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 201–250 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYURESWAR | CPMDHIRENDRA LET | ICSKAMALAKANT MONDAL | 13,77120.63% | 71.9% |
| MEKLIGANJ | FBLSADA KANTA ROY | ICSNIREN CHOWDHURY | 12,43015.80% | 75.6% |
| MEMARI | CPMMOHARANI KONAR | INCSABYASACHI SAMANTA | 25,78728.27% | 79.5% |
| MIDNAPORE | CPIKAMAKHYA GHOSH | ICSSAMIR ROY | 7,7648.69% | 77.5% |
| MOYNA | CPMPULAK BERA | INCBHUSHAN CHANDRA DOLAI | 10,11711.78% | 84.6% |
| MUGBERIA | INDKIRANMOY NANDA | INCSAHOO PRASANTA | 9,98613.79% | 83.0% |
| MURARAI | INCMOTAHAR HOSSAIN | CPMMATIUR RAHAMAN | 3,2314.56% | 75.7% |
| MURSHIDABAD | FBLCHHAYA GHOSH | ICSDEDAR BAKSHI | 12,09413.08% | 80.8% |
| NABADWIP | CPMDEBI PRASAD BASU | INCSASTHI BHUSAN PAL | 14,20819.20% | 74.7% |
| NABAGRAM | CPMBIRENDRA NARAYAN RAY | INCPRADIP MAJUMDAR | 6,5748.26% | 77.3% |
| NADANGHAT | CPMS.A.M. HABIBULLAH | INCPARESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI | 16,07818.60% | 83.0% |
| NAGRAKATA | CPMPUNAI URAON | INCTUNA ORAON | 16,95522.02% | 71.2% |
| NAIHATI | CPMAJIT BASU | INCRANJIT BHATTACHARYYA | 9,85512.44% | 73.8% |
| NAKASHIPARA | CPMMIR FAKIR MOHAMMAD | INCNIL KAMAL SARKAR | 8,03911.58% | 81.0% |
| NALHATI | FBLSATTIK KUMAR ROY | INCSACHINANDAN SAU | 9,88416.44% | 69.1% |
| NANDANPUR | CPMCHHAYA BERA | INCASUTOSH CHAKRABORTY | 9,92313.81% | 83.5% |
| NANDIGRAM | CPIBHUPAL PANDA | INCRAMESH CHANDRA GHARAI | 9,25111.49% | 76.2% |
| NANUR | CPMBANAMALI DAS | INCSIB KINKAR SAHA | 9,34711.57% | 82.2% |
| NAODA | RSPJAYANTA KUMAR BISWAS | INCNASIRUDDIN KHAN | 8,3729.37% | 83.9% |
| NARAYANGARH | CPMBIBHUTI BHUSAN DE | INCKRISHNA DAS ROY | 10,88813.12% | 86.1% |
| NARGHAT | INDBANKIM BEHARI MAITY | INDSWADESH KUMAR MANNA | 28,40334.33% | 80.2% |
| NATABARI | CPMSIBENDRA NARAYAN CHOWDHURY | INCSANTOSH KUMAR ROY | 10,02012.46% | 88.3% |
| NAYAGRAM | CPMANANTA SAREN | INDLIBA CHAND TUDU | 6,7699.81% | 75.4% |
| NOAPARA | CPMJAMINI SAHA | ICSAPURBA BHATTACHARJEE | 12,12720.19% | 71.1% |
| ONDA | FBLANIL MUKHOPADHYAY | INCSAMBHU NARAYAN GOSWAMI | 6,4597.88% | 76.0% |
| PALASHIPARA | CPMMADHABENDU MAHANTA | INCKARTIC CHANDRA BISWAS | 4,8565.54% | 86.8% |
| PANCHLA | INCANWAR ALI SK. | FBLSANTOSH KUMAR DAS | 4,0804.81% | 80.3% |
| PANDUA | CPMCHAKRABORTY DEB NARAYAN | INCHAREN SINGHA ROY | 17,87820.28% | 82.2% |
| PANIHATI | CPMGOPAL KRISHNA BHATTACHARYYA | INCTAPAN CHATTOPADHYAY | 13,98415.35% | 72.5% |
| PANSKURA EAST | INDSWADESRANJAN MAJI | ICSBIPLAB ROY CHOWHURY | 11,07815.10% | 76.4% |
| PANSKURA WEST | CPIOMAR ALI | INCJYOTI KUMAR ROY | 19,99226.99% | 79.1% |
| PARA | CPMGOBINDA BOURI | INCSARAT DAS | 8,38712.15% | 67.7% |
| PATASPUR | CPIKAMAKHYA NANDAN DAS MAHAPATRA | INCADHIKARY RADHANATHDAS | 9,84412.77% | 82.9% |
| PATHARPRATIMA | CPMGUNADHAR MAITY | INCANANTA KUMAR BERA | 5,0176.90% | 81.6% |
| PHANSIDEWA | CPMPATRAS MINZ | INCISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEY | 5,2865.85% | 70.7% |
| PINGLA | INDHARIPADA JANA | INCSUKUMAR DAS S/O SURENDRA | 6,4698.69% | 85.3% |
| POLBA | CPMBRAJO GOPAL NEOGY | INCKAMAL KUMAR MUKHERJEE | 8,67911.09% | 84.0% |
| PURBASTHALI | CPMMONORANJAN NATH | INCMANABENDRA KUMAR ROY | 8,75211.44% | 77.5% |
| PURSURAH | INCSANTI MOHUN ROY | CPMBISHNU PADA BERA | 4410.57% | 81.1% |
| PURULIA | ICSSUKUMAR ROY | CPMMAHADEB MUKHERJEE | 7,1429.33% | 71.9% |
| RAGHUNATHPUR | CPMNATABAR BAGDI | INCDURGADAS BOURI | 6,41010.71% | 64.7% |
| RAIGANJ | INCDIPENDRA BARMAN | CPMKHAGENDRA NATH SINHA | 1,7581.97% | 75.8% |
| RAINA | CPMDHIRENDRA NATH CHATTERJEE | INCCHOTTAPADHYAY SUKUMAR | 26,33132.67% | 80.0% |
| RAIPUR | CPMUPEN KISKU | INCBHOBATOSH SAREN | 12,71515.28% | 77.6% |
| RAJARHAT | CPMRABINDRA NATH MANDAL | INCTANMOY MONDAL | 16,04018.12% | 76.5% |
| RAJNAGAR | FBLSIDDHESWAR MANDAL | INCSUBHENDU MONDAL | 3,3474.29% | 75.5% |
| RAMNAGAR | INCABANTI MISHRA | INDDAS MAHAPATRA BALAI LAL | 1,1721.57% | 71.9% |
| RAMPURHAT | FBLSASANKA SEKHAR MONDAL | INCANANDA GOPAL ROY | 10,39515.56% | 68.0% |
| RANAGHAT EAST | CPMSATISH BISWAS | INDNITAI PADA SARKAR | 13,54516.47% | 77.9% |
| RANAGHAT WEST | CPMGOURCHANDRA KUNDU | INCBENOY CHATERJEE | 7,7929.12% | 79.3% |
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.
