1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1978. It was the sixth election. Indira Gandhi formed new party INC(I). Indian National Congress (I) won 175 seats out of 294 seats. While, JP won 60 seats and Independent candidates won 15 seats.

Parties and alliances Alliance/PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress (Requisitionists)Kasu Brahmananda Reddy257Indian National Congress (Indira)Marri Chenna Reddy290Janata PartyGouthu Latchanna270Communist Party of India (Marxist)Puchalapalli Sundarayya22Communist Party of India31

Results Vote share

Seat share

Results by party +Source:PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress (Indira) 7,908,220 39.25 new 290 175 new Janata Party 5,812,532 28.85 new 270 60 new Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) 3,426,850 17.01 189 257 30 35.24 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 546,262 2.71 0.47 22 8 7 Communist Party of India 501,452 2.49 3.49 31 6 1 Other parties 101,969 0.50 N/A 28 0 N/AIndependents 1,852,808 9.20 23.02 640 15 42 Total20,150,093100.00N/A1,538294N/AVote statisticsValid votes20,150,09397.35Invalid votes548,6132.65Votes cast/ turnout20,698,70672.92Abstentions7,687,62827.08Registered voters28,386,334

Results by district +DistrictSeatsINC(I)JNPINC(R)CPICPMOTHSrikakulam12182001Vizianagaram12353100Visakhapatnam13533101East Godavari211262001West Godavari161600000Krishna171040021Guntur191041011Prakasam13920100Nellore111010000Chittoor151140000Kadapa11343202Anantapur141220000Kurnool13931001Mahbubnagar13831001Ranga Reddy6510000Hyderabad13450004Medak10701101Nizamabad9900000Adilabad9610001Karimnagar13811201Warangal13720010Khammam9412011Nalgonda12711030Total29417560306816

Results by constituency