1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information
Assembly election in West Bengal
1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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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)
Leader since
1964
1982
Leader's seat
Satgachhia
Did not contest[a]
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
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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