1978 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 1978 included elections to seven state legislative assemblies.

Legislative Assembly elections

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Andhra Pradesh

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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

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Assam

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Sl No Party Abbreviation Party-type Contested Won Votes polled % Vote % in seats contested
1 Communist Party of India CPI National 35 5 4.09 14.39
2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM National 27 11 5.62 25.87
3 Indian National Congress INC National 126 26 23.62 23.62
4 Indian National Congress (I) INC(I) National 115 8 8.78 9.84
5 Janata Party JNP National 117 53 27.55 29.95
6 All India Forward Bloc FBL State 3 0 0.09 4.28
7 Plain Tribals Council of Assam PTC State 9 4 2.60 32.54
8 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP State 6 0 0.44 8.85
9 All India Gorkha League IGL Registered 1 0 0.04 6.08
10 Revolutionary Communist Party of India RCI Registered 10 4 1.40 17.68
11 Socialist Unity Centre of India SUC Registered 4 0 0.07 2.29
12 Independent IND 15 25.67 26.50
Total 126
Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978

Karnataka

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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

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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

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Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 109,654 28.96 19.07   20 11  
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) 94,362 24.92 10.75   16 16  
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) 72,852 19.24 14[a]
Indian National Congress (I) 5,447 1.44 0
Communist Party of India 2,361 0.62 0.05   0  
Independents (IND) 93,970 24.82 29.04   10[b] 9  
Total 378,646 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[4]

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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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizoram People's Conference52,64037.4722 22
Independents87,83062.538 16
Total140,470100.00300
Valid votes140,47098.71
Invalid/blank votes1,8381.29
Total votes142,308100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,93663.27
Source: ECI[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  3. ^ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  4. ^ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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