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 51–100 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDGAD | INDPATIL VITHALRAO BHAIRU | INCPATIL NARSINGRAO GURNATH | 8071.07% | 75.5% |
| CHANDRAPUR | INC(I)PUGLIYA NARESKUMAR CHUNNALAL | RPKDUMBERE RAJARAM TULSIRAM | 13,16116.42% | 68.4% |
| CHANDUR | INC(I)SAVALAKHE SUDHAKAR RAMCHANDRA | JNPADSAD ARUN JANRDAN | 39,96653.93% | 78.6% |
| CHANDWAD | JNPDAWAKHAR KISANRAO DAMODAR | RPIDEORE GYANDEO TUKARAM | 2,3323.60% | 68.3% |
| CHAUSALA | INCKOKATE BABURAO NARSINGRAO | PWPKADAM DNYANOBARAO BABURAO | 4,3526.59% | 54.1% |
| CHEMBUR | JNPADWANI HASHU PARASRAM | INCRUPAVATE PREMCHAND DAMODAR | 23,73131.06% | 61.6% |
| CHIKHLI | INC(I)BONDRE JANARDAN DATTUAPPA | INCBHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE | 1780.21% | 78.4% |
| CHIMUR | INC(I)SONWANE ADKUJI SHIWAJI | JNPKOREKAR GOPALRAO KESHAORAO | 30,68633.83% | 76.1% |
| CHINCHPOKLI | INDKAVISKAR SUHAS TULAJI | INDZUTE BHIKOBA DHONDIBA | 16,37825.79% | 55.1% |
| CHIPLUN | JNPSHINDE RAJARAM KESHAV | INCSHINDE VASANTRAO BALWANTRAO | 9,16515.21% | 69.8% |
| CHOPDA | JNPCHAUDHARI MADHAVRAO KAUTIK | INCPATIL DHOUNDU UKHAJI | 3150.48% | 69.8% |
| COLABA | JNPRANJIT BHANU | INC(I)VYAS MANJULA MUKUNDRAY | 13,63125.40% | 53.8% |
| DABHADI | INC(I)HIRAY BALIRAM VAMAN | JNPPATIL SHIVAJI NAMDEO | 7,88211.62% | 73.5% |
| DADAR | JNPHEMACHANDRA SHANKAR GUPTE | SHSMANOHAR GAJANAN JOSHI | 22,74827.04% | 70.6% |
| DAHANU | CPMCHAVAN SHANKAR MARYA | INCKADU MAHADEO GOPAL | 4,7108.57% | 50.9% |
| DAPOLI | JNPSAKPAL GANGARAM DAULAT | INCBALOSE RAMCHANDRA VITHAL | 16,29523.86% | 65.7% |
| DARWHA | INDMANDHANA HARINARAYAN RAMESHWAR | INCGHUIKHEDKAR VISHWASRAO BALKRUSHNA | 26,97635.54% | 75.3% |
| DARYAPUR | FBLBOBADE SHANKARRAO KRUSHNARAO | RPIGAWAI VASANTRAO SURYABHANJI | 25,34334.79% | 76.7% |
| DAUND | JNPTAKAVANE RAJARAM BAJIRAO | INCTHORAT KRISHNA RAMA | 8,27810.55% | 63.7% |
| DEOLALI | INDAHIRE BABURAO SOMA (BABLA) | RPIREPORTE BABURAO BHAGAJI | 23,13337.03% | 57.9% |
| DEVGAD | JNPVASANT SADASHIV SATAM | INCRAJABHAU MIRASHI | 24,72544.11% | 66.5% |
| DHARAVI | CPMSATYENDRA MORE | INCGAIKWAD VISHNU BABAJI | 20,40227.93% | 53.1% |
| DHULE | INC(I)KHOPADE KISANRAO MANIKRAO | INDNERKAR HIRAMAN DHUDKU | 8,00511.79% | 64.6% |
| DIGRAS | INDYEMADWAR NANASAHEB NARAYANRAO | INCMODHE SHIWAJI SHIORAM | 33,20540.27% | 76.8% |
| DINDORI | INC(I)GAIKWAD BHAGAWANT DHARMAJI | JNPAMRITA KASHIRAM GAIKWAD | 11,22020.02% | 55.5% |
| EDLABAD | INCPRATIBHA DEVISING PATIL | JNPASHOK DEVIDAS PHADKE | 6990.95% | 70.4% |
| ERANDOL | JNPPATIL MAHENDRASINH DHARMSINH | INC(I)WAGH PARWATABAI CHANDRABHAN | 6,5628.55% | 69.5% |
| GADCHIROLI | INC(I)MADAVI DEWAJI TANU | INDATRAM SATYAWANRAO RAJE VISHWESHWARRAO | 2,0893.49% | 60.3% |
| GADHINGLAJ | INC(I)CHALI SHIVLING SHIVYOGI | INCBATKADLI NAGAPA GURLINGAPA | 1,0431.32% | 78.9% |
| GANGAKHED | PWPGAIKWAD DNYANOBA HARI | RPINANDAPURKAR SATWAJI SADBAJI | 3,2987.39% | 44.3% |
| GANGAPUR | INCLAXMAN EKNATH MANAL | JNPASARAM SAKHARAM | 13,87723.84% | 46.7% |
| GEORAI | INCPANDIT SHIVAJIRAO ANKUSHRAO | JNPMINDHE RAMRAO RAOSAHEB | 14,94922.54% | 62.0% |
| GHATKOPAR | JNPPAREKH JAYANTILAL GAMBHIRDAS | INDDADIA UTTAMCHAND DOSABHAI | 28,19935.12% | 64.8% |
| GONDIA | INC(I)BAJPAYEE KAJKUMARI GOPALNARAYAN | JNPAGRAWAL RADHESHYAM HARISHCHANDRA | 18,69624.41% | 68.6% |
| GOREGAON | INC(I)NAGPURE GIRIJASHANKARSINH HEMRAJSINH | JNPRAHANGADALE PURANLAL DHARMANBHAU | 10,55613.46% | 76.3% |
| GOREGAON | JNPSAMANT PADMAKAR BALKRISHNA | SHSDESAI SUBHASH RAJARAM | 36,99848.43% | 62.7% |
| GUHAGAR | JNPNATU DR. SHRIDHAR DATTATRAY | INCNIKAM GOVIND SHIVAJIRAO | 19,72832.39% | 62.4% |
| HADGAON | JNPPAWAR NIWRUTTIRAO MAHADJI | INCSHINDE BAPURAO SHIWRAM | 60.01% | 71.2% |
| HAVELI | JNPPHUGE SOPAN TUKARAM | INCLANDAGE DNYANESHWAR PANDURANG | 10,90112.92% | 61.7% |
| HER | INDKAMBLE TRIMBAKRAO PANDURANG | INCKHADIWALE VITHALRAO BAPURAO | 1,0672.19% | 53.1% |
| HINGANGHAT | INC(I)KOLHE DEORAOJI ZOLBAJI | RPKHULKE PANDHARINATH VITHOBAJI | 35,44238.07% | 76.3% |
| HINGOLI | JNPGALANDE DAGDU YESHWANTRAO | INC(I)DESHMUKH SAHEBRAO SHANKARRAO | 1210.18% | 62.2% |
| ICHALKARANJI | CPMPATIL SHIVAGONDA PIRGONDA | INCAWADE KALLAPPA BABURAO | 12,52014.37% | 77.0% |
| IGATPURI | INC(I)WAGH BHAU SAKRU | JNPDAMASE MADHAVRAO SAKHARAM | 7,27013.87% | 50.5% |
| INDAPUR | INCPATIL SAHKARRAO BAJIRAO | INDAVATE GANAPT ABAJI | 11,78914.51% | 71.5% |
| JALAMB | PWPDHOKANE TULSHIRAM PANDHARI | INC(I)TAPRE BHAURAO NAMDEORAO | 1,3931.93% | 70.1% |
| JALGAON | INC(I)JAIN ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL | JNPSHIKH MO. ISMAIL IBRAHIM | 7,4159.93% | 64.7% |
| JALNA | INC(I)KISANRAO PANDHARNATH BHISE | JNPSYED ABDUL MAJEED SYED ABDUL HAKIM | 17,20826.02% | 58.3% |
| JAMNER | INDGARUD GAJANANRAO RAGHUNATHRAO | INCPATIL NARAYAN SONAJI | 2,4193.77% | 64.2% |
| JAOLI | INCBNILARE BHIKU DAJI | INDSABALE BALKRISHNA ANANT | 4,0945.62% | 69.0% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1978?
Janata Party won 99 of 288 seats in Maharashtra, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1978?
Turnout was 65.67% — 2.04 cr of 3.1 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Maharashtra have?
Maharashtra has 288 assembly seats.
