Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in the Indian state of Haryana in May 1982. No party gained a majority of seats. Incumbent Chief Minister Bhajan Lal of Congress staked claim to form government, was sworn in, and later proved his majority in the assembly. He remained the Chief Minister for the first 4 years of this assembly's term. For the last year, June 1986 to June 1987, he was replaced by Bansi Lal.

Results

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

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