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| election_name = 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| country = India&lt;br /&gt;
| type = parliamentary&lt;br /&gt;
| ongoing = no&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_election = 1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_year = 1972&lt;br /&gt;
| next_election = 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election&lt;br /&gt;
| next_year = 1983&lt;br /&gt;
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
| majority_seats = 31&lt;br /&gt;
| election_date = 25 February 1978&lt;br /&gt;
| turnout = 67.18%&lt;br /&gt;
| opinion_polls = &lt;br /&gt;
| image1 =&lt;br /&gt;
| leader1 = &lt;br /&gt;
| leader_since1 = &lt;br /&gt;
| party1 = All Party Hill Leaders Conference&lt;br /&gt;
| alliance1 =&lt;br /&gt;
| leaders_seat1 =&lt;br /&gt;
| popular_vote1 = 94,362&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage1 = 24.92&lt;br /&gt;
| swing1 = 10.75 {{decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
| last_election1 = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats_before1 = 32&lt;br /&gt;
| seats_needed1 = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats1 = 16&lt;br /&gt;
| seat_change1 = 16 {{decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
| image2 = &lt;br /&gt;
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| leader_since2 = &lt;br /&gt;
| party2 = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| alliance2 =&lt;br /&gt;
| leaders_seat2 =&lt;br /&gt;
| popular_vote2 = 109,654&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage2 = 28.96&lt;br /&gt;
| swing2 = 19.07 {{increase}}&lt;br /&gt;
| last_election2 = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats_before2 = 9&lt;br /&gt;
| seats_needed2 = &lt;br /&gt;
| seats2 = 20&lt;br /&gt;
| seat_change2 = 11 {{increase}}&lt;br /&gt;
| map_alt = &lt;br /&gt;
| map_image = &lt;br /&gt;
| map_size = &lt;br /&gt;
| map_caption = &lt;br /&gt;
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister]]&lt;br /&gt;
| before_election = [[Williamson A. Sangma]]&lt;br /&gt;
| before_party = All Party Hill Leaders Conference&lt;br /&gt;
| posttitle = &lt;br /&gt;
| after_election = [[Darwin Diengdoh Pugh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| after_party = All Party Hill Leaders Conference&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was held on 25 February 1978.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|last=Warjri|first=Antarwell|date=March 2017|title=Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya|url=https://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf|journal=International Journal of Humanities &amp;amp; Social Science Studies|volume=3|issue=5|pages=206-218}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; No party secured a majority of seats in the election.  Following negotiations, a coalition government, known as the Meghalaya United Legislative Party, was formed between the [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]], the [[Hill State People&amp;#039;s Democratic Party]] and the [[Public Demands Implementation Convention]] (PDIC).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Due to an inability to reach agreement between the coalition parties, the position of Chief Minister was chosen by [[Sortition|drawing lots]]; subsequently, on 10 March 1978, [[Darwin Diengdoh Pugh]] was sworn in as the state&amp;#039;s second Chief Minister.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/11/18/former-meghalaya-chief-minister-d-d-pugh-dies-1226999313.html|title=Former Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Pugh dies|last=Staff|date=2008-11-18|website=Oneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Miriam D Shira from Garo Hills was the only woman elected to the legislature.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|last=Joshi|first=Hargovind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ug-LSwx5OsC|title=Meghalaya: Past and Present|date=2004|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-980-5|pages=292|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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== Results ==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| Parties and coalitions&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;| Popular vote&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| Seats&lt;br /&gt;
|- bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!Votes&lt;br /&gt;
!%&lt;br /&gt;
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]&lt;br /&gt;
!Won&lt;br /&gt;
!+/−&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)&lt;br /&gt;
| 109,654 || 28.96 ||19.07 {{Increase}}&lt;br /&gt;
| 20 || 11 {{Increase}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{All Party Hill Leaders Conference/meta/color}}&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; |[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (APHLC)&lt;br /&gt;
|94,362&lt;br /&gt;
|24.92&lt;br /&gt;
|10.75 {{Decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
|16&lt;br /&gt;
|16 {{Decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Hill State People&amp;#039;s Democratic Party/meta/color}}&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; |[[Hill State People&amp;#039;s Democratic Party]] (HSPDP)&lt;br /&gt;
|72,852&lt;br /&gt;
|19.24&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|14{{ref label|alpha|a}}&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Indian National Congress (I)/meta/color}}&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 5,447 || 1.44&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| 0 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot;| &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; |[[Communist Party of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2,361&lt;br /&gt;
|0.62&lt;br /&gt;
|0.05 {{Increase}}&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Steady}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| bgcolor=&amp;quot;{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)&lt;br /&gt;
| 93,970 || 24.82 ||29.04 {{Decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
| 10{{ref label|beta|b}} ||9 {{Decrease}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;font-weight:bold;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| Total&lt;br /&gt;
| 378,646 || 100.00 || bgcolor=&amp;quot;#E9E9E9&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| 60 || ±0&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; |&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Source: [[Election Commission of India]]&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3670-meghalaya-1978/|title=Meghalaya 1978|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 March 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
{{note label|alpha|a}}&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party&amp;#039;s representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note label|beta|b}}&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;Two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party&amp;#039;s representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Susmita Sen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRWKAAAAMAAJ|title=Regionalism in Meghalaya|date=2005|publisher=South Asian Publishers|isbn=978-81-7003-288-5|pages=118|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Meghalaya elections}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1978 State Assembly elections in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Meghalaya]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1970s in Meghalaya]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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