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

**Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978^[1]**
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 PDF ()

Elections in Maharashtra

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