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The 1978 election to Borders Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 23 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 11 |  2 | 47.8 | 52.7 | 9,572 |  0.5 | |||
| Conservative | 9 | 2 | 39.1 | 16.2 | 2,953 | 4.2 | |||
| Liberal | 1 | 2 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 2,646 | 9.9 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 758 | New | |||
| SNP | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 524 | 1.0 | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.0 | 9.5 | 1,722 | 8.4 | |
Source: [1]
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