1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
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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
- ^ a b "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India".
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