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

## Legislative Assembly elections[edit]

### Andhra Pradesh[edit]

Main article: 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

PARTY [1] | SEATS | VOTES POLLED | VOTE % IN

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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[edit]

Main article: 1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

### Assam[edit]

Main article: 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Sl No | Party | Abbreviation | Party-type | Contested | Won | Votes polled % | Vote % in seats contested

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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[edit]

Main article: 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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

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| 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[edit]

Main article: 1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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

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| 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[edit]

Main article: 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

Parties and coalitions  | Popular vote  | Seats

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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[edit]

Main article: 1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

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

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