Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978

Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978
1978
All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Party INC(I) Janata Party
Seats won 149 59
Popular vote 5,543,756 4,754,114
Percentage 44.25% 37.95%
Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

 Chief Minister of Karnataka

D. Devaraj Urs
INC(I)

Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election, 1978 was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Riding on the popularity of the various social welfare measures initiated by Chief minister Devaraj Urs, the Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats. [1]

Results

 Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978[1]
Political Party
 Seats Contested
 Seats Won
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
Indian National Congress (Indira)2141495,543,75644.25%
Janata Party222594,754,11437.95%
Communist Party of India63148,5671.19%
Indian National Congress21221,001,5537.99%
Republican Party of India3122,4430.18%
Independents10940,6777.51%
Total22412,528,663

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India". Missing or empty |url= (help) Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India ()
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