1978 elections in India

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

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

Assam

Sl No	Party	Abbreviation	Party-type	Contested	Won	Votes polled %	Vote % in seats contested
1	Communist Party of India	CPI	National	35	5	4.09	14.39
2	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPM	National	27	11	5.62	25.87
3	Indian National Congress	INC	National	126	26	23.62	23.62
4	Indian National Congress (I)	INC(I)	National	115	8	8.78	9.84
5	Janata Party	JNP	National	117	53	27.55	29.95
6	All India Forward Bloc	FBL	State	3	0	0.09	4.28
7	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	PTC	State	9	4	2.60	32.54
8	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	RSP	State	6	0	0.44	8.85
9	All India Gorkha League	IGL	Registered	1	0	0.04	6.08
10	Revolutionary Communist Party of India	RCI	Registered	10	4	1.40	17.68
11	Socialist Unity Centre of India	SUC	Registered	4	0	0.07	2.29
12	Independent	IND			15	25.67	26.50
	Total				126
Source: Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978

Karnataka

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978^[2]
Political Party	Contestants	Seats won	Seat change	Number of votes	Vote share	Net change
Indian National Congress (Indira)	214	149		5,543,756	44.25%
Janata Party	222	59		4,754,114	37.95%
Communist Party of India	6	3		148,567	1.19%
Indian National Congress	212	2		1,001,553	7.99%
Republican Party of India	3	1		22,443	0.18%
Independents		10	10	940,677	7.51%	N/A
Total		224

Maharashtra

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978^[3]
Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Janata Party	215	99	5,701,399	27.99%	99
Indian National Congress	259	69	5,159,828	25.33%	159
Indian National Congress (Indira)	203	62	3,735,308	18.34%	62
Peasants and Workers Party of India	88	13	1,129,172	5.54%	6
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12	9	345,008	1.69%	8
All India Forward Bloc	6	3	166,497	0.82%	1
Republican Party of India	25	2	215,487	1.06%
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	23	2	287,533	1.41%	2
Communist Party of India	48	1	301,056	1.48%	1
Independents	894	28	2,864,023	14.06%	5
Total	1819	288	20,367,221	100%

Meghalaya

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	109,654	28.96	19.07	20	11
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC)	94,362	24.92	10.75	16	16
	Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP)	72,852	19.24		14^[a]
	Indian National Congress (I)	5,447	1.44		0
	Communist Party of India	2,361	0.62	0.05	0
	Independents (IND)	93,970	24.82	29.04	10^[b]	9

Total		378,646	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India^[4]

^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.^[5]

^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



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizoram People's Conference	52,640	37.47	22	22
	Independents	87,830	62.53	8	16
Total		140,470	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		140,470	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		1,838	1.29
Total votes		142,308	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		224,936	63.27
Source: ECI^[7]

References

^ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^ 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.
^ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

External links

"Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

[1] "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[3] "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[4] "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

[5] 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.

[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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