Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1978
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1978, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
Results
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Seat change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- 1 2 "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
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