The 1982 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 2, 1982, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats were held on June 8 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 22. Three incumbents were re-elected, but John Light Napier of the 6th congressional district was defeated in his bid for re-election and the open seat in the 5th congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation after the elections was three Republicans and three Democrats.
1st congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas F. Hartnett of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1981, defeated Democratic challenger W. Mullins McLeod.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Paul Cantrell 17,897 47.2 W. Mullins McLeod 17,285 45.5 Ben Frasier 2,765 7.3
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% W. Mullins McLeod 14,398 77.5 +32.0 Ben Frasier 4,174 22.5 +15.2
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
2nd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Floyd Spence of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1971, defeated Democratic challenger Ken Mosely.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Ken Mosely 16,561 44.4 Billy R. Oswald 12,395 33.2 Harvey W. Burgess 8,375 22.4
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Ken Mosely 17,800 57.4 +13.0 Billy R. Oswald 13,202 42.6 +9.4
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler Derrick of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1975, defeated Libertarian challenger Gordon T. Davis.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
4th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Carroll A. Campbell Jr. of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1979, defeated Democratic challenger Marion E. Tyus.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Republican hold
5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Kenneth Lamar Holland of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1975, opted to retire. John M. Spratt, Jr. won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican John S. Wilkerson in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% John M. Spratt, Jr. 28,472 38.2 John Winburn 19,865 26.6 Ernie Nunnery 19,522 26.2 Bill Horne 6,729 9.0
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% John M. Spratt, Jr. 30,859 54.9 +16.7 John Winburn 25,302 45.1 +18.5
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
6th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman John Light Napier of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1981, was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Robin Tallon.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Robin Tallon 35,841 46.9 Hicks Harwell 19,816 25.9 John W. Brassington 12,698 16.6 Charles McGill 8,124 10.6
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Robin Tallon 40,836 70.6 +23.7 Hicks Harwell 17,017 29.4 +3.5
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic gain from Republican
See also 1982 United States House of Representatives elections 1982 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina's congressional districts
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