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{{Short description|Elections in India in 1978}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name    = Elections in India
| country          = India
| previous_election = 1977 elections in India
| previous_year    = 1977
| election_date    = 1978
| next_election    = 1979 elections in India
| next_year        = 1979
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{{Politics of India}}
{{Politics of India}}


'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1978'' included elections to seven state legislative assemblies.
'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1978'' included elections to seven state legislative assemblies.
==Overall result==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date(s)
!State
!colspan="2"|Government before
!Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
!Elected Chief Minister
!Maps
|-
|rowspan ="5"|25 February 1978
|[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (I)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|[[Marri Channa Reddy]]
|[[File:IN-AP.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|colspan="3"|''New State was created''
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|[[Prem Khandu Thungan]]
|[[File:IN-AR.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Sarat Chandra Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|[[Golap Borbora]]
|[[File:IN-AS.svg|50px]]
|- 
| [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (I)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[D. Devaraj Urs]]
| [[File:IN-KA.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
|{{Full party name with color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}
|[[Williamson A. Sangma]]
|{{Full party name with color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}
|[[Darwin Diengdoh Pugh]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2" |25 February 1978
|rowspan="2" |[[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|Maharashtra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Vasantdada Patil]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (I)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Vasantdada Patil]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IN-MH.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Indian National Congress (U)]]
|-
|17 and 20 May 1978
|[[1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
|{{Full party name with color|Mizo Union}} <br/> (''contested as Independent'')
|[[C. Chhunga]]
|{{Full party name with color|Mizoram People's Conference}}
|[[T. Sailo]]
|[[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|}


==Legislative Assembly elections==
==Legislative Assembly elections==
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{{Main|1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''PARTY <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4047-andhra-pradesh-1978/|url-status=live}}</ref>'''
|'''PARTY <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4047-andhra-pradesh-1978/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060714/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4047-andhra-pradesh-1978/ |archive-date=15 May 2019 }}</ref>'''
| colspan="3" |'''SEATS'''
| colspan="3" |'''SEATS'''
| colspan="2" |'''VOTES POLLED'''
| colspan="2" |'''VOTES POLLED'''
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===Arunachal Pradesh===
===Arunachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Main|1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1978.svg]]
|party1=[[Janata Party]]|votes1=66906|seats1=17|sc1=New
|party2=[[People's Party of Arunachal]]|votes2=48075|seats2=8|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=720|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=43287|seats11=5|sc11=New
|total_sc=New
|invalid=5599
|electorate=224839
|source=ECI<ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2078.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127195039/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2078.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref>
}}


===Assam===
===Assam===
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|-
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|align="left"|'''Total'''||||'''224'''||||''''''||||
|align="left"|'''Total'''||||'''224'''||||''' '''||||
|-
|-
|}
|}
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! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
! colspan="2"| Seats
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
|-
!Votes
!Votes
!%
!%
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!+/−
!+/−
|-
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 109,654 || 28.96 ||19.07 {{Increase}}
| 109,654 || 28.96 ||19.07 {{Increase}}
| 20 || 11 {{Increase}}
| 20 || 11 {{Increase}}
|-
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}"|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}"|
| align="left" |[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (APHLC)
| align="left" |[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (APHLC)
|94,362
|94,362
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|16 {{Decrease}}
|16 {{Decrease}}
|-
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Hill State People's Democratic Party}}"|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Hill State People's Democratic Party}}"|
| align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HSPDP)
| align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HSPDP)
|72,852
|72,852
|19.24
|19.24
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|14{{ref label|alpha|a}}
|14{{ref label|alpha|a}}
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|-
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| align="left" |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| align="left" |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| 5,447 || 1.44
| 5,447 || 1.44


| bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
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| 0
| 0


| bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|  
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
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| 60 || ±0
| 60 || ±0
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |<small>Source: [[Election Commission of India]]</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |<small>Source: [[Election Commission of India]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3670-meghalaya-1978/|title=Meghalaya 1978|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}
{{note label|alpha|a}}<small> The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.</small><ref>{{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 & Social Science Studies |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=206–218}}</ref>
{{note label|alpha|a}}<small> The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.</small><ref>{{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 & Social Science Studies |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=206–218 |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=6 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506102130/http://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>


{{note label|beta|b}}<small>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.</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>
{{note label|beta|b}}<small>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.</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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|invalid=1838
|invalid=1838
|electorate=224936
|electorate=224936
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3655-mizoram-1978/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 13 July 2021}}</ref>
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3655-mizoram-1978/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 13 July 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}


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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External Links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}


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

Overall result[edit | edit source]

Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
25 February 1978 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress (R) Jalagam Vengala Rao Indian National Congress (I) Marri Channa Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh New State was created Janata Party Prem Khandu Thungan
Assam Indian National Congress Sarat Chandra Sinha Janata Party Golap Borbora
Karnataka President's Rule Indian National Congress (I) D. Devaraj Urs
Meghalaya All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson A. Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference Darwin Diengdoh Pugh
25 February 1978 Maharashtra Indian National Congress Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress (I) Vasantdada Patil
Indian National Congress (U)
17 and 20 May 1978 Mizoram Mizo Union
(contested as Independent) 		C. Chhunga Mizoram People's Conference T. Sailo

Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Janata Party66,90642.0817New
People's Party of Arunachal48,07530.248New
Indian National Congress7200.450New
Independents43,28727.235New
Total158,988100.0030New
Valid votes158,98896.60
Invalid/blank votes5,5993.40
Total votes164,587100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,83973.20
Source: ECI[2]

Assam[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
e • d 
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 Steady 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 Decrease 10 940,677 7.51% N/A
Total 224

Maharashtra[edit | edit source]

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

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 109,654 28.96 19.07 Increase 20 11 Increase
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) 94,362 24.92 10.75 Decrease 16 16 Decrease
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 Increase 0 Steady
Independents (IND) 93,970 24.82 29.04 Decrease 10[b] 9 Decrease
Total 378,646 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Mizoram[edit | edit source]

Main article: 1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mizoram People's Conference52,64037.4722Increase22
Independents87,83062.538Decrease16
Total140,470100.00300
Valid votes140,47098.71
Invalid/blank votes1,8381.29
Total votes142,308100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,93663.27
Source: ECI[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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