Elections in India in 1978
Elections in the Republic of India in 1978 included elections to seven state legislative assemblies.
Legislative Assembly elections
Andhra Pradesh
PARTY [1] | SEATS | VOTES POLLED | VOTE % IN |
NATIONAL PARTIES | CONTESTED | WON | FD | VOTES | % | SEATS |
1. CPI | 31 | 6 | 12 | 501452 | 2.49% | 23.40% |
2. CPM | 22 | 8 | 1 | 546262 | 2.71% | 34.65% |
3. INC | 257 | 30 | 130 | 3426850 | 17.01% | 19.48% |
4 . INC(I) | 290 | 175 | 18 | 7908220 | 39.25% | 39.69% |
5 . JNP | 270 | 60 | 36 | 5812532 | 28.85% | 31.52% |
STATE PARTIES | | | | | | |
6. ADK | 9 | 0 | 9 | 38691 | 0.19% | 6.22% |
7. DMK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6547 | 0.03% | 4.12% |
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES |
8. BCM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2123 | 0.01% | 1.53% |
9. RPI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 500 | 0.00% | 0.69% |
10 . RPK | 13 | 0 | 11 | 53497 | 0.27% | 6.03% |
11 . RRP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 611 | 0.00% | 1.06% |
INDEPENDENTS | | | | | | |
12. IND | 640 | 15 | 593 | 1852808 | 9.20% | 11.35% |
Grand Total : | 1538 | 294 | 816 | 20150093 | | |
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Karnataka
Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978[2] | Political Party | Contestants | Seats won | Seat change | Number of votes | Vote share | Net change |
| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 214 | 149 | | 5,543,756 | 44.25% | |
| Janata Party | 222 | 59 | | 4,754,114 | 37.95% | |
| Communist Party of India | 6 | 3 | | 148,567 | 1.19% | |
| Indian National Congress | 212 | 2 | | 1,001,553 | 7.99% | |
| Republican Party of India | 3 | 1 | | 22,443 | 0.18% | |
| Independents | | 10 | 10 | 940,677 | 7.51% | N/A |
| Total | | 224 | | ' | | |
Maharashtra
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978[3] | Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Number of Votes | % of Votes | Seat change |
| Janata Party | 215 | 99 | 5,701,399 | 27.99% | 99 |
| Indian National Congress | 259 | 69 | 5,159,828 | 25.33% | 159 |
| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 203 | 62 | 3,735,308 | 18.34% | 62 |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 88 | 13 | 1,129,172 | 5.54% | 6 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 | 9 | 345,008 | 1.69% | 8 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 6 | 3 | 166,497 | 0.82% | 1 |
| Republican Party of India | 25 | 2 | 215,487 | 1.06% | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 23 | 2 | 287,533 | 1.41% | 2 |
| Communist Party of India | 48 | 1 | 301,056 | 1.48% | 1 |
| Independents | 894 | 28 | 2,864,023 | 14.06% | 5 |
| Total | 1819 | 288 | 20,367,221 | 100% | |
Meghalaya
a The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.[5]
b Two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.[6]
Mizoram
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Mizoram People's Conference | 52,640 | 37.47 | 22 | 22 |
| Independents | 87,830 | 62.53 | 8 | 16 |
Total | 140,470 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 140,470 | 98.71 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 1,838 | 1.29 | |
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Total votes | 142,308 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 224,936 | 63.27 | |
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Source: ECI[7] |
References
- ^ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Warjri, Antarwell (March 2017). "Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. 3 (5): 206–218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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