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 101–150 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAT | INCSOHANI JAYANT ISHWAR | INDSANKPAL DILIP PANDURANG | 4,4708.35% | 50.9% |
| JAWHAR | CPMKURHADA BARKYA LAKHYA | INCBHOYE RAMCHANDRA GOPAL | 12,65022.85% | 49.5% |
| JINTUR | PWPRATHI GULABCHAND NANDLAJI | INC(I)BHAMBLE MANIKRAO KESHAORAO | 6261.15% | 51.9% |
| JUNNAR | INCKRISHNARAO MUNDHE | JNPJAGDISH PHULE | 7201.11% | 61.9% |
| KAGAL | INDGHATGE VIKRAM SINHA JAYSINGRAO | INDMANDALIK SADASHIV DADOBA | 11,43414.37% | 83.7% |
| KAIJ | INDSATPUTE BHAGUJI NIWARTE | INDTHORAT SHANRAO LAXMANRAO | 5,85612.26% | 39.1% |
| KALAMB | PWPGHODKE KUNDLIK EKNATH | RPIS. K. KADAM | 3,5516.39% | 55.0% |
| KALAMNURI | CPMMASKE VITHALRAO CHAMPATRAO | INCDESHMUKH SHIWAJIRAO SHANKARRAO | 19,93931.16% | 58.1% |
| KALMESHWAR | FBLGAIKWAD BHAGVANTRAO MANIKRAO | JNPWANKHEDE CHANDRASHEKHAR SANTOSHRAO | 43,32355.72% | 75.2% |
| KALVAN | INCPAWAR ARJUN TULSIRAM | JNPBAGUL BABULAL HIRAJI | 19,33336.12% | 55.6% |
| KALYAN | JNPKAPSE RAMCHANDRA GANESH | PWPKRISHNARAO NARAYAN DHULAP | 36,26137.86% | 67.6% |
| KAMPTEE | INC(I)BHOSLE TAJSINGRAO RAJELAXMANRAO | RPKRAI RAJNI KAUSHAL PRASAD | 25,49132.90% | 68.0% |
| KANDHAR | PWPKURUDE GURUNATHRAO MANIKRAO | INCBHOSHIKAR ISHWAR RAO NARAYANRAO | 10,40315.20% | 57.9% |
| KANDIVALI | JNPUPADHYAYA HASMUKHBHAI VASANTRAY | INCSURYAKANT MATLIYA | 38,88157.47% | 48.6% |
| KANNAD | JNPPATIL T. S. | INCPANDURANG SHENPHADU | 7,37510.66% | 60.5% |
| KARAD NORTH | PWPPAWAR KESHVRAO PATALOJI | INCKOTWAL BABURAO RAMCHANDRA | 8,29810.99% | 70.2% |
| KARAD SOUTH | INCMOHITE YESHWANTRAO JIJABA | PWPMOHITE SHANKARRAO PANDURANGRAO | 26,65734.82% | 69.9% |
| KARANJA | FBLARVIND KAMLKAR DESHMUKH | PWPKORPE WAMANRAO RAMKRUSHNA ALIAS DR. ANNASAHEB | 24,57835.68% | 74.3% |
| KARJAT | RPIKAMBLE BAJIRAO DASHRATH | JNPBHARASKAR BABURAO MADHADEV | 240.04% | 56.6% |
| KARMALA | INCJAGTAP NAMDEORAO MAHADEORAO | JNPDEVI GIRDHADAS VITHALDAS | 4,4887.38% | 71.7% |
| KARVIR | INCPATIL RAJARAM BABAJI | JNPPATIL DAYANDEO YASHWANT | 4,4555.55% | 72.2% |
| KASBA PETH | JNPLELE ARVIND DATTATRAYA | INCULHAS SHEDGE | 23,78027.78% | 74.1% |
| KATOL | INC(I)MANKAR MUKUNDRAO GOVINDRAO | JNPPAWADE MOTIRAM GULABRAO | 14,59320.28% | 76.6% |
| KAVATHE MAHANKAL | INCPATIL VITHAL SHRIPATI | JNPSAGARE APPASAHEB GANNAPATI | 20,17527.65% | 70.7% |
| KELAPUR | INC(I)MASRAM LAKHUJI MAROTRAO | JNPWAGH PURUSHOTTAM VITHALRAO | 29,93044.81% | 72.7% |
| KHALAPUR | INCPATIL BALKRISHNA LIMBAJI | PWPRAUT SUMANT RAJARAM | 5,9319.11% | 59.7% |
| KHAMGAON | JNPPHUNDKAR PANDURANG PUNDLIK | INCGAWANDE MANIKRAO PRALHAD | 7,3379.16% | 69.5% |
| KHANAPUR ATPADI | INCSALUNKHE SAHAJIRAO GANAPATRAO | INDDESHMUKH BABASAHEB ALIAS RASTUMRAO CHITROJIRAO | 14,02119.65% | 65.6% |
| KHATAV | INCPATIL KESHAVRAO SHANKARRAO | JNPPATIL CHNANDRAHAR ALIAS RAMCHANDRA GANPATRAO | 15,66220.79% | 75.7% |
| KHED | JNPBHOSLE AMRUTRAO GANPATRAO | INCDALWIN HUSSEIL MISRIKHAN | 2,6524.58% | 60.9% |
| KHED-ALANDI | INCKANDGE RAM JANARDAN | JNPBACHCHE NAMDEV KRISHNA | 9,25313.78% | 58.8% |
| KHERWADI | JNPRAMDAS NAYAK | INCAHMED B.ZAKARIA | 19,01726.31% | 65.5% |
| KHETWADI | JNPKHAN KHALEEQ AHMED | INC(I)DESHMUKH SAHEBRAO RAMCHANDRA | 25,65238.97% | 52.7% |
| KINWAT | INCRATHOD UTTAMRAO BALIRAMJI | INC(I)PACHUTE KISHANRAO CHAMPATRAO | 6,86310.19% | 72.6% |
| KOLHAPUR | JNPSABNIS RAVINDRA RAMCHANDRA | PWPSALOKHE HINDURAO KRISHNARAO | 4,9736.35% | 73.3% |
| KOPARGAON | INCKOLHE SHANKARRAO GENUJI | JNPJADHAV PANDITRAO GANGADHAR | 13,14018.57% | 75.4% |
| KOREGAON | INCJAGTAP SHANKARRAO CHIMAJI | INDPANDURANG NILKANTHRAO ALIAS BABASAHEB MANE | 6,0208.53% | 72.8% |
| KURLA | JNPKHAN SHAMSUL HAQ | INCDATTA SAMAAT | 10,18310.92% | 64.2% |
| KUSUMBA | INC(I)PATIL ROHIDAS CHUDAMAN | INCMALI SADASHIV SHANKAR | 18,37526.81% | 66.9% |
| LAKHANDUR | INC(I)BHAIYA HIRALA NATHMALJI | JNPDIVTHE NAMDEO HARBAJI | 4,5625.18% | 76.7% |
| LATUR | INCPATIL SHIVRAJ VISHWANATH | JNPGOMARE MANOHARRAO EKNATHRAO | 3,0033.40% | 70.2% |
| MADHA | INDPARBAT KRISHNARAO KONDIBA | PWPPATIL SAMPATRAO MARUTI | 2,7684.11% | 63.4% |
| MAHAD | JNPPUROHIT NANA ALIAS DIGAMBAR VINAYAK | INCSHANKAR BABAJI ALIAS DADASAHEB SAWANT | 15,36724.66% | 66.7% |
| MAHIM | JNPPINTO FREDERICK MICHAEL | INC(I)CHITRE P.M. | 34,22451.52% | 59.7% |
| MALAD | JNPKAMAL DESAI | INC(I)JOSHI MANGELAL DURGA PRASAD | 32,73640.06% | 57.5% |
| MALBAR HILL | JNPBALVANT A.DESAI | INCMURLI DEORA | 18,47624.38% | 54.6% |
| MALEGAON | JNPNEHAL AHMED MD. USMAN | MULGAZI NASEEM AHMED KHAN MD. MARDAN | 28,04534.17% | 74.2% |
| MALKAPUR | JNPWANKHADE ARJUN AWDHUT | INC(I)MUNDHALA VINAYKUMAR PREMRATAN | 5,2576.97% | 75.2% |
| MALSHIRAS | JNPPATI SHAMRAO BHIMRAO | INCMOHITE PATIL SHANKARRAO NARAYANRAO | 11,44813.24% | 78.0% |
| MALVAN | JNPDALVI YASHWANT BABAJI | INCKESHAVRAO VYANKATESH RANE | 23,79239.86% | 62.8% |
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.
