Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1978

224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 69.94% turnout.

Seats

224

Candidates

1,165

30 women, 8 elected

Turnout

69.94%

1.25 cr of 1.79 cr

Leading party

INC(I)

149 of 224 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC(I)INC(I)	149	+149	214	55,43,756	44.25%	—
JNP Janata Party	59	+59	222	47,54,114	37.95%	—
IND Independent	10	+10	480	9,40,677	7.51%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	3	+3	6	1,48,567	1.19%	—
INC Indian National Congress	2	+2	212	10,01,553	7.99%	—
RPI RPI	1	+1	3	22,443	0.18%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	10	62,881	0.50%	—
ADK ADK	0	0	7	22,310	0.18%	—
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	0	3	16,437	0.13%	—
RPK RPK	0	0	7	15,795	0.13%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	1	130	0.00%	—

INC(I)149 (67%)
JNP59 (26%)
IND10 (4%)
CPI3 (1%)
INC2 (1%)
RPI1 (0%)

INC(I)149
JNP59
IND10
CPI3
INC2
RPI1

INC(I)149
JNP59
IND10
CPI3
INC2
RPI1

Constituency performance

From the 224 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

JAGALUR

won by 59 (0.10%)

Biggest victory

BASAVANAGUDI

won by 32,944 (51.99%)

Highest turnout

KIRAGAVAL

86.35%

Lowest turnout

DEODURG

45.49%

Vote share & turnout trend

Karnataka, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

INC(I)
JNP
IND
CPI

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–224 of 224

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
SRAVANABELAGOLA	INC(I)H. C. SRIKANTAIAH	JNPN. GANGADHARA	17,60524.84%	77.1%
SRINGERI	INC(I)B. RAMAIAH	JNPH. V. SRIKANTA BHATTA	14,25824.57%	76.8%
SRINIVASAPUR	INC(I)RAMESH KUMAR	INCR.G.NARAYANAREDDY	19,80036.57%	75.1%
SRIRANGAPATNA	JNPM.SRINIVAS	INC(I)C.L. GOVINDARAJU	1,4802.48%	77.9%
SULLIA	JNPA. RAMACHANDRA	INC(I)P. D. BANGERA	3,2746.04%	73.5%
SURATHKAL	INC(I)SUBBAYYA SHETTY	JNPJ. R. PAIS	14,24928.36%	73.4%
T. NARASIPUR	INC(I)VENKATARAMANA P.	JNPSREENIVASA PRASAD V.	7,72714.26%	68.5%
TARIKERE	INC(I)H. M. MALLIKARJUNAPPA	JNPH. R. BASAVARAJU	7,53812.15%	76.9%
TIKOTA	JNPPATIL BADUGOUDA BAPUGOUDA	INC(I)JIDDI SHIVARAYA ADIVEPPA	4,41810.79%	58.2%
TIPTUR	INC(I)V.L. SHIVAPPA	JNPM.R.RAMANNA	1,8282.99%	79.6%
TIRTHAHALLI	INC(I)KADILAL DIVAKARA	JNPKONANDUR LINGAPPA	17,86030.54%	76.7%
TUMKUR	INC(I)NAZEER AHMED	JNPMOHAMED GAIBAN KHAN	9,46614.89%	72.7%
TURUVEKERE	INC(I)K.H.RAMAKRISHNAIAH	JNPD.M. NANJAPPA	2,5234.26%	79.9%
UCHAGAON	INDPAWASHE PRABHAKAR ANAPA	INDNANDIHALLI PARASHURAM BHARAMAJI	7,17011.80%	73.0%
UDUPI	INC(I)M. MONARAMA MADHWARAJ	JNPSHRIDHARA M. KALMADY	8,08014.53%	76.7%
ULLAL	INC(I)U. T. FAREED	CPMP. RAMACHANDRA RAO	17,72933.53%	72.2%
UTTARAHALLI	JNPM.V. RAJASEKHARAN	INC(I)S.C. VENKATESH	3,1374.47%	67.4%
VARTHUR	JNPB.V. RAMACHANDRA REDDY	INC(I)H.T.SOMASHEKARA REDDY	9,31213.37%	69.2%
VEMGAL	INC(I)S.GOVINDA GOWDA	JNPC.BYRE GOWDA	9,76115.12%	81.1%
VIRAJPET	INC(I)G. K. SUBHAIAH	JNPPANIYERAVARA P. CHOMA	2,2694.35%	68.5%
VITTAL	CPIB. V. KAKKILAYA	JNPB. A. UMMARABBA	10,19217.04%	77.8%
YADGIR	INC(I)SHARNAPA NAGAPPA KALBURGI	JNPVISHWANATHREDDY RACHABNGOUDA	7,55014.81%	65.0%
YELAHANKA	INC(I)B.BASAVALINGAPPA	JNPD.MUNICHINNAPPA	5,0758.08%	67.7%
YELBURGA	INC(I)SHRILINGRAJ SHIVASHANKAR RAO	JNPSHANKARAPPA SIDDAPPA	17,94935.16%	62.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Karnataka alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1978?

INC(I) won 149 of 224 seats in Karnataka, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1978?

Turnout was 69.94% — 1.25 cr of 1.79 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?

Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.