1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 South Dakota House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every South Dakota House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 70 seats
After the electionD 16 · R 54
Races28
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated8
Every district
D 15 · R 43
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Neil Gleason · Kent E. Frerichs (D) | 12.6 | |
| LD-2 | Joseph Barnett · R. Lars Herseth · David S. Lausten · Royal J. Wood (REP) | 2.4 | |
| LD-3 | Robert Weber · T. Loren Christianson (R) | 4.2 | |
| LD-4 | Dorothy M. Kellogg · Doris Kumm (DEM) | 11.0 | |
| LD-5 | Scott Heidepriem · Oscar William Hagen (R) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Mary K. Wagner · Sheldon Cotton (R) | 5.3 | |
| LD-7 | Gene Warkenthien · Dean Anderson (R) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Ron J. Volesky · Robert Eichman (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-9 | Juel Johnson · Sidney R. Knutson (R) | 7.5 | |
| LD-10 | Jerome B. Lammers · Andrew Wiese (REP) | 9.5 | |
| LD-11 | Keith Paisley · Shirley Halleen (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | Marvin Skie · Howard Kennedy (R) | 4.9 | |
| LD-13 | Roland Chicoine · Mary B. Edelen (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| LD-14 | Roland Vangerpen · Tarrel R. Miller (R) | 10.3 | |
| LD-15 | Francis R. Thieman · Loren Anderson (R) | 11.7 | |
| LD-16 | Albert Kocer · Douglas Cole (D) | 8.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-17 | Dean E. Wieczorek · Ralph Homan (R) | 5.5 | |
| LD-18 | James A. Burg · Malcolm C. McKillop (DEM) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Benny J. Gross · Gene Robbennolt (REP) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 | Walter L. Zabel · Gust Kundert (R) | 12.5 | |
| LD-21 | George E. Blair · Walter D. Miller (R) | 12.4 | |
| LD-22 | Eugene Christensen · Larry Gabriel (R) | 0.6 | |
| LD-23 | Richard Hagen · Wesley Elwood (D) | 20.5 | |
| LD-24 | Harold Sieh · William F. Cerny (REP) | 5.4 | |
| LD-25 | Joel Richenbach · Gordon R. Pederson (R) | 8.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-26 | Kay S. Jorgensen · Jim Hood (R) | 16.4 | |
| LD-27 | Don Ham · Knute Knudson (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | G. F. Mortimer · N. F. Lyon (R) | 5.0 |
South Dakota House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner