Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in May 1982, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and Thakur Ram Lal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
After the passing of the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, Himachal Pradesh was converted from a Union Territory to a State and the size of its Legislative Assembly was increased to 68 members.
Result
Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberPartyVotesRunner-up Candidates NamePartyVotes Kinnaur ST Thakur Sen Negi 12580Gopi Chand 9197 Rampur SC Singhi Ram 12776Ninzoo Ram 6285 Rohru None Satya Dev Bushehari 11890Pratap Singh Mukhia 6743 Jubbal-kotkhai None Ram Lal 20765Shyam Lal Pirta 3340 Chopal None Kewal Ram Chauhan 12307Radha Raman Shastri 8013 Kumarsain None Jai Bihari Lal Khachi 9641Bhagat Ram Chauhan 4902 Theog None Vidya Stokes 12947Mehar Singh Chauhan 8052 Simla None Daulat Ram 12314Anand Sharma 9369 Kasumpti SC Balak Ram Kashyap 8594Roop Dass Kashyap 7236 Arki None Nagin Chander Pal 8764Hira Singh 6545 Doon None Ram Partap Chandel 12236Narain Dass 5239 Nalagarh None Vijayander Singh 16500Arjun Singh 7259 Kasauli SC Raghu Raj 9672Kirpal Singh 3268 Solan None Rama Nand 6253Guru Dutt 3437 Pachhad SC Gangu Ram 9805Uchhbu Ram 5143 Raindka SC Prem Singh 10466Mohan Lal 4910 Shillai None Guman Singh Chauhan 12042Jagat Singh 9381 Paonta Doon None Kush Parmar 10099Milk Raj 7747 Nahan None Shyama Sharma 12926Sunder Singh 6032 Kotkehloor None Daulat Ram Sankhyan 6400Daulat Ram Sharma 5861 Bilaspur None Sada Ram Thakur 10445Partap Singh 8957 Ghumarwin None Narayan Singh Swami 11836Sita Ram Sharma 11350 Geharwin SC Ganu Ram 7477Rikhi Ram Kaundal 6901 Nadaun None Dhani Ram 9308Prem Dass Sharma 7478 Hamirpur None Jagdev Chand 14471Babu Ram 7857 Bamsan None Lashkari Ram 12862Ranjit Singh 9788 Mewa SC Dharam Singh 11814Amar Singh 9924 Nadaunta None Ram Rattan Sharma 10365Prem Chand Verma 8622 Gagret SC Sadhu Ram 11377Mehnga Singh 9906 Chintpurni None Hans Raj Akrot 9904Romesh Chander 8199 Santokgarh None Vijay Kumar Joshi 10589Kashmiri Lal Joshi 9371 Una None Des Raj 14707Ram Rakha 9515 Kutlehar None Ranjit Singh 7022Ram Nath Sharma 6244 Nurpur None Sat Mahajan 15384Kewal Singh 12085 Gangath SC Des Raj 11751Dhinoo Ram 9048 Jawali None Rajan Sushant 11669Sujan Singh Pathaania 11141 Guler None Chander Kumar 8867Harbans Singh Rana 5775 Jaswan None Agya Ram Thakur 10147Sarla Sharma 8598 Pragpur SC Virender Kumar 9241Yog Raj 7503 Jawalamukhi None Kashmir Singh Rana 9350Mela Ram Saver 7472 Thural None Chandresh Kumari 7423Santosh Kumar 6742 Rajgir SC Milkhi Ram Goma 9358Shambhu Ram 6717 Baijnath None Sant Ram 10346Milkhi Ram 4202 Palampur None Sarwan Kumar 10508Kunj Bihari Lal 8762 Sulah None Shanta Kumar 11857Man Chand 8708 Nagrota None Ram Chand 12618Hardyal 9254 Shahpur None Vijai Singh 11301Ajit Paul 6386 Dharamsala None Brij Lal 9513Mool Raj Sharma 6971 Kangra None Vidya Sagar 15097Surendar Paul 7388 Bhattiyat None Shiv Kumar 10796Amar Singh 7480 Banikhet None Des Raj Mahajan 12663Daulat Ram 6154 Rajnagar SC Mohan Lal 11927Vidya Dhar 11885 Chamba None Sagar Chand 12744Kishori Lal 9983 Bharmour ST Thakur Singh 7285Ram Charan 5474 Lahaul And Spiti ST Thakur Devi Singh 5636Surinder Chand 3446 Kullu None Kunj Lal 14967Raj Krishan Gaor 13425 Banjar None Maheshwar Singh 19243Dile Ram Shabab 11872 Ani SC Khub Ram 14599Isher Dass 11926 Karsog SC Mansha Ram 8992Sunder Singh 7422 Chachiot None Moti Ram 10733Karam Singh 10252 Nachan SC Dile Ram 11873Tek Chand 8745 Sundarnagar None Roop Singh 11560Lachhami Dutt 6520 Balh SC Piru Ram 12334Damodar Dass 11828 Gopalpur None Rangila Ram 17812Lila Devi Sharma 7130 Dharampur None Bhikham Ram 10310Om Chand 8782 Joginder Nagar None Gulab Singh 8586Rattan Lal 7928 Darang None Kaul Singh 12989Dina Nath 9189 Mandi None Sukh Ram 12517Kanhaya Lal 9845
See also List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1982 elections in India
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