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

## Overall Results

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Date(s)  | State  | Government before election  | Chief Minister before election  | Government after election  | Chief Minister after election  | Maps

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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 |

## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Haryana

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Main article: 1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Party  | Votes  | %  | Seats

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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

### Himachal Pradesh

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Main article: 1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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]

### Kerala

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Main article: 1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Party Wise Results[2][3][4] Party  | Seats  |  Valid Votes Secure | Alliance

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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  |

### Nagaland

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Main article: 1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

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]

### West Bengal

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Main article: 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Party  | Candidates  | Seats  | Votes  | %

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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]

## Rajya Sabha

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Main article: 1982 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

## References

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1. ^ "Himachal Pradesh 1982". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
2. ^ Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1982. p. 3.
3. ^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1982". www.elections.in. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
4. ^ "Kerala Assembly Election 1982: Summary". www.keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
6. ^ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1982". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
7. ^ West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (July 1983). List of Members. Superintendent, Government Print. p. 9.

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