1978 elections in India

Elections in India
1978

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

Overall result

Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
25 February 1978 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress (R) Jalagam Vengala Rao Indian National Congress (I) Marri Channa Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh New State was created Janata Party Prem Khandu Thungan
Assam Indian National Congress Sarat Chandra Sinha Janata Party Golap Borbora
Karnataka President's Rule Indian National Congress (I) D. Devaraj Urs
Meghalaya All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson A. Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference Darwin Diengdoh Pugh
25 February 1978 Maharashtra Indian National Congress Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (I) Vasantdada Patil
Indian National Congress (U)
17 and 20 May 1978 Mizoram Mizo Union
(contested as Independent)		 C. Chhunga Mizoram People's Conference T. Sailo

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Janata Party66,90642.0817New
People's Party of Arunachal48,07530.248New
Indian National Congress7200.450New
Independents43,28727.235New
Total158,988100.0030New
Valid votes158,98896.60
Invalid/blank votes5,5993.40
Total votes164,587100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,83973.20
Source: ECI[2]

Assam

Sl NoPartyAbbreviationParty-typeContestedWonVotes polled %Vote % in seats contested
1Communist Party of IndiaCPINational3554.0914.39
2Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPMNational27115.6225.87
3Indian National CongressINCNational1262623.6223.62
4Indian National Congress (I)INC(I)National11588.789.84
5Janata PartyJNPNational1175327.5529.95
6All India Forward BlocFBLState300.094.28
7Plain Tribals Council of AssamPTCState942.6032.54
8Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSPState600.448.85
9All India Gorkha League IGLRegistered100.046.08
10Revolutionary Communist Party of IndiaRCIRegistered1041.4017.68
11 Socialist Unity Centre of IndiaSUCRegistered400.072.29
12IndependentIND1525.6726.50
Total126
Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978

Karnataka

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978[3]
Political Party
 Contestants
 Seats won
 Seat change
 Number of votes
 Vote share
 Net change
Indian National Congress (Indira)2141495,543,75644.25%
Janata Party222594,754,11437.95%
Communist Party of India63Steady148,5671.19%
Indian National Congress21221,001,5537.99%
Republican Party of India3122,4430.18%
Independents10Decrease 10940,6777.51%N/A
Total224

Maharashtra

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978[4]
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Janata Party215995,701,39927.99%Increase 99
Indian National Congress259695,159,82825.33%Decrease 159
Indian National Congress (Indira)203623,735,30818.34%Increase 62
Peasants and Workers Party of India88131,129,1725.54%Increase 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist)129345,0081.69%Increase 8
All India Forward Bloc63166,4970.82%Increase 1
Republican Party of India252215,4871.06%Steady
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)232287,5331.41%Increase 2
Communist Party of India481301,0561.48%Decrease 1
Independents894282,864,02314.06%Increase 5
Total181928820,367,221100%

Meghalaya

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 109,65428.9619.07 Increase 2011 Increase
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) 94,362 24.92 10.75 Decrease 16 16 Decrease
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) 72,852 19.24 14[a]
Indian National Congress (I) 5,4471.44 0
Communist Party of India 2,361 0.62 0.05 Increase 0 Steady
Independents (IND) 93,97024.8229.04 Decrease 10[b]9 Decrease
Total 378,646100.00 60±0
Source: Election Commission of India[5]

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.

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizoram People's Conference52,64037.4722Increase22
Independents87,83062.538Decrease16
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

  1. ↑ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  5. ↑ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  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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