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]
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Political Party
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No. of candidates
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No. of elected
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Number of Votes
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% of Votes
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Seat change
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| |
Janata Party | 215 | 99 | 5,701,399 | 27.99% |  99 |
| |
Indian National Congress | 259 | 69 | 5,159,828 | 25.33% |  159 |
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Indian National Congress (Indira) | 203 | 62 | 3,735,308 | 18.34% | 62 |
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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 |
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All India Forward Bloc | 6 | 3 | 166,497 | 0.82% | 1 |
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Republican Party of India | 25 | 2 | 215,487 | 1.06% |  |
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Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 23 | 2 | 287,533 | 1.41% | 2 |
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Communist Party of India | 48 | 1 | 301,056 | 1.48% | 1 |
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Independents | 894 | 28 | 2,864,023 | 14.06% | 5 |
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Total | 1819 | 288 | 20,367,221 | | |
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