1978 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1977 elections in India 1977 1978 1979 elections in India 1979 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)Indian National Congress (R)Jalagam Vengala Rao Indian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (I)Marri Channa Reddy50pxArunachal PradeshNew State was createdJanata PartyPrem Khandu Thungan50px Assam Indian National Congress Sarat Chandra Sinha Janata Party Golap Borbora50px KarnatakaPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (I) D. Devaraj Urs 50pxMeghalayaAll Party Hill Leaders ConferenceWilliamson A. SangmaAll Party Hill Leaders ConferenceDarwin Diengdoh Pugh50px25 February 1978Maharashtra Indian National Congress 2Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (I)Vasantdada Patil50px Indian National Congress (Urs)Indian National Congress (U)17 and 20 May 1978MizoramMizo Union (contested as Independent) C. ChhungaMizoram People's ConferenceT. Sailo50px Legislative Assembly elections Andhra Pradesh 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election PARTY Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4047-andhra-pradesh-1978/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060714/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4047-andhra-pradesh-1978/ 15 May 2019 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 1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1978.svg Janata Party 66906 17 New People's Party of Arunachal 48075 8 New Indian National Congress 720 0 New Independents 43287 5 New New 5599 224839 ECIElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH https://web.archive.org/web/20130127195039/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2078.pdf 27 January 2013 Assam 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election 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 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka Election Commission of India yes |- 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;" | Indian National Congress (Indira) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||214||149||||5,543,756||44.25%|| |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party||222||59||||4,754,114||37.95%|| |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||6||3||||148,567||1.19%|| |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||212||2||||1,001,553||7.99%|| |- | Republican Party of India |align="left"|Republican Party of India||3||1||||22,443||0.18%|| |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||||10|| 10||940,677||7.51%||N/A |- | |align="left"|Total||||224|||| |||| |- |} Maharashtra 1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1978/Statistical_Report_1978_Maharashtra.pdf Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra Election Commission of India yes |- 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 |- | Janata Party |align="left"|Janata Party||215||99||5,701,399||27.99%|| 99 |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||259||69||5,159,828||25.33%|| 159 |- | Indian National Congress (Indira) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||203||62||3,735,308||18.34%|| 62 |- | Peasants and Workers Party of India |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||88||13||1,129,172||5.54%|| 6 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||12||9||345,008||1.69%|| 8 |- | All India Forward Bloc |align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||6||3||166,497||0.82%|| 1 |- | Republican Party of India |align="left"|Republican Party of India||25||2||215,487||1.06%|| |- | Republican Party of India |align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)||23||2||287,533||1.41%|| 2 |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||48||1||301,056||1.48%|| 1 |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||894||28||2,864,023||14.06%|| 5 |- | |align="left"|Total||1819||288||20,367,221||100%|| |- |} Meghalaya 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election 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)72,85219.2414alpha aIndian National Congress (I) 5,447 1.44 0 Communist Party of India2,3610.620.05 0Independents (IND) 93,970 24.82 29.04 10beta b 9 Total 378,646 100.00 60 ±0Source: Election Commission of Indiahttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3670-meghalaya-1978/ Meghalaya 1978 Election Commission of India 7 March 2020 alpha 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. beta 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.Gupta Susmita Sen https://books.google.com/books?id=MRWKAAAAMAAJ Regionalism in Meghalaya 2005 South Asian Publishers 978-81-7003-288-5 118 en Mizoram 1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1978.svg Mizoram People's Conference 52640 22 22 Independents 87830 8 16 0 140470 1838 224936 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3655-mizoram-1978/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram Election Commission of India 13 July 2021 References External links https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports Election Commission of India Category:1978 elections in 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