1978 elections in India

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

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Overall Result

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
25 February 1978 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress (R) Jalagam Vengala Rao Indian National Congress (I) Marri Channa Reddy IN-AP.svg
Arunachal Pradesh New State was created Janata Party Prem Khandu Thungan IN-AR.svg
Assam Indian National Congress Sarat Chandra Sinha Janata Party Golap Borbora IN-AS.svg
Karnataka President's Rule Indian National Congress (I) D. Devaraj Urs IN-KA.svg
Meghalaya All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson A. Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference Darwin Diengdoh Pugh IN-ML.svg
25 February 1978 Maharashtra Indian National Congress Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (I) Vasantdada Patil IN-MH.svg
Indian National Congress (U)
17 and 20 May 1978 Mizoram Mizo Union
(contested as Independent)		 C. Chhunga Mizoram People's Conference T. Sailo IN-MZ.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

PARTY [1] SEATSVOTES POLLEDVOTE % IN
NATIONAL PARTIESCONTESTEDWONFDVOTES%SEATS
1. 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 PARTIES
6. ADK909386910.19%6.22%
7. DMK20265470.03%4.12%
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
8. BCM20221230.01%1.53%
9. RPI1015000.00%0.69%
10 . RPK13011534970.27%6.03%
11 . RRP1016110.00%1.06%
INDEPENDENTS
12. IND6401559318528089.20%11.35%
Grand Total :153829481620150093

Arunachal Pradesh

India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1978.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Janata Party 66,90642.0817New
People's Party of Arunachal 48,07530.248New
Indian National Congress 7200.450New
Independents 43,28727.235New
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
1 Communist Party of India CPINational3554.0914.39
2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPMNational27115.6225.87
3 Indian National Congress INCNational1262623.6223.62
4 Indian National Congress (I) INC(I)National11588.789.84
5 Janata Party JNPNational1175327.5529.95
6 All India Forward Bloc FBLState300.094.28
7 Plain Tribals Council of Assam PTCState942.6032.54
8 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSPState600.448.85
9 All India Gorkha League IGLRegistered100.046.08
10 Revolutionary Communist Party of India RCIRegistered1041.4017.68
11 Socialist Unity Centre of India SUCRegistered400.072.29
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 Party 222594,754,11437.95%
Communist Party of India 63Steady2.svg148,5671.19%
Indian National Congress 21221,001,5537.99%
Republican Party of India 3122,4430.18%
Independents 10Decrease2.svg 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 Party 215995,701,39927.99%Increase2.svg 99
Indian National Congress 259695,159,82825.33%Decrease2.svg 159
Indian National Congress (Indira) 203623,735,30818.34%Increase2.svg 62
Peasants and Workers Party of India 88131,129,1725.54%Increase2.svg 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 129345,0081.69%Increase2.svg 8
All India Forward Bloc 63166,4970.82%Increase2.svg 1
Republican Party of India 252215,4871.06%Steady2.svg
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 232287,5331.41%Increase2.svg 2
Communist Party of India 481301,0561.48%Decrease2.svg 1
Independents 894282,864,02314.06%Increase2.svg 5
Total181928820,367,221100%

Meghalaya

Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)109,65428.9619.07 Increase2.svg2011 Increase2.svg
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC)94,36224.9210.75 Decrease2.svg1616 Decrease2.svg
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP)72,85219.2414 [a]
Indian National Congress (I) 5,4471.440
Communist Party of India 2,3610.620.05 Increase2.svg0Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)93,97024.8229.04 Decrease2.svg10 [b] 9 Decrease2.svg
Total378,646100.0060±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. [6]

bTwo 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. [7]

Mizoram

India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1978.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizoram People's Conference 52,64037.4722Increase2.svg22
Independents 87,83062.538Decrease2.svg16
Total140,470100.00300
Valid votes140,47098.71
Invalid/blank votes1,8381.29
Total votes142,308100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,93663.27
Source: ECI [8]

References

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