The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth presidential elections of India on 12 July 1982.

Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival Hans Raj Khanna who got 282,685 votes.

[1] Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.

Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member.

[3] Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[4]