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An election to the Highland Regional Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the wider 1982 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 42 of the council's 52 seats.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 42 | 5 | 0 |  5 | 80.8 | 70.9 | 20,968 |  12.5 | |
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 9.6 | 14.7 | 4,338 | 9.4 | |
| SNP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 2,803 | 3.4 | |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1,457 | 2.3 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.6 | |
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