| Country: | Saint Lucia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Saint Lucian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 6 April 1987 Saint Lucian general election |
| Next Year: | 6 April 1987 |
| Seats For Election: | All 17 seats in the House of Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 9 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 1982 |
| Turnout: | 65.80% (2.21pp) |
| Image1: | John Compton 1986 (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | John Compton |
| Party1: | United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) |
| Popular Vote1: | 27,252 |
| Last Election1: | 43.79%, 5 seats |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Percentage1: | 56.18% |
| Swing1: | 12.39pp |
| Leader2: | Peter Josie |
| Party2: | Saint Lucia Labour Party |
| Last Election2: | 56.21%, 12 seats |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,122 |
| Percentage2: | 16.27% |
| Swing2: | 39.47pp |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Leader3: | Jon Odlum |
| Party3: | Progressive Labour Party (Saint Lucia) |
| Last Election3: | – |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | New |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,133 |
| Percentage3: | 27.07% |
| Swing3: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Prime Minister |
| Before Election: | Michael Pilgrim |
| Before Party: | Progressive Labour Party (Saint Lucia) |
| After Election: | John Compton |
| After Party: | United Workers Party (Saint Lucia) |
General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 May 1982.[1] The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 65.8%.