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Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1978

The 4th Maharashtra legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
288
145 needed for a majority
Largest party
JNP
99 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
1,819
51 women, 8 elected
Turnout
65.67%
2.04 cr of 3.1 cr

The house

288 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

288SEATS
  • JNP99
  • INC69
  • INC(I)62
  • IND28
  • PWP13
  • CPM9
  • FBL3
  • RPK2
  • Others3

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Maharashtra assembly election (1972)

INC
-153
CPM
+8
PWP
+6
IND
+5

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
JNPJanata Party99—21537.1%57,01,39927.99%—26
INCIndian National Congress69-15325928.0%51,59,82825.33%-31.0277
INC(I)INC(I)62—20326.0%37,35,30818.34%—85
INDIndependent28+58944.5%28,64,02314.06%+1.38822
PWPPWP13+68818.2%11,29,1725.54%-0.1147
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)9+81241.2%3,45,0081.69%+0.922
FBLAll India Forward Bloc3+1637.6%1,66,4970.82%-1.581
RPKRPK2+22318.0%2,87,5331.41%+0.0712
RPIRPI202513.1%2,15,4871.06%-2.7116
CPICommunist Party of India1-1488.7%3,01,0561.48%-1.2541
SHSShiv Sena0-13513.7%3,69,7491.81%-0.0325
MULIndian Union Muslim League0-1524.4%88,6540.43%+0.260
HMSHMS0060.8%3,5070.02%-0.056

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Maharashtra at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1978

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
RALEGAONMaharashtraINC(I)DHURVE SUDHAKARRAO BAKARAMJIINCKERZERKAR DIGAMBAR HARIBHAU51,73871.37%
SIRONCHAMaharashtraINDMESHRAM BHAGWANSHAHA JIWANSHAHAINCTALANDI PENTA RAMA36,38470.85%
ARVIMaharashtraINDCHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDASJNPWAGH DHAIRYASHILRAO VINAYAKRAO52,27857.78%
KANDIVALIMaharashtraJNPUPADHYAYA HASMUKHBHAI VASANTRAYINCSURYAKANT MATLIYA38,88157.47%
KALMESHWARMaharashtraFBLGAIKWAD BHAGVANTRAO MANIKRAOJNPWANKHEDE CHANDRASHEKHAR SANTOSHRAO43,32355.72%
PATANMaharashtraJNPDESAI DAULATRAO SHRIPATRAOINC(I)DESAI BHAGVANTRAO ANANDRAO40,93455.23%
CHANDURMaharashtraINC(I)SAVALAKHE SUDHAKAR RAMCHANDRAJNPADSAD ARUN JANRDAN39,96653.93%
MORSHIMaharashtraINC(I)ANDE MANADEORAO SADASHIOJNPGANDHI GIRISH MANIKLALJI38,11753.43%
YAVATMALMaharashtraINDDHOTE JAMBUWANTRAO BAPARAOJNPGILANI WALIMAHAMAD NOORMAHAMAD39,95453.01%
VANDREMaharashtraJNPVARDE SADANAND SHANKARINCPAI PRABHAKAR SANJEEV34,36352.78%

Closest results of Feb 1978

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
HADGAONMaharashtraJNPPAWAR NIWRUTTIRAO MAHADJIINCSHINDE BAPURAO SHIWRAM60.01%
KARJATMaharashtraRPIKAMBLE BAJIRAO DASHRATHJNPBHARASKAR BABURAO MADHADEV240.04%
HINGOLIMaharashtraJNPGALANDE DAGDU YESHWANTRAOINC(I)DESHMUKH SAHEBRAO SHANKARRAO1210.18%
CHIKHLIMaharashtraINC(I)BONDRE JANARDAN DATTUAPPAINCBHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE1780.21%
NANDGAONMaharashtraINDNAHAR KANHIYALAL CHUNILALINCKAVADE BHANUDAS RAMCHANDRA2430.35%
CHOPDAMaharashtraJNPCHAUDHARI MADHAVRAO KAUTIKINCPATIL DHOUNDU UKHAJI3150.48%
AHMEDNAGAR SOUTHMaharashtraJNPKUMAR SAPTARSHIINCPAULBUDHE NATH JAYAWANT3480.51%
SOLAPUR CITY SOUTHMaharashtraJNPRONE BHIMRAO LAXMANRAOINC(I)KUCHAN RAJARAM SIDRAMAPPA3540.56%
SOUTH SOLAPURMaharashtraINC(I)DEVKATE ANANDRAO NARAYANJNPPATIL GURUNATH SHIVAPPA4490.72%
BHORMaharashtraINDJEDHE SAMPATRAO RAMCHANDRAINCANANTRAO NARAYAN THOPATE4980.78%