1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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All 288 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 144 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– INC 69 -153 JP 99 New INC(I) 62 New PWP 13 +6 CPI 1 -1 CPI (M) 9 +8 AIFB 3 +1 RPI 2 0 RPK 2 New Independent 28 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1978, to elect the 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,^[1] Congress factions (u) and (i) formed the government

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	100%

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