1982 elections in India

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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.

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Legislative Assembly elections

Haryana

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress 1,845,29737.5836
Lok Dal 1,172,14923.8731
Bharatiya Janata Party 376,6047.676
Janata Party 157,2243.291
Communist Party of India 36,6420.750
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18,6160.380
Indian National Congress (Socialist) 3980.010
Independents1,303,41426.5416
Invalid/blank votes87,091
Total4,997,43510090
Registered voters/turnout7,152,28169.87
Source: Electoral Commission of India

Himachal Pradesh

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 659,23942.5231+22
Bharatiya Janata Party 545,03735.1629New
Janata Party 73,6834.752–51
Communist Party of India 26,5431.7100
Lok Dal 22,5211.450New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,6360.1700
Independents220,63714.2360
Total1,550,296100.00680
Valid votes1,550,29698.65
Invalid/blank votes21,2781.35
Total votes1,571,574100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,211,52471.06
Source: ECI [1]

Kerala

Party Wise Results [2] [3] [4]
PartySeats Valid Votes SecureAlliance
Indian National Congress-Indira (Cong-I or INCI)201137374UDF
Congress (A) (INC(A))15920743
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)14590255
Kerala Congress- Mani (KCM)6559930
Kerala Congress- Joseph (KCJ)8435200
Janata-Gopalan (JANG)4262595
National Democratic Party (NDP)4255580
Socialist Republican Party (SRP)2205250
Revolutionary Socialist Party-Sreekantan Nair (RSP-S)1114721
Praja Socialist Party (PSP)129011
Democratic Labour Party (DLP)135821
Independents (UDF)171025
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)281964924LDF
Communist Party of India (CPI)13838191
Congress-Socialist (ICS)7551132
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)4263869
All Indian Muslim League (AIML)4310626
Janata (JAN)4386810
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)137705
Independents (LDF)2149928
Total140

Nagaland

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 140,42032.0824+9
Naga National Democratic Party 140,11232.0124New
Independents 157,17335.9112+3
Total437,705100.00600
Valid votes437,70598.59
Invalid/blank votes6,2671.41
Total votes443,972100.00
Registered voters/turnout596,45374.44
Source: ECI [5]

West Bengal

PartyCandidatesSeatsVotes%
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2091748,655,37138.49
All India Forward Bloc 34281,327,8495.90
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2319901,7234.01
Communist Party of India 127407,6601.81
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 32106,9730.48
Marxist Forward Bloc 2280,3070.36
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1034,1850.15
West Bengal Socialist Party and
Democratic Socialist Party
106354,9351.58
Indian National Congress (I) 250498,035,27235.73
Indian Congress (Socialist) 284885,5353.94
Socialist Unity Centre of India 342232,5731.03
Janata Party 930187,5130.83
Bharatiya Janata Party 520129,9940.58
Indian Union Muslim League 40129,1160.57
Lok Dal 16022,3610.10
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 101,2680.01
Independents4321994,7014.42
Total1,20429422,487,336100
Source:ECI [6] [7]

Rajya Sabha

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References

  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. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3189-west-bengal-1982/
  7. West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (July 1983). List of Members. Superintendent, Government Print. p. 9.