Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1978

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Results

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e • d 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% Increase 99
Indian National Congress 259 69 5,159,828 25.33% Decrease 159
Indian National Congress (Indira) 203 62 3,735,308 18.34% Increase 62
Peasants and Workers Party of India 88 13 1,129,172 5.54% Increase 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 9 345,008 1.69% Increase 8
All India Forward Bloc 6 3 166,497 0.82% Increase 1
Republican Party of India 25 2 215,487 1.06% Steady
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 23 2 287,533 1.41% Increase 2
Communist Party of India 48 1 301,056 1.48% Decrease 1
Independents 894 28 2,864,023 14.06% Increase 5
Total 1819 288 20,367,221

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Key Highlights of General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India PDF ([1])

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