:Full party name with color John Bosco Jasokie Template:Full party name with color S. C. Jamir

Legislative Assembly elections

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Party Votes % Seats
Indian National Congress (Indira) 1,845,297 37.58 36
Lok Dal 1,172,149 23.87 31
Bharatiya Janata Party 376,604 7.67 6
Janata Party 157,224 3.29 1
Communist Party of India 36,642 0.75 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18,616 0.38 0
Indian National Congress (Socialist) 398 0.01 0
Independents 1,303,414 26.54 16
Invalid/blank votes 87,091
Total 4,997,435 100 90
Registered voters/turnout 7,152,281 69.87
Source: Electoral Commission of India

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Party Wise Results[1][2][3]
Party Seats Valid Votes Secure Alliance
Indian National Congress-Indira (Cong-I or INCI) 20 1137374 UDF
Congress (A) (INC(A)) 15 920743
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 14 590255
Kerala Congress- Mani (KCM) 6 559930
Kerala Congress- Joseph (KCJ) 8 435200
Janata-Gopalan (JANG) 4 262595
National Democratic Party (NDP) 4 255580
Socialist Republican Party (SRP) 2 205250
Revolutionary Socialist Party-Sreekantan Nair (RSP-S) 1 114721
Praja Socialist Party (PSP) 1 29011
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) 1 35821
Independents (UDF) 1 71025
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) 28 1964924 LDF
Communist Party of India (CPI) 13 838191
Congress-Socialist (ICS) 7 551132
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 4 263869
All Indian Muslim League (AIML) 4 310626
Janata (JAN) 4 386810
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 1 37705
Independents (LDF) 2 149928
Total 140

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Party Candidates Seats Votes %
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 209 174 8,655,371 38.49
All India Forward Bloc 34 28 1,327,849 5.90
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 19 901,723 4.01
Communist Party of India 12 7 407,660 1.81
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 3 2 106,973 0.48
Marxist Forward Bloc 2 2 80,307 0.36
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 0 34,185 0.15
West Bengal Socialist Party and
Democratic Socialist Party
10 6 354,935 1.58
Indian National Congress (I) 250 49 8,035,272 35.73
Indian Congress (Socialist) 28 4 885,535 3.94
Socialist Unity Centre of India 34 2 232,573 1.03
Janata Party 93 0 187,513 0.83
Bharatiya Janata Party 52 0 129,994 0.58
Indian Union Muslim League 4 0 129,116 0.57
Lok Dal 16 0 22,361 0.10
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 0 1,268 0.01
Independents 432 1 994,701 4.42
Total 1,204 294 22,487,336 100
Source: ECI[4][5]

Rajya Sabha

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References

  1. Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Election Commission of India(1982)
  2. Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1982. www.elections.in. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. Kerala Assembly Election 1982: Summary. www.keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1982. Election Commission of India(14 August 2018). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. List of Members{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Superintendent, Government Print.(July 1983)

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