Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978

Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election, 1978 was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Riding on the popularity of the various Social welfare measures initiated by Chief minister Devaraj Urs, The Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats. ^[1]

Results

**Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978^[1]**
Political Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Number of Votes	% of Votes
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	940,677	7.51%
Total		224	12,528,663

References

1 2 Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India PDF ()

Elections in Karnataka

Legislative Assembly elections	1951 1957 1962 1967 1972 1978 1983 1985 1989 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013

General elections	1951–52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

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