Kerala assembly election, May 1982

140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 70.82% turnout.

Seats

140

Candidates

699

17 women, 4 elected

Turnout

70.82%

95.6 lakh of 1.35 cr

Leading party

IND

33 of 140 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
IND Independent	33	+28	417	23,55,141	24.63%	+12.55
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	-9	51	17,98,198	18.80%	-0.55
INC Indian National Congress	20	+20	36	11,37,632	11.90%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	14	0	18	5,90,255	6.17%	-1.01
CPI Communist Party of India	13	-4	25	8,04,869	8.42%	+0.62
KECJ KECJ	8	+2	12	4,35,200	4.55%	-0.39
KEC Kerala Congress	6	-2	17	5,59,930	5.86%	+0.61
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	6	+6	16	4,97,602	5.20%	—
JNP Janata Party	4	-1	13	3,86,147	4.04%	-3.59
IML IML	4	-1	12	3,10,626	3.25%	-0.27
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	4	-2	8	2,63,869	2.76%	-0.26
NDP NDP	2	+2	5	1,60,044	1.67%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	69	2,63,331	2.75%	—

IND33 (24%)
CPM26 (19%)
INC20 (14%)
MUL14 (10%)
CPI13 (9%)
KECJ8 (6%)
Others26 (19%)

IND33
CPM26
INC20
MUL14
CPI13
KECJ8
Others26

IND33
CPM26
INC20
MUL14
CPI13
KECJ8
KEC6
ICS6
Others14

Constituency performance

From the 140 results in Kerala

Closest contest

PALLURUTHY

won by 16 (0.02%)

Biggest victory

TANUR

won by 23,464 (46.38%)

Highest turnout

SHERTHALAI

85.29%

Lowest turnout

MANKADA

13.63%

Seat change

Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1980), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained63 (45%)
Changed hands77 (55%)

63 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 77 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ADOOR	INCTHENNALA BALAKRISHNA PILLAI	CPMC. P. KARUNAKARAN PILLAI	1,7382.83%	78.0%
ALATHUR	CPMC. T. KRISHNAN	INDC. K. BALAKRISHNAN	11,31416.12%	73.5%
ALLEPPEY	NDPK. P. RAMACHANDRAN NAIRD	CPIP. K. VASUDEVAN NAIR	1,5902.30%	76.1%
ALWAYE	INDK. MOHAMMEDALI	CPMK. N. RAVEENDRANATH	3,3674.06%	75.6%
AMBALAPUZHA	INDV. DINAKARAN	CPMP. K. CHANDRANANDAN	1,8842.68%	82.0%
ANKAMALI	KECM. V. MANI	CPMA. P. KURIAN	2,3772.90%	83.8%
ARANMULA	INCK. K. SREENIVASAN	ICSD. SUGATHAN	5,2919.14%	71.6%
ARIYANAD	RSPK. PANKAJAKSHAN	INDK. C. VAMADEVAN	2,4114.00%	67.1%
AROOR	CPMK. R. GOURI	KECJT. T. MATHEW	5,9417.49%	84.7%
ATTINGAL	INDVAKKOM B. PURUSHOTHAMAN	ICSP. VIJAYADAS	7,35912.36%	66.3%
AZHICODE	CPMP. DEVOOTTY	INDP. NARAYANAN	10,45616.42%	75.9%
BADAGARA	JNPK . CHANDRASEKHARAN	INDM . K . PRABHAKARAN	12,17715.76%	76.0%
BALUSSERI	ICSA . C . SHANMUKHADAS	INDP. K. GOPALAN	6,6859.57%	78.9%
BEYPORE	CPMK. MOOSAKUTTY	INCP. SURESWARAN MASTER	8,57711.30%	73.3%
CALICUT- I	CPMN. CHANDRASEKHARA KURUP	INDK. GOPALAN	2,0732.83%	67.4%
CALICUT- II	IMLP. M. ABUBACKER	INDN. P. MOIDEEN	5,9548.44%	68.5%
CANNANORE	INDP. BHASKARAN	JNPM. PAVITHRAN	2,7413.94%	74.8%
CHADAYAMANGALAM	CPIK. R. CHANDRAMOHAN	INDG. CHANDRASEKHARAN UNNITHAN	7,83113.43%	71.0%
CHALAKUDI	JNPK. J. GEORGE	KECP. K. ITTOOP	4,7037.28%	74.3%
CHANGANACHERRY	KECC. F. THOMAS	INDK. J. CHACKO JOSEPH	10,06214.79%	75.0%
CHATHANOOR	INCC. V. PADMARAJAN	CPIJ. CHITHARANJAN	5,8028.21%	74.4%
CHAVARA	RSPBABY JOHN	INCK. SURESH BABU	6210.86%	82.1%
CHELAKARA	CPMC. K. CHAKRAPANI	INCT. K. C. VADUTHALA	2,1233.28%	71.1%
CHENGANNUR	INDS. RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI	CPMP. K. NAMBIAR	3,2915.07%	74.4%
CHERPU	CPIR. P. PRABHAKARAN	INCP. P. GEORGE	3,6705.72%	73.9%
CHITTUR	JNPK. KRISHNANKUTTY	INCMULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN	5,6437.90%	74.8%
COYALMANNAM	CPMT. K. ARUMUGHAN	INCM. P. THAMI	13,49418.97%	73.6%
DEVICOLAM	CPMG. VARADAN	KECKUMAR GANAPATHY	1460.23%	65.8%
EDAKKAD	ICSA . K . SASHEENDRAN	INDK. SUDDHAKARAN	7,54310.37%	80.0%
ERAVIPURAM	RSPR. S. UNNI	MULA. YUNUS KUNJU	7891.01%	75.5%
ERNAKULAM	INCA. L. JACOB	ICSP. C. CHACKO	7,1829.98%	69.2%
ETTUMANOOR	KECJE. J. LUKOSE	CPMVAIKOM VISWAN	6,2438.82%	77.4%
GURUVAYOOR	MULP. K. K. BAVA	INDV. K. GOPINATHAN	10,36317.11%	67.1%
HARIPAD	INCRAMESH CHENNITHALA	CPMP. G. THAMPI	4,5775.67%	82.0%
HOSDRUG	CPIK . T. KUMARAN	INCT. KUMARAN MASTER	9,58412.97%	71.1%
IDUKKI	INCJOSE KUTTIYANI	ICSP. P. SULAIMAN RAWTHER	4,3687.22%	60.9%
IRIKKUR	INDK .C. JOSEPH	JNPS. K. MADHAVAN	9,22413.06%	77.1%
IRINJALAKUDA	INDLONAPPAN NAMBADAN	INDJOSE THANICKAL	6,7669.89%	72.6%
KADUTHURUTHY	INDP. C. THOMAS	KECO. LUKOSE	5,9508.80%	75.9%
KALLOOPPARA	KECJT. S. JOHN	INDC. A. MATHEW	5,90210.70%	67.7%
KALPETTA	INDM. KAMALAM	JNPP. A. HARRIZ	10,87518.33%	63.0%
KANJIRAPPALLY	KECTHOMAS KILLAMPALLY	CPMMUSTAFA KAMAL	8,43712.35%	72.9%
KARUNAGAPALLY	INDT. V. VIJAYARAJAN	CPIB. M SHERIFF	3,6415.01%	80.7%
KASARAGOD	MULC. T. AHAMMAD ALI	BJPM. NARAYANA BHAT	8,01913.43%	73.7%
KAYAMKULAM	INDTHACHADY PRABHAKARAN	ICSM. K. RAGHAVAN	1660.24%	77.5%
KAZHAKUTTAM	INDM. N. HASSAN	CPMTHOPPIL DHARMARAJAN	1,1931.70%	71.3%
KILIMANOOR	CPIBHARGAVI THANKAPPAN	INDK. CHANDRASEKARA SASTRI	6,1459.84%	60.6%
KODAKARA	ICSC. G. JANARDHANAN	KECP. M. MATHEW	2,7503.94%	74.7%
KODUNGALLUR	CPIV. K. RAJA	INDKOLLIKKATHARA RAVI	3,4344.91%	75.3%
KODUVALLY	MULP. V. MUHAMMAD	JNPP. RAGHAVAN NAIR	3,7405.13%	75.4%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, May 1982?

Independent won 33 of 140 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, May 1982?

Turnout was 70.82% — 95.6 lakh of 1.35 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Kerala have?

Kerala has 140 assembly seats.