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