1982 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 1982 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Date(s)	State		Chief Minister before election		Chief Minister after election
19 May 1982	Kerala	President's Rule		United Democratic Front	K. Karunakaran
	Haryana	Indian National Congress	Bhajan Lal Bishnoi	Indian National Congress	Bhajan Lal Bishnoi
	Himachal Pradesh	Indian National Congress	Thakur Ram Lal	Indian National Congress	Thakur Ram Lal
	West Bengal	Left Front	Jyoti Basu	Left Front	Jyoti Basu
10 November 1982	Nagaland	Naga National Democratic Party	John Bosco Jasokie	Indian National Congress	S. C. Jamir

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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	659,239	42.52	31	+22
	Bharatiya Janata Party	545,037	35.16	29	New
	Janata Party	73,683	4.75	2	–51
	Communist Party of India	26,543	1.71	0	0
	Lok Dal	22,521	1.45	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,636	0.17	0	0
	Independents	220,637	14.23	6	0
Total		1,550,296	100.00	68	0

Valid votes		1,550,296	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		21,278	1.35
Total votes		1,571,574	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,211,524	71.06
Source: ECI^[1]

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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	140,420	32.08	24	+9
	Naga National Democratic Party	140,112	32.01	24	New
	Independents	157,173	35.91	12	+3
Total		437,705	100.00	60	0

Valid votes		437,705	98.59
Invalid/blank votes		6,267	1.41
Total votes		443,972	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		596,453	74.44
Source: ECI^[5]

Legislative Assembly elections

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^[6]^[7]

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