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	The '''1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election ''' was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] on February 25 1978.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news \|last1=The Times of India \|title=Janata upswing in Assam and Arunachal \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/594712550 \|access-date=30 July 2024 \|date=24 February 1978\|id={{ProQuest\|594712550}} }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The [[Janata Party]] formed the first non-Congress government led by [[Golap Borbora]] with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]] was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he held the CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed [[President's rule]] in Assam.~~<~~ref name="eci1978"~~>~~{{cite web \| url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ \| title=STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978 \| publisher=Election Commission of india \| accessdate=28 November 2020}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name="assam"~~>~~{{cite web \| url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1985-91.html \| title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83 \| publisher=Govt. of Assam \| accessdate=29 November 2020}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The '''1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election ''' was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] on February 25 1978.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=The Times of India \|title=Janata upswing in Assam and Arunachal \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/594712550 \|access-date=30 July 2024 \|date=24 February 1978\|id={{ProQuest\|594712550}} }}</ref> The [[Janata Party]] formed the first non-Congress government led by [[Golap Borbora]] with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]] was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he held the CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed [[President's rule]] in Assam.<ref name="eci1978">{{cite web \| url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ \| title=STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978 \| publisher=Election Commission of india \| accessdate=28 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="assam">{{cite web \| url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1985-91.html \| title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83 \| publisher=Govt. of Assam \| accessdate=29 November 2020}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	The [[Navnirman Andolan]], which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in [[Gujarat]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement against corruption, a three week long [[Bihar]] rail strike led by socialist leader [[George Fernandes]], had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.~~<~~ref name="express"~~>~~{{cite web \| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/four-reasons-why-indira-gandhi-declared-the-emergency-5232397/ \| title=Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency \| publisher=[[Indian Express]] \| date=25 June 2018 \| accessdate=1 December 2020}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by [[Sanjay Gandhi]], son of the then [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] also created a lot of public outrage .~~<~~ref name="abp"~~>~~{{cite AV media \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJsaujUs3w \| title=Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News \| publisher=ABP News}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The [[Navnirman Andolan]], which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in [[Gujarat]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement against corruption, a three week long [[Bihar]] rail strike led by socialist leader [[George Fernandes]], had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.<ref name="express">{{cite web \| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/four-reasons-why-indira-gandhi-declared-the-emergency-5232397/ \| title=Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency \| publisher=[[Indian Express]] \| date=25 June 2018 \| accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref> The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by [[Sanjay Gandhi]], son of the then [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] also created a lot of public outrage .<ref name="abp">{{cite AV media \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJsaujUs3w \| title=Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News \| publisher=ABP News}}</ref>

	==Results==		==Results==
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| country = India
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| previous_election = 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''[[1972 elections in India|1972]]'''
| next_election = '''Assam Legislative Assembly election, 1983'''
| next_year = '''[[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983]]'''
| election_date = 1978
| seats_for_election = All 126 seats in the [[Legislature of Assam]]
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The '''1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election ''' was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]. The [[Janata Party]] formed the first non-Congress government led by [[Golap Borbora]] with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]] was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed [[President's rule]] in Assam<ref name="eci1978">{{cite web | url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ | title=STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978 | publisher=Election Commission of india | accessdate=28 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="assam">{{cite web | url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1985-91.html | title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83 | publisher=Govt. of Assam | accessdate=29 November 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
The [[Navnirman Andolan]], which erupted in December 1973 started on the issue of hike in fees for an engineering college in [[Gujarat]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement against corruption, a three week long [[Bihar]] rail strike led by socialist leader [[George Fernandes]], had destabilized the political atmosphere of India.<ref name="express">{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/four-reasons-why-indira-gandhi-declared-the-emergency-5232397/ | title=Four reasons why India Gandhi declared emergency | publisher=[[Indian Express]] | date=25 June 2018 | accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref> The sterilization program, which was tried to be implemented forcefully by [[Sanjay Gandhi]], son of the then [[Prime Minister of India |Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] also created a lot of public outrage .<ref name="abp">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJsaujUs3w | title=Pradhanmantri - Episode 12: Emergency in India, ABP News | publisher=ABP News}}</ref>

==Performance of political parties==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=65% border="1"
|-
!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 (Communist) | Socialist Unity Centre of India]]||SUC|| Registered ||4||0||0.07 ||2.29
|-
| 12||Independent||IND|| || ||15|| 25.67||26.50
|-
| ||'''Total'''|||| || ||'''126'''|| ||
|-
|align=left colspan=8|Source: [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3996-assam-1978/ Statistical Report on Legislative Assembly election of Assam, 1978]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:1978 State Assembly elections in India|Assam]]
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