1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in May 1982. No party gained a majority of seats.

1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

May 1982
All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Bhajan Lal Devi Lal Party INC(I) LKD Last election 3 seats New Party Seats won 36 31 Seat change 33 New Party Popular vote 1,845,297 1,172,149 Percentage 37.58% 23.87% Swing 20.43% New Party
Chief Minister before election Bhajan Lal INC Elected Chief Minister Bhajan Lal INC

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,845,297	37.58	36
	Indian National Lok Dal	1,172,149	23.87	31
	Bharatiya Janata Party	376,604	7.67	6
	Janata Party	157,224	3.20	1
	Communist Party of India	36,642	0.75	–
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	18,616	0.38	–
	Indian National Congress (Socialist)	398	0.01	–
	Independents	1,303,414	26.54	16
Total		4,910,344	100.00	90
Valid votes		4,910,344	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		87,091	1.74
Total votes		4,997,435	–
Registered voters/turnout		715,228	698.72
Source: ECIElectoral Commission of India

Elected members

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Kalka	71.64%	Lachhman Singh		Independent	22,544	39.68%	Sukhdev Singh		INC	15,006	26.41%	7,538
2	Naraingarh	74.80%	Lal Singh		Independent	18,091	34.63%	Jagjit Singh		INC	13,842	26.50%	4,249
3	Sadhaura	66.93%	Bhag Mal		BJP	20,981	40.08%	Parbhu Ram		INC	20,971	40.06%	10
4	Chhachhrauli	75.97%	Roshan Lal		LKD	17,493	33.07%	Abdul Rashid		INC	16,676	31.53%	817
5	Yamunanagar	70.20%	Rajesh Kumar		INC	16,289	29.24%	Kamla Verma		BJP	16,226	29.13%	63
6	Jagadhri	70.66%	Om Prakash Sharma		INC	20,639	41.28%	Brij Mohan		BJP	16,656	33.31%	3,983
7	Mulana	75.21%	Phool Chand		Independent	32,727	58.50%	Sher Singh		INC	18,394	32.88%	14,333
8	Ambala Cantt.	73.81%	Ram Dass Dhamija		INC	14,382	35.92%	Swami Agnivaish		JP	8,171	20.41%	6,211
9	Ambala City	69.50%	Shiv Prasad		BJP	21,847	47.38%	Sumer Chand		INC	18,646	40.43%	3,201
10	Naggal	77.48%	Nirmal Singh		INC	28,106	53.20%	Gurpal Singh		LKD	14,103	26.70%	14,003
11	Indri	70.20%	Lachhman		LKD	25,345	48.40%	Des Raj		INC	20,359	38.88%	4,986
12	Nilokheri	71.56%	Chanda Singh		Independent	18,874	37.11%	Shiv Ram		INC	15,141	29.77%	3,733
13	Karnal	69.70%	Shanti Devi		INC	30,267	56.62%	Ram Lal		BJP	17,618	32.96%	12,649
14	Jundla	57.05%	Sujan Singh		LKD	14,627	34.08%	Sagar Chand		INC	12,427	28.95%	2,200
15	Gharaunda	68.72%	Ved Pal		INC	12,646	23.89%	Om Prakash		Independent	11,898	22.48%	748
16	Assandh	57.17%	Manphool Singh		LKD	24,880	57.64%	Jogi Ram		INC	11,304	26.19%	13,576
17	Panipat	70.79%	Fateh Chand		BJP	26,467	47.46%	Kasturi Lal		INC	25,555	45.82%	912
18	Samalkha	70.64%	Katar Singh		INC	17,507	32.14%	Mool Chand		LKD	13,380	24.56%	4,127
19	Naultha	71.83%	Parsanni Devi		INC	17,152	32.49%	Satbir S/O Gaje Singh		LKD	16,713	31.66%	439
20	Shahbad	76.88%	Tara Singh		INC	19,507	36.09%	Raghubir Chand		BJP	19,276	35.66%	231
21	Radaur	72.43%	Ram Singh		Independent	21,759	43.78%	Lahri Singh		INC	15,265	30.72%	6,494
22	Thanesar	72.06%	Sahab Singh		LKD	22,893	43.23%	Om Parkash		INC	20,698	39.09%	2,195
23	Pehowa	73.81%	Piara Singh		INC	20,877	36.85%	Balbir Singh		Independent	18,928	33.41%	1,949
24	Guhla	70.12%	Dilu Ram		LKD	23,788	43.81%	Ran Singh		INC	19,884	36.62%	3,904
25	Kaithal	77.31%	Roshan Lal		Independent	20,996	40.39%	Davinder Shrma		INC	17,067	32.83%	3,929
26	Pundri	72.59%	Ishwar Singh		INC	22,392	42.26%	Bhag Singh		JP	21,837	41.21%	555
27	Pai	74.64%	Nar Singh Dhanda		LKD	24,816	45.61%	Tejender Pal Singh		INC	20,188	37.10%	4,628
28	Hassangarh	68.57%	Bananti Devi		LKD	30,344	60.78%	Anand		INC	16,683	33.41%	13,661
29	Kiloi	68.54%	Hari Chand		LKD	19,793	41.76%	Bhupinder Singh Hooda		INC	15,240	32.16%	4,553
30	Rohtak	72.07%	Mangal Sein		BJP	19,749	31.52%	Sat Ram Dass		INC	19,369	30.91%	380
31	Meham	69.81%	Devi Lal		LKD	36,324	62.87%	Har Sarup		INC	19,649	34.01%	16,675
32	Kalanaur	61.85%	Kartar Devi		INC	25,060	58.73%	Jai Narain		BJP	15,531	36.40%	9,529
33	Beri	64.50%	Om Parkash		LKD	27,536	57.74%	Dalip Singh		INC	15,347	32.18%	12,189
34	Salhawas	64.31%	Hukam Singh		Independent	15,746	31.92%	Ram Narain		Independent	14,551	29.50%	1,195
35	Jhajjar	55.85%	Banarasi Dass		LKD	24,163	53.61%	Mange Ram		INC	15,622	34.66%	8,541
36	Badli, Haryana	66.06%	Dheer Pal Singh		LKD	30,193	63.17%	Manphool Singh		INC	15,370	32.15%	14,823
37	Bahadurgarh	66.24%	Mange Ram S/O Daryao Singh		LKD	29,668	50.65%	Priya Vart		INC	19,477	33.25%	10,191
38	Baroda	71.77%	Bhalle Ram		LKD	36,159	64.94%	Sardara		INC	17,612	31.63%	18,547
39	Gohana	74.40%	Kitab Singh		LKD	32,372	51.30%	Ramdhari Gaur		INC	24,940	39.52%	7,432
40	Kailana	72.23%	Rajinder Singh		Independent	19,395	34.19%	Chander Singh		LKD	16,577	29.22%	2,818
41	Sonipat	67.24%	Devi Dass		BJP	24,890	45.84%	Mohan Lal		INC	16,813	30.97%	8,077
42	Rai	68.03%	Jaswant Singh		INC	27,542	50.36%	Maha Singh		Independent	24,515	44.83%	3,027
43	Rohat	67.62%	Bhim Singh		LKD	28,952	56.17%	Shanti Devi		INC	17,971	34.86%	10,981
44	Kalayat	68.57%	Jogi Ram		LKD	27,228	56.94%	Baldev		INC	16,760	35.05%	10,468
45	Narwana	81.58%	Shamsher Singh		INC	25,672	41.55%	Tek Chand		LKD	19,848	32.13%	5,824
46	Uchana Kalan	75.34%	Birender Singh		INC	30,031	50.26%	Desh Raj		Independent	20,225	33.85%	9,806
47	Rajound	75.55%	Daya Nand		INC	21,229	42.01%	Dharam Bir		LKD	17,035	33.71%	4,194
48	Jind	76.20%	Brij Mohan		LKD	27,045	46.75%	Mange Ram Gupta		INC	26,899	46.50%	146
49	Julana	72.47%	Kulbir Singh		LKD	17,880	34.59%	Shamsher Singh		INC	12,723	24.62%	5,157
50	Safidon	73.08%	Kundan Lal		INC	17,303	31.28%	Satvir Singh		LKD	10,335	18.68%	6,968
51	Faridabad	62.59%	Akagar Chand Chaudhry		INC	34,983	49.46%	Kundan Lal		BJP	23,039	32.57%	11,944
52	Mewla–Maharajpur	62.71%	Mahendra Pratap Singh		LKD	39,008	62.39%	Gajraj Bahadur		INC	16,217	25.94%	22,791
53	Ballabgarh	69.86%	Sharda Rani		Independent	22,176	34.61%	Rajinder Singh S/O Gajraj Singh		INC	18,165	28.35%	4,011
54	Palwal	70.64%	Kalyan Singh		INC	23,463	41.98%	Subhash Chand		Independent	15,232	27.25%	8,231
55	Hassanpur	67.02%	Gir Raj Kishore		LKD	21,259	39.88%	Gaya Lal		Independent	14,755	27.68%	6,504
56	Hathin	67.43%	Azmat Khan		JP	12,828	24.81%	Khillan Singh		LKD	12,655	24.47%	173
57	Ferozepur Jhirka	71.21%	Shakrulla Khan		INC	12,552	21.93%	Banwari Lal		Independent	10,450	18.26%	2,102
58	Nuh	65.38%	Chaudhary Rahim Khan		Independent	15,554	32.61%	Chaudhary Sardar Khan		INC	14,416	30.23%	1,138
59	Taoru	70.83%	Kabir Ahmad		INC	17,531	30.50%	Ravinder Kumar		Independent	13,687	23.81%	3,844
60	Sohna	67.97%	Vijay Vir Singh		Independent	18,432	33.11%	Gyasi Ram		INC	13,904	24.97%	4,528
61	Gurgaon	67.34%	Dharambir		INC	24,809	42.78%	Sita Ram Singla		BJP	16,610	28.64%	8,199
62	Pataudi	64.83%	Mohan Lal		INC	22,739	42.70%	Narayan Singh		Independent	21,942	41.21%	797
63	Badhra	66.25%	Chandrawati		LKD	21,905	40.71%	Attar Singh		INC	20,808	38.67%	1,097
64	Dadri	68.32%	Hukam Singh		LKD	20,943	39.61%	Jagjit Singh		INC	16,439	31.09%	4,504
65	Mundhal Khurd	74.19%	Balbir Singh		LKD	25,019	44.50%	Bir Singh		INC	23,261	41.37%	1,758
66	Bhiwani	65.77%	Sagar Ram Gupta		INC	24,697	48.26%	Ramesh Chander		BJP	18,789	36.71%	5,908
67	Tosham	66.63%	Surender Singh		INC	33,283	60.83%	Om Parkash		LKD	7,655	13.99%	25,628
68	Loharu	63.21%	Hira Nand		LKD	25,108	46.42%	Ram Narain Singh		INC	16,124	29.81%	8,984
69	Bawani Khera	67.87%	Amar Singh		LKD	24,298	44.68%	Jagan Nath		INC	22,963	42.22%	1,335
70	Barwala	73.11%	Inder Singh Nain		INC	19,766	34.46%	Joginder Singh		Independent	14,141	24.65%	5,625
71	Narnaund	74.72%	Virender Singh		LKD	24,564	44.39%	Sarup Singh		INC	16,552	29.91%	8,012
72	Hansi	69.24%	Amir Chand		LKD	20,934	38.11%	Hari Singh		INC	17,141	31.21%	3,793
73	Bhattu Kalan	72.17%	Sampat Singh		Independent	28,780	53.85%	Ran Singh		INC	21,717	40.63%	7,063
74	Hisar	69.62%	Om Parkash Mahajan		Independent	17,890	33.13%	Baldev Tayal		JP	14,320	26.52%	3,570
75	Ghirai	68.52%	Kanwal Singh		LKD	17,975	33.63%	Suresh Kumar Mittal		Independent	15,814	29.58%	2,161
76	Tohana	75.76%	Harpal Singh		INC	31,184	52.93%	Bakshi Ram		Independent	23,792	40.38%	7,392
77	Ratia	63.80%	Neki Ram		INC	17,342	37.55%	Atma Singh		LKD	17,144	37.12%	198
78	Fatehabad	70.89%	Gobind Rai		INC	29,118	48.37%	Harminder Singh		LKD	20,112	33.41%	9,006
79	Adampur	77.89%	Bhajan Lal		INC	42,227	68.06%	Nar Singh Bishnoi		LKD	17,515	28.23%	24,712
80	Darba Kalan	78.70%	Bahadur Singh		INC	30,572	49.21%	Jagdish		LKD	27,983	45.05%	2,589
81	Ellenabad	79.32%	Bhagi Ram		LKD	32,341	52.27%	Mani Ram		INC	26,523	42.87%	5,818
82	Sirsa	73.68%	Lachhman Dass Arora		Independent	18,458	30.61%	Mahavir Prasad Ratusaria		BJP	16,678	27.66%	1,780
83	Rori	74.93%	Jagdish Mehra		INC	32,921	56.83%	Partap Singh		LKD	21,101	36.42%	11,820
84	Dabwali	71.30%	Govardhan Dass Chauhan		INC	27,234	47.69%	Mani Ram		LKD	26,694	46.74%	540
85	Bawal	63.89%	Shakuntla Bhagwaria		INC	33,534	59.21%	Murari Lal		LKD	15,022	26.52%	18,512
86	Rewari	73.07%	Ram Singh		Independent	32,378	53.22%	Sumitra Devi		INC	23,662	38.90%	8,716
87	Jatusana	64.05%	Inderjeet Singh		INC	28,994	47.81%	Maha Singh		LKD	17,912	29.54%	11,082
88	Mahendragarh	74.01%	Ram Bilas Sharma		BJP	34,096	50.46%	Dalip Singh		INC	25,735	38.08%	8,361
89	Ateli	63.48%	Nihal Singh		Independent	27,298	47.16%	Bansi Singh		INC	27,105	46.83%	193
90	Narnaul	65.13%	Phusa Ram		INC	25,671	45.53%	Kailash Chand Sharma		BJP	18,298	32.45%	7,373

Controversy

In the 1982 election, the INC emerged as a single largest party with 36 seats but INLD and BJP has pre poll alliance and got 37 seats in total. As no party has clear cut majority, it resulted in a hung assembly and was left to governor's discretion to whom to call upon to form government.

G.D. Tapase (Governor of Haryana) first called on Devi Lal on 22 May 1982 (leader of INLD or LKD + BJP alliance) to prove his majority by morning of 24 May. But in mean time, Bhajan Lal fresh from his re-election as leader of the INC+Individuals(36+16=52) met the governor and was sworn in as Chief Minister.

But in election of 1987, haryana people gave a clear cut majority to LKD or INLD and BJP alliance with overwhelming majority of 76(60+16) out of 90 assembly seats whereas INC suffers a humiliating defeat and won just 5 out of 90 seats as compared 36 seats in last assemble election.

See also

• Girraj Kishore Mahaur