1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1978, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1] Congress factions (u) and (i) formed the government
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
- "Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Missing or empty
|url=(help)Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.