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
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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 Wise Results[2][3][4]
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
|
|
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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