| Election Name: | 1982 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1980 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 1982 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 20 |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,852 |
| Percentage1: | 32.3% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 13 |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,979 |
| Percentage2: | 35.0% |
| Party4: | Residents Association |
| Last Election4: | 9 |
| Seats Before4: | 9 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,501 |
| Percentage4: | 8.2% |
| Party5: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 10,348 |
| Percentage5: | 24.2% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Labour Party |
The 1982 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished second in each ward in the all-out election of 1979. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 17| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 42,094| style="text-align: right;" |