Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1978
288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, 65.67% turnout.
Seats
288
Candidates
1,819
51 women, 8 elected
Turnout
65.67%
2.04 cr of 3.1 cr
Leading party
JNP
99 of 288 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Maharashtra
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JNPJanata Party | 99 | +99 | 215 | 57,01,399 | 27.99% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 69 | -153 | 259 | 51,59,828 | 25.33% | -31.02 |
| INC(I)INC(I) | 62 | +62 | 203 | 37,35,308 | 18.34% | — |
| INDIndependent | 28 | +5 | 894 | 28,64,023 | 14.06% | +1.38 |
| PWPPWP | 13 | +6 | 88 | 11,29,172 | 5.54% | -0.11 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 | +8 | 12 | 3,45,008 | 1.69% | +0.92 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 3 | +1 | 6 | 1,66,497 | 0.82% | -1.58 |
| RPKRPK | 2 | +2 | 23 | 2,87,533 | 1.41% | +0.07 |
| RPIRPI | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2,15,487 | 1.06% | -2.71 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | -1 | 48 | 3,01,056 | 1.48% | -1.25 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | -1 | 35 | 3,69,749 | 1.82% | -0.03 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | -1 | 5 | 88,654 | 0.44% | +0.26 |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3,507 | 0.02% | -0.05 |
- JNP99 (34%)
- INC69 (24%)
- INC(I)62 (22%)
- IND28 (10%)
- PWP13 (5%)
- CPM9 (3%)
- Others8 (3%)
- JNP99
- INC69
- INC(I)62
- IND28
- PWP13
- CPM9
- Others8
- JNP99
- INC69
- INC(I)62
- IND28
- PWP13
- CPM9
- FBL3
- RPK2
- Others3
Constituency performance
From the 288 results in Maharashtra
Closest contest
HADGAON
won by 6 (0.01%)
Biggest victory
RALEGAON
won by 51,738 (71.37%)
Highest turnout
KAGAL
83.65%
Lowest turnout
KAIJ
39.11%
Seat change
Against Maharashtra's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1972), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat288 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 288 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Maharashtra, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- JNP
- INC
- INC(I)
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 288 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHALPUR | INDBHOKARE WAMAN RAJIRAO | CPIDESHMUKH SUDAM ALIAS WAMAN DATTATRYA | 7320.91% | 74.0% |
| ADYAR | INC(I)TIGHARE VITHALRAO SAKHARAMJI | INDKATEKHAYE RAMKRISHNA ZIBALJI | 10,81614.13% | 72.9% |
| AHMEDNAGAR NORTH | INDSHELKE MARUTI DEORAM | INCMHASKE KISANRAO BALAJI | 16,64322.12% | 64.5% |
| AHMEDNAGAR SOUTH | JNPKUMAR SAPTARSHI | INCPAULBUDHE NATH JAYAWANT | 3480.51% | 67.5% |
| AHMEDPUR | PWPDESHMUKH KISHANRAO NANASAHEB | INCNAGARGOJE BHAGWANRAO KERBA | 2,7134.27% | 63.5% |
| AKKALKOT | JNPPATEL INAYATALLI IMAMSAHEB | INCMANE BABURAO TULSHIRAM | 15,61323.52% | 72.0% |
| AKOLA | INC(I)KHAN MOHAMMAD AZHAR HUSSAIN | JNPJAIN PRAMILA W/O SHRIPAL | 12,99718.03% | 66.3% |
| AKOT | INC(I)GANGANE SUDHAKAR RAMKRUSHNA | JNPTIDKE KASHINATH SHAMRAO | 12,50717.36% | 76.3% |
| AKRANI | JNPJADHAV SHANKAR FUGARA | INCUKHALDE GOSA RUPAJI | 6,21514.37% | 54.4% |
| ALIBAG | PWPDATTA PATIL | INCKHANVILKAR DATAJIRAO KRISHNANARAO | 13,23518.26% | 70.0% |
| AMALNER | JNPPATIL GULABRAO WAMANRAO | INC(I)DABHADE RAMDAS SUGRAM | 22,71429.48% | 66.0% |
| AMBAD | JNPBAPUSAHEB SAKHARAM SOLUNKE | INCANKUSHRAO RAOSAHEB TOPE | 7,18710.97% | 60.8% |
| AMBEGAON | INCKALE B. D. | JNPTEMGIRE KISAN SHRIPATI | 5751.13% | 59.0% |
| AMBERNATH | JNPPATIL JAGANNATH SHIVRAM | INCPATIL NAKUL PUNDLIK | 9,61713.78% | 57.3% |
| AMBOLI | JNPRAMESH SHETH | INC(I)INDULKAR PRATAP MAHADEO | 20,38426.12% | 58.3% |
| AMGAON | JNPSHIWANKAR MAHADEORAO SUKAJI | INC(I)BHAKTAWARTI DAYARAM DASHRATH | 6,5308.66% | 66.1% |
| AMRAVATI | INC(I)BHUYAR SURENDRA CHHATRAPAL | JNPMUNIRKHAN USMANKHAN | 18,21123.93% | 65.3% |
| ANDHERI | JNPNILKANT SAMANT | INC(I)SHARMA C.M. | 18,74722.34% | 57.7% |
| ARMORI | INDNARNAWARE DINAJI VITHOBAJI | INDWEAKEY SUKHADEOBABU PUNDALIK | 10,99016.83% | 62.1% |
| ARVI | INDCHUDIWALA SHIVCHAND GOWARDHANDAS | JNPWAGH DHAIRYASHILRAO VINAYAKRAO | 52,27857.78% | 76.5% |
| ASHTI | INCJADHAV LAXMANRAO VITHOBA | JNPJAGTAP ASRAJIRAO RAOJI | 2,4583.36% | 57.4% |
| AURANGABAD EAST | JNPGAWANDE RAMBHAU EKNATH | INC(I)KESHAORAO VISHWANATH AWATADE | 1,8082.54% | 57.9% |
| AURANGABAD WEST | INC(I)ABDUL AZIM | JNPKASHINATH NAVANDER | 15,48618.45% | 61.6% |
| AUSA | INCSONVANE KESAAV RAO SITARAM | INDPATIL MADHAVRAO SANTARAM | 9281.46% | 68.8% |
| BADNAPUR | INC(I)KOLKAR SHANKARRAO LIMBAJIRAO | JNPBUNDELE SHANKARSING GHAGANSING | 10,03715.36% | 58.4% |
| BADNERA | INC(I)YADAO MANGALDAS BHOLARAM | INDDHEPE PRAVIN PANJAB | 28,92041.70% | 71.7% |
| BAGLAN | INC(I)PAWAR LAXMAN TOTRAM | JNPPIMPALSE VASANTRAO BHURAJI | 15,61425.15% | 64.3% |
| BALAPUR | INC(I)GUJARATHI PRAKASHCHANDRA ALIAS BANDUSETH | JNPAKBAR VAKIL SHEIKH ABDAR | 4,0355.71% | 68.5% |
| BARAMATI | INCPAWAR SHARADCHANDRA GOVINDRAO | JNPMORE VIJAY HANUMANTRAO | 18,63822.49% | 78.4% |
| BARSHI | INCDESHMUKH KRISHNARAO NANASAHEB | JNPSURANA PANNALAL PREMRAJ | 5,7928.41% | 74.3% |
| BASMATH | JNPDESHMUKH PANDITRAO RAMRAO | INCKUSALE NARAYANRAO GIRJAJI | 9,44815.26% | 55.9% |
| BEED | JNPNAWLE AADINATH LIMBAJI | INCKSHIRSAGAR KESHARBAI SONAJIRAO | 12,57020.06% | 53.0% |
| BELAPUR | JNPBHOIR GAUTAM POSHA | INC(I)BHAGAT BALAJI KATHOD | 13,80419.35% | 60.0% |
| BHADRAWATI | INC(I)NILKANTHRAO YESHWANTRAO SHINDE | JNPTEMURDE MORESHWAR VITHALRAO | 22,45927.08% | 72.3% |
| BHANDARA | INC(I)DUBE VITHALPRASAD SITARAM | INCSHENDE GOVINDA (DADA) RAMJI | 8,39111.21% | 77.3% |
| BHANDUP | CPMSANZGIRI PRABHAKAR PANDURANG | INCPATIL DINA BAMA | 28,15328.72% | 65.9% |
| BHAVANI PETH | JNPBHAI VAIDYA | INCKIRAD M. H. ALIAS BABANRAO | 14,75920.35% | 66.5% |
| BHILWADI WANGI | INCCHAVAN SAMPATRAO ANNASAHEB | PWPLAD GANAPATI DADA | 22,32226.83% | 77.4% |
| BHIWANDI | INDTAWARE PARSHURAM DHONDU | INC(I)HEGDE PRABHAKAR MADHAVRAO | 2,1743.16% | 55.9% |
| BHOKAR | INDCHAVAN SHANKARRAO BHAURAO | INCDESHMUKH BALAJIRAO GOPALRAO | 11,25116.37% | 68.2% |
| BHOKARDAN | JNPVITHALRAO RAMSING PATIL | INC(I)HANUMANTRAO GAWANJI SAWANT | 15,80522.73% | 62.3% |
| BHOR | INDJEDHE SAMPATRAO RAMCHANDRA | INCANANTRAO NARAYAN THOPATE | 4980.78% | 70.7% |
| BHUSAWAL | INCBHOLE DEVIDAS NAMDEO | INC(I)KHADKE PRAKASH JAGANNATH | 6,97910.30% | 56.7% |
| BILOLI | JNPPATNE GANGADHAR MAHALAPPA | INCCHAVAN BALWANTRAO AMRUTRAO | 8,77110.79% | 64.4% |
| BOPODI | INDL. T. SAWANT | INC(I)KADAM SHASHIKANT RAJARAM | 3,2776.20% | 60.2% |
| BORGAON MANJU | INC(I)APOTIKAR MANIKRAO RAMCHANDRA | PWPPATIL TRIMBAK PANDHARI | 25,05234.03% | 69.4% |
| BORIVALI | JNPRAM NAIK | INC(I)PATIL RAMAKANT PARSHURAM | 45,07750.10% | 63.6% |
| BRAHMAPURI | INC(I)BHENDARKAR BABURAO SHRAWANJI | RPIKAMBLE MAROTRAO RAKHADUJI | 32,66436.64% | 75.3% |
| BULDHANA | INC(I)PATIL SHIVAJIRAO BHIKU | INDPAWAR ATMARAM TOTARAM | 9,35111.51% | 73.9% |
| CHALISGAON | INCCHAVAN DINKAR DIWAN | INDJADHAV MADHUKAR GOMAJE | 14,56923.43% | 54.7% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Maharashtra alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.