1978 elections in India
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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]
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]
Assam[edit]
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]
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 | 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]
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 | 100% |
Meghalaya[edit]
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[2] |
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.[3]
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.[4]
Mizoram[edit]
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[5] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh".
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Meghalaya 1978". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.