1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
19 May 1982
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jyoti Basu Ananda Gopal Mukherjee
Party CPI(M) INC(I)
Alliance LF INC(I)+IC(S)+IUML
Leader since 1964 1982
Leader's seat Satgachhia Did not contest
Last election 35.46%, 178 seats New
Seats won 174 49
Seat change 4 49
Popular vote 8,655,371 8,035,272
Percentage 38.49% 35.73%
Swing 3.03 pp 35.73 pp
Alliance seats 238 53
Seat change 7 new parties
Chief Minister before election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

 Chief Minister after election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian National Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the state, as the Janata Party was disintegrating.

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