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 51–100 of 140

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
KOLLENGODE	CPMC. VASUDEVA MENON	INDK. A. CHANDRAN	4,8856.56%	75.7%
KONDOTTY	MULP. SEETHI HAJI	IMLT. K. S. MUTHU KOYA THANGAL	16,78625.58%	70.0%
KONNI	CPMV. S CHANDRASEKHARAN PILLAI	INCP. J. THOMAS	1,3141.95%	77.2%
KOTHAMANGALAM	KECJT. M. JACOB	CPMT. M. MEETHAIAN	4,0625.29%	80.6%
KOTTARAKARA	KECR. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI	CPIE. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR	8,14412.04%	81.4%
KOTTAYAM	INDN. SRINIVASAN	CPMK. M. ABRAHAM	5,3387.29%	73.7%
KOVALAM	INDN. SAKTHAN NADAR	INCM. R. RAGHUCHANDBAL	3,3574.61%	70.2%
KUNDARA	INDTHOPPIL RAVI	CPMV. V. JOSEPH	4,1996.30%	77.4%
KUNNAMANGALAM	IMLK. P. RAMAN	INDA. BALARAMAN	1,6352.59%	74.8%
KUNNAMKULAM	CPMK. P. ARAVINDAKSHAN	INDK. P. VISWANATHAN*	1,2401.83%	71.2%
KUNNATHUNAD	INCT. H. MUSTAFFA	CPMP. P. ESTHOSE	5,4557.16%	82.4%
KUNNATHUR	INDKOTTAKUZHI SUKUMARAN	RSPKALLADA NARAYANAN	3,3904.37%	79.3%
KUTHUPARAMBA	CPMP . V. KUNHIKANNAN	KECC . M. MANI	15,46322.34%	75.3%
KUTTANAD	KECJK. C. JOSEPH	CPMG. SUCHAKARAN NAIR	2,9884.19%	80.2%
KUTTIPPURAM	MULKORAMBAYIL AHAMED HAJI	IMLT. K. AHAMED	18,25838.48%	58.6%
MALA	INCK. KARUNAKARAN	CPIE. GOPALAKRISHNA MENON	3,4104.96%	75.5%
MALAMPUZHA	CPME. K. NAYANAR	KECP. VIJAYARAGHAVAN	16,59627.67%	70.5%
MALAPPURAM	MULP. K. KUNNALIKUTTY	IMLM. MOHAMED SHAFFI	21,96441.81%	55.7%
MANALUR	INDV. M. SUDHEERAN	CPMA. S. N. NAMBISAN	2,5384.02%	74.8%
MANJERI	MULC. M. MOHAMMED KOYA	IMLK. K. MOHAMMED	19,65032.10%	68.1%
MANJESWAR	CPIA . SUBBA RAO	INCN. RAMAKRISHNAN	1630.30%	68.1%
MANKADA	MULK. P. A. MAJEED	IMLK. ABU HAJI	4,3636.68%	13.6%
MANNARKKAD	CPIP. KUMARAN	MULA. P. HAMZA	10,48615.25%	68.2%
MARARIKULAM	RSPA. V. THAMARAKSHAN	INDPACHADY SREEDHARAN	3,3993.90%	82.8%
MATTANCHERRY	MULK. M. HAMSA	IMLM. J. ZAKARIA	1,5582.86%	65.0%
MAVELIKARA	CPMS. GOVINDA KURUP	NDPN. BHASKURAN NAIR	1,1671.68%	75.6%
MEPPAYUR	IMLA . V. ABDURAHIMAN	MULA. C. ABDULLA	7,1879.00%	78.1%
MUVATTUPUZHA	KECJJOSEPH VARKEY	INDISSAC VARKEY	3,0574.28%	75.5%
NADAPURAM	CPIK . T. KANARAN	INCM. T. PADMA	2,2672.88%	79.7%
NARAKAL	INDP. K. VELAYUDHAN	CPMM. K. KRISHNAN	3,9835.66%	80.5%
NATTIKA	INDSIDHARTHAN KATTUNGAL	CPIP. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN	4810.79%	70.1%
NEDUMANGAD	CPIK. V. SURENDRANATH	INDS. VARADARAJAN NAIR	3,3414.63%	70.5%
NEDUVATHUR	CPMC. K. THANKAPPAN	KECT. KRISHNAN	4,0756.12%	76.3%
NEMOM	INCK. KARUNAKARAN	CPMP. FAKIR KHAN	3,3484.70%	73.3%
NEYYATTINKARA	JNPS. R. THANKARAJ	NDPR. SUNDARESAN NAIR	14,98020.96%	73.4%
NILAMBUR	INDT. K. HAMZA	INDARYADAN MUHAMMED	1,5662.18%	70.8%
NORTH WYNAD	INCK . RAGHAVAN MASTER	CPIK . K . ANNAN	6,91911.12%	66.7%
OLLUR	INCRAGHAVAN POZHAKADAVIL	ICSK. V. K. PANICKER	3,5195.49%	72.6%
OTTAPALAM	INDV. C. KABEER	INDP. BALAN	3,6956.27%	66.3%
PALAI	KECK. M. MANI	INDJ. A. CHACKO	12,61018.76%	74.2%
PALGHAT	INDC. M. SUNDARAM	INDN. A. KAREEM	3,1704.86%	67.7%
PALLURUTHY	ICST. P. PEETHAMBARAN MASTER	KECJEAPEN VARGHESE	160.02%	77.4%
PANDALAM	CPMV. KESAVAN	INDTHANNEERMUKKAM PADMANABHAN	1,9642.56%	77.8%
PARASSALA	INCN. SUNDARAN NADAR	CPMV. J. THANKAPPAN	2,7214.11%	69.4%
PARUR	CPISIVAN PILLAI	INDA. C. JOSE	1230.19%	78.7%
PATHANAMTHITTA	INDK. K. NAIR	INDK. V. JOSEPH	9,45914.14%	73.3%
PATHANAPURAM	KECA. GEORGE	CPIK. KRISHNA PILLAI	3,9285.57%	76.7%
PATTAMBI	CPIK. E. ISMAYIL	INCP. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN	2,1433.43%	68.7%
PAYYANNUR	CPMM. V. RAGHAVAN	INCT.V. BHARATHAN	15,96020.81%	75.6%
PEERMADE	INDK.K. THOMAS	CPIC. A. KURIAN	9,02914.61%	68.1%

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.