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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

140 seats · 65 changed party since 1980

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1982 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Independent — 33 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 26 seatsIndian National Congress — 20 seatsMUL — 14 seatsCommunist Party of India — 13 seatsKCJ — 8 seatsKerala Congress — 6 seats5 other parties — 20 seats71140of 140 seats
  • IND33
  • CPM26
  • INC20
  • MUL14
  • CPI13
  • KCJ8
  • KEC6
  • Others20

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INDIndependent3324%23,55,14124.6%417
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2619%17,98,19818.8%51
INCIndian National Congress2014%11,37,63211.9%36
MULMUL1410%5,90,2556.2%18
CPICommunist Party of India139%8,04,8698.4%25
KCJKCJ86%4,35,2004.6%12
KECKerala Congress64%5,59,9305.9%17
ICSICS64%4,97,6025.2%16
JNPJanata Party43%3,86,1474.0%13
IMLIML43%3,10,6263.2%12
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party43%2,63,8692.8%8
NDPNational Democratic Party (Indian)21%1,60,0441.7%5
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%2,63,3312.8%69

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1982 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1982 · selected
Majority 71
IND33CPM26INC20MUL14CPI13KCJ8KEC6ICS6JNP4IML4+2 more · 6 seats
1980 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1980 → 1982

1980 1982· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
12.1
24.6
19.4
18.8
17.0
11.9
7.2
6.2
7.8
8.4
4.9
4.6
5.2
5.9
INDCPMINCMULCPIKCJKEC

Seat change

1982 seats minus 1980 seats

seats lostseats gained
IND
5 → 33
+28
CPM
35 → 26
−9
INC
17 → 20
+3
MUL
14 → 14
0
CPI
17 → 13
−4
KCJ
6 → 8
+2
KEC
8 → 6
−2
ICS
0 → 6
+6
JNP
5 → 4
−1
IML
5 → 4
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1980 → 1982

share lostshare gained
IND
12.1% → 24.6%
+12.5%
ICS
0.0% → 5.2%
+5.2%
BJP
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
NDP
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
CPI
7.8% → 8.4%
+0.6%
KEC
5.2% → 5.9%
+0.6%
KCJ
4.9% → 4.6%
−0.4%
CPM
19.4% → 18.8%
−0.5%
KCP
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
MUL
7.2% → 6.2%
−1.0%

Biggest IND–CPM swings

Seats where the IND-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 1980 → 1982. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (IND share − CPM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward IND; to the left, toward CPM.

toward CPMtoward IND
Cannanore
+98.8%
Perinthalmanna
+94.5%
Udumbanchola
−93.8%
Calicut- Ii
+93.2%
Badagara
+88.4%
Guruvayoor
+81.7%
Kundara
+64.0%
Kottayam
+61.1%
Peermade
+56.0%
Vadakkekara
+56.0%
Irikkur
+55.3%
Udma
+55.1%

All constituencies · 1982

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1980