Elections in the Republic of India in 1982 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Legislative Assembly elections
edit| 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 | 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 | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||
| 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] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
editReferences
edit- ^ "Himachal Pradesh 1982". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1982. p. 3.
- ^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1982". www.elections.in. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Kerala Assembly Election 1982: Summary". www.keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1982". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (July 1983). List of Members. Superintendent, Government Print. p. 9.
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