1978 elections in India

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

Overall result Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps25 February 1978Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress (R)Jalagam Vengala Rao Indian National Congress (I)Marri Channa ReddyArunachal PradeshNew State was createdPrem Khandu Thungan Assam Sarat Chandra Sinha Golap Borbora KarnatakaPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (I) D. Devaraj Urs MeghalayaWilliamson A. SangmaDarwin Diengdoh Pugh25 February 1978Maharashtra Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (I)Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (U)17 and 20 May 1978Mizoram (contested as Independent) C. ChhungaT. Sailo

Legislative Assembly elections Andhra Pradesh

PARTY SEATSVOTES POLLEDVOTE % INNATIONAL PARTIESCONTESTEDWONFDVOTES%SEATS1. CPI316125014522.49%23.40%2. CPM22815462622.71%34.65%3. INC25730130342685017.01%19.48%4 . INC(I)29017518790822039.25%39.69%5 . JNP2706036581253228.85%31.52%STATE PARTIES6. ADK909386910.19%6.22%7. DMK20265470.03%4.12%REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES8. BCM20221230.01%1.53%9. RPI1015000.00%0.69%10 . RPK13011534970.27%6.03%11 . RRP1016110.00%1.06%INDEPENDENTS12. IND6401559318528089.20%11.35%Grand Total :153829481620150093 Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Sl No PartyAbbreviationParty-typeContested Won Votes polled % Vote % in seats contested 1 Communist Party of IndiaCPINational 35 5 4.09 14.39 2Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM National 27 11 5.62 25.87 3 Indian National CongressINC National 126 26 23.6223.62 4Indian National Congress (I)INC(I) National 115 88.789.84 5 Janata PartyJNPNational 1175327.5529.95 6 All India Forward BlocFBLState3 00.09 4.28 7 Plain Tribals Council of AssamPTC State 942.60 32.54 8 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP State 60 0.448.85 9 All India Gorkha League IGLRegistered10 0.04 6.08 10 Revolutionary Communist Party of IndiaRCI Registered 1041.40 17.68 11 Socialist Unity Centre of IndiaSUC Registered 400.07 2.29 12IndependentIND 15 25.6726.50 Total 126 Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978

Karnataka

|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change |- style="background: #90EE90;" | |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||214||149||||5,543,756||44.25%||

|align="left"|Janata Party||222||59||||4,754,114||37.95%||

|align="left"|Communist Party of India||6||3||||148,567||1.19%||

|align="left"|Indian National Congress||212||2||||1,001,553||7.99%||

|align="left"|Republican Party of India||3||1||||22,443||0.18%||

|align="left"|Independents||||10|| 10||940,677||7.51%||N/A

|align="left"|Total||||224|||| ||||

Maharashtra

|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change

|align="left"|Janata Party||215||99||5,701,399||27.99%|| 99

|align="left"|Indian National Congress||259||69||5,159,828||25.33%|| 159

|align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||203||62||3,735,308||18.34%|| 62

|align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||88||13||1,129,172||5.54%|| 6

|align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||12||9||345,008||1.69%|| 8

|align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||6||3||166,497||0.82%|| 1

|align="left"|Republican Party of India||25||2||215,487||1.06%||

|align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)||23||2||287,533||1.41%|| 2

|align="left"|Communist Party of India||48||1||301,056||1.48%|| 1

|align="left"|Independents||894||28||2,864,023||14.06%|| 5

|align="left"|Total||1819||288||20,367,221||100%||

Meghalaya

Parties and coalitions Popular vote SeatsVotes%±ppWon+/− Indian National Congress (INC) 109,654 28.96 19.07 20 11 All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC)94,36224.9210.75 1616 Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP)72,85219.2414Indian National Congress (I) 5,447 1.44 0 Communist Party of India2,3610.620.05 0Independents (IND) 93,970 24.82 29.04 10 9 Total 378,646 100.00 60 ±0Source: Election Commission of India The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.

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.

Mizoram

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