West Bengal assembly election, May 1982
294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 75.11% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
1,204
23 women, 5 elected
Turnout
75.11%
2.25 cr of 2.99 cr
Leading party
CPM
174 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 174 | -4 | 209 | 86,55,371 | 38.49% | +3.03 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 49 | +29 | 250 | 80,35,282 | 35.73% | +12.72 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 28 | +3 | 34 | 13,27,849 | 5.90% | +0.67 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 19 | -1 | 23 | 9,01,723 | 4.01% | +0.26 |
| INDIndependent | 11 | +1 | 448 | 15,71,098 | 6.99% | +0.06 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 7 | +5 | 12 | 4,07,660 | 1.81% | -0.81 |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 4 | +4 | 28 | 8,85,535 | 3.94% | — |
| SUCSUC | 2 | -2 | 34 | 2,32,573 | 1.03% | -0.44 |
| JNPJanata Party | 0 | -29 | 93 | 1,87,513 | 0.83% | -19.19 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1,29,994 | 0.58% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1,29,116 | 0.57% | +0.19 |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22,361 | 0.10% | — |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,268 | 0.01% | — |
- CPM174 (59%)
- INC49 (17%)
- FBL28 (10%)
- RSP19 (6%)
- IND11 (4%)
- CPI7 (2%)
- Others6 (2%)
- CPM174
- INC49
- FBL28
- RSP19
- IND11
- CPI7
- Others6
- CPM174
- INC49
- FBL28
- RSP19
- IND11
- CPI7
- ICS4
- SUC2
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
TITAGARH
won by 132 (0.20%)
Biggest victory
DANTAN
won by 35,638 (49.06%)
Highest turnout
KESHPUR
89.22%
Lowest turnout
KALIMPONG
32.31%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1977), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained216 (73%)
- Changed hands77 (26%)
- New seat1 (0%)
216 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 77 changed hands. 1 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
West Bengal, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- FBL
- RSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–150 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARHBETA EAST | CPMSUVENDU MANDAL | INCSARAT KUMAR ROY | 6,9419.51% | 83.9% |
| GARHBETA WEST | CPMANADI MALLA | INCMADAN MOHAN GURIA | 11,24614.36% | 81.7% |
| GHATAL | CPMGOPAL MANDAL | INCBAG NIMAI | 14,52517.84% | 86.5% |
| GOALPOKHAR | FBLMOHAMMAD RAMJAN ALI | BJPPURANMAL MAHESHWARI | 6,2689.26% | 59.4% |
| GOGHAT | FBLSHIBA PARSAD MALICK | INCMADAN MOHAN MEDDA | 10,77512.79% | 81.0% |
| GOPIBALLAVPUR | CPMDE SUNIL | INDSANTOSH RANA | 19,68823.81% | 81.6% |
| GOSABA | RSPGANESH MONDAL | INCSANDHYAKAR MONDAL | 9,86613.23% | 84.3% |
| HABIBPUR | CPMSARKAR MURMU | INCMASHI CHARAN TUDU | 4840.71% | 71.5% |
| HABRA | CPMNIRODE ROY CHOUDHURY | INCBIMAN DATTA | 8,3249.80% | 81.3% |
| HANSAN | INDTRILOCHAN MAL | INCASIT KUMAR MAL | 6,1749.46% | 71.3% |
| HANSKHALI | CPMSUKUMAR MANDAL | INCKSHOWNISH BISWAS | 6,9828.17% | 84.0% |
| HARIHARPARA | INCSK. IMAJUDDIN | CPMMONDAL MOZAMMEL HOQUE | 5,0725.86% | 82.7% |
| HARINGHATA | CPMNANIGOPAL MALAKAR | ICSDAS PHANI BHUSSAN | 13,21014.60% | 82.5% |
| HARIPAL | CPMBALAI BANDYOPADHYA | ICSCHANDERSEKHAR BANK | 14,96319.47% | 83.4% |
| HARISHCHANDRAPUR | INCABDUL WAHED | FBLSUBHASH CHAUDHURY | 9,28012.42% | 77.4% |
| HAROA | CPMKSHITI RANJAN MONDAL | INCGANGADHAR PRAMANICK | 16,57620.53% | 78.2% |
| HASNABAD | CPMAMIYA BHUSAN BANERJEE | MULSEKENDAR KAYAL | 9,89214.09% | 78.9% |
| HINGALGANJ | CPMSUDHANGSHU SEKHAR MONDAL | INCAMAL KRISHNA MISTRI | 17,38321.21% | 84.8% |
| HIRAPUR | CPMBAMAPADA MUKHERJEE | INCSHIBDAS GHATAK | 4,0906.46% | 62.6% |
| HOWRAH CENTRAL | INCAMBICA BANERJEE | INDSUDHIN KUMAR | 6,1698.98% | 67.9% |
| HOWRAH NORTH | INCASHOKE GHOSH | CPMCHITTABRATA MAJUMDAR | 4,4405.82% | 66.1% |
| HOWRAH SOUTH | CPMPRALAY TALUKDAR | INCAMIYA KUMAR DUTTA | 3,4065.04% | 62.4% |
| HURA | CPMAMBARISH MUKHERJEE | ICSBHOLA NATH MAHATO | 7,43510.58% | 74.1% |
| INDAS | CPMBADAN BORA | INCGOUR CH. LOHAR | 13,30017.28% | 82.2% |
| INDPUR | CPIBAURI MADAN | INCBINODE BEHARI MAJI | 7,47110.08% | 72.2% |
| ISLAMPUR | INCCHOUDHARY MD. ABDULKARIM | CPMMD. FAIUKAZAM | 7,74211.23% | 66.7% |
| ITAHAR | ICSABEDIN ZAINAL | CPICHATTERJEE BASANTA LAL | 7,1578.95% | 80.4% |
| JADAVPUR | CPMSANKAR GUPTA | INCSACHIN MUKHERJEE | 33,35434.59% | 71.7% |
| JAGATBALLAVPUR | CPMM.ANSARUDDIN | INDNEMAI POREL | 15,79619.79% | 72.1% |
| JAGATDAL | FBLNIHAR BASU | INCMRIGEN LAHIRY | 20,01926.43% | 70.2% |
| JAIPUR | INCSANTI RAM MAHATO | FBLHARI PADA MAHATO | 4,4537.61% | 59.9% |
| JALANGI | CPMATAHAR RAHAMAN | ICSAZIZUR RAHAMAN | 7,2097.31% | 87.0% |
| JALPAIGURI | FBLNIRMAL BOSE | INCANUPAM SEN | 1,1361.58% | 76.8% |
| JAMALPUR | INDSUNIL SANTRA | ICSPURANJOY PRAMANIK | 13,69416.17% | 82.0% |
| JAMURIA | CPMBIKASH CHOWDHURY | ICSPRADIP BHATTACHARYA | 5,6838.21% | 67.1% |
| JANGIPARA | CPMMANINDRA NATH JANA | INCGANESH CHANDRA HATUI | 13,35916.88% | 77.2% |
| JANGIPUR | INCHABIBUR RAHAMAN | INDBADARUDDIN AHMED | 9,58512.63% | 71.4% |
| JHALDA | INCSUBHAS CHANDRA MAHATO | FBLSATYA RANJAN MAHATO | 4,4656.89% | 67.4% |
| JHARGRAM | CPMABANI BHUSAN SATPATI | INCBIRENDRA BIJOY MAHATA DEB | 16,02119.60% | 77.4% |
| JORABAGAN | INCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | CPMSARALA MAHESHWARI | 15,71027.84% | 58.0% |
| JORASANKO | INCDEOKINNANDAN PODDAR | FBLSHYAM SUNDAR GUPTA | 3,6218.11% | 57.3% |
| JOYNAGAR | SUCDEVA PRASAD SARKAR | ICSKUMUD BHATTACHERJEE | 4100.51% | 81.4% |
| KABITIRTHA | FBLKALIMUDDIN SHAMS | ICSSAUGATA ROY | 6,5269.13% | 63.1% |
| KAKDWIP | CPMHRISHIKESH MAITY | INCBASUDEV SAUTYA | 10,24714.00% | 83.7% |
| KALCHINI | RSPMANOHAR TIRKEY | INCKHUDIRAM PAHAN | 6,38410.85% | 70.0% |
| KALIACHAK | CPMPROMODE RANJAN BOSE | INCAHMMAD SHAMSUDDIN | 9,23210.46% | 82.4% |
| KALIAGANJ | INCNABA KUMAR ROY | CPMNANI GOPAL ROY | 8,10710.18% | 79.9% |
| KALIGANJ | RSPDEBSARAN GHOSH | INCSHIBSANKAR BANDYOPADHAYAY | 1,9952.64% | 78.6% |
| KALIMPONG | INDRENU LEENA SUBBA | INDBADRINAYARAN PRADHAN | 9,19432.23% | 32.3% |
| KALNA | CPMANJU KAR | INCSUDHIR GHOSH | 13,46415.98% | 81.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal 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 West Bengal assembly election, May 1982?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 174 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, May 1982?
Turnout was 75.11% — 2.25 cr of 2.99 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.
