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 151–200 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN | INCSONAVANE VISHNU TATOBA | JNPLAVANGARE NITIN JAGANNATH | 11,91919.13% | 56.0% |
| MANGALVEDHE | RPIKAMBLE NIVRUTTI SATWAJI | INDDANGE RAMBHAJI AMBAJI | 3,6058.62% | 44.1% |
| MANGAON | INCRAM VITHHAL MAHALUNGE | INDGAIKWAD KRISHNA KALU | 5,1289.40% | 57.3% |
| MANGRULPIR | PWPPATIL ANANTKUMAR KISHANRAO | INCRATHOD GAJADHAR RAMSING | 4,7586.19% | 75.9% |
| MANJLEGAON | INCSOLANKE SUNDERRAO ABASAHEB | CPMBAPUSAHEB EKNATHRAO | 8,0199.69% | 66.9% |
| MATUNGA | JNPKOHLI SOHANSINGH JODHSINGH | INC(I)BHAT PADMA SUBHA | 31,61244.83% | 58.6% |
| MAVAL | INCBHEGADE KRISHNARAO DHONDIABA | JNPBHEGADE NATHUBHAU BABURAO | 9,33313.06% | 69.3% |
| MAZGAON | JNPKAMAT DINANATH GAJANAN | INCBHOSALE ATMARAM TUKARAM | 17,42227.26% | 64.8% |
| MEDSHI | INC(I)SHINDE VITTHALRAO KONDJI | INCZANAK RAMRAOJI GOPALRAO | 17,32824.75% | 77.1% |
| MEHKAR | INC(I)SAOJI SUBODH KESH KESHAOSA | INDBAJAD ANANT TULSHIRAM | 22,31530.22% | 74.9% |
| MELGHAT | INC(I)PATEL RAMU MHATANG | JNPSARAGE HIRALAL ONKAR | 20,55435.88% | 58.9% |
| MIRAJ | INCSHINDE MOHANRAO ALIAS RAMSING GANPATRAO | JNPNAIKWADI ILIYAS YUSUF | 21,16029.96% | 73.9% |
| MOHOL | INC(I)PATIL SHAHAJIRAO SHANKARRAO | PWPNIMBALKAR CHANDRAKANT DATTAJIRAO | 4,9087.30% | 74.0% |
| MORSHI | INC(I)ANDE MANADEORAO SADASHIO | JNPGANDHI GIRISH MANIKLALJI | 38,11753.43% | 75.9% |
| MUDKHED | JNPCHANDRAKANT GOVINDRAO MASKI | INDSIRSAT SAMBHAJIRAO RAMJI | 10,08715.39% | 60.4% |
| MUKHED | INDGHATE MADHUKARRAO RANGOJIRAO | INDRAWANGAONKAR NAGNATHRAO SATWAJIRAO | 11,93820.40% | 48.5% |
| MULSHI | INCMATE NAMDEV RAMKRISHANRAO | JNPKHILARE DIWAKAR JAISINGRAO | 6,30810.02% | 61.8% |
| MULUND | JNPPATWARDHAN PRABHAKAR RAMCHANDAR | INC(I)TRIVEDI GAURISHANKAR SATYANARAYAN | 38,79640.79% | 64.3% |
| MUMBADEVI | JNPPARIKH MOHANLAL PRANLAL | INCPOPAT MOHAN BHAVANBHAI | 29,29248.11% | 54.6% |
| MURBAD | INCGHOLAP SHANTARAM GOPAL | PWPPHARDE DAMODAR LAHU | 17,45025.39% | 70.2% |
| MURTIJAPUR | INC(I)THAKARE DHYANDEORAO MUKUNDRAO | JNPLAHANE MOTIRAMJI UDEBHANJI | 2,5063.39% | 74.4% |
| NAGAR-AKOLA | INCBHANGARE YASHAWANTRAO SAKHARAM | JNPDESHMUKH EKNATH SHANKAR | 11,91818.14% | 58.0% |
| NAGPADA | JNPJAMKHANAWALA MOHAMMAD ISHAQ ABEDIN | INCKAZI UMAR ABDUL AZIZ | 18,82231.90% | 55.3% |
| NAGPUR CENTRAL | INC(I)SURVE BHAUSAHEB SITARAM | JNPRAM HEDAU | 3,6034.76% | 72.3% |
| NAGPUR EAST | INC(I)PUROHIT BANWARILAL BHAGWANDAS | INDLENDEPRABHAKAR NATTHU | 44,72950.31% | 69.0% |
| NAGPUR NORTH | RPKDONGARE SURYAKANT JOGOBAJI | INC(I)WASNIK BALKRISHNA RAMCHANDRA | 2,4773.31% | 66.1% |
| NAGPUR SOUTH | INC(I)VANJARI GOVINDRAO MAROTRAO | RPKDHEPE RAMANAND DEWAJI | 17,65722.28% | 73.0% |
| NAGPUR WEST | INC(I)MULAK BHAURAO GOVINDRAO | JNPSUKLIKAR SUMATIBAI BALKRISHNA | 12,09413.91% | 71.1% |
| NAIGAUM | JNPN.K. SAVANT | SHSVAMANRAO MAHADIK | 16,14820.44% | 68.7% |
| NANDED | JNPNOORALLAH KHAN BISMILLAH KHAN | MULM. MAQBOOL SALEEM M. KHAJA | 5,8427.97% | 59.5% |
| NANDGAON | INDNAHAR KANHIYALAL CHUNILAL | INCKAVADE BHANUDAS RAMCHANDRA | 2430.35% | 63.7% |
| NANDURBAR | INCVALVI RAMESH PANYA | JNPNATAWADKAR JAYANT GANPAT | 12,43117.12% | 64.8% |
| NASHIK | JNPUPADHYE VASANT GANESH | INC(I)WAWARE SHANTARAM KONDEJI | 1,8082.34% | 61.7% |
| NAWAPUR | INC(I)VASAVE ZINA SAMYA | INCVALVI SURUPSING FULJI | 5,4569.32% | 54.6% |
| NEHRUNAGAR | JNPLIYAQAT HUSAIN IBARAT HUSAIN | MULSYED SUHAIL ASHARAF | 14,63021.07% | 58.8% |
| NILANGA | INCPATIL SHIVAJIRAO BHAURAO | PWPSOLUNKE SHRIPATRAO GYANURAO | 5,7096.73% | 75.0% |
| NIPHAD | INCPATIL VINAYAKRAO PUDLIKRAO | INDBORASTE MADHAVRAO KASHIRAM | 28,52938.09% | 73.2% |
| NORTH SOLAPUR | INCSHINDE SUSHILKUMAR SAMBAJIRAO | INC(I)RANSHRINGARE RAMCHANDRA SAKHARAM | 11,17119.74% | 60.1% |
| OMERGA | INCCHALUKYA BHASKARRAO SHIVRAM PANT | JNPKASTURE VISHWANATH BASLINGAPPA | 5,7677.62% | 70.3% |
| OPERA HOUSE | JNPMEHTA JAYAWANTIBEN NAVINCHANDRA | SHSPRAMOD NAVALKAR | 26,85737.79% | 65.4% |
| OSMANABAD | INCPADAMSINGH BAJIRAO PATIL | PWPBALBHIMRAO NARSING RAO DESHMUKH | 9,51613.51% | 66.5% |
| PACHORA | JNPWAGH ONKAR NARAYAN | INCPATIL KRISHNARAO MAHARU | 8,25210.58% | 70.6% |
| PAITHAN | JNPBHAURAO ABAJI THORAT | INC(I)SHIVAJIRAO SAHEBRAO | 1,5422.57% | 61.3% |
| PALGHAR | JNPARJUN KAKADYA SHINGADE | INCSHELAR JANARDAN BHIWA | 15,70128.02% | 55.6% |
| PANDHARPUR | INCPATIL AUDUMBAR KONDIBA | JNPPARICHARAK SUDHAKAR RAMCHANDRA | 3,6624.63% | 73.8% |
| PANHALA | INCPATIL YESHWANT EKNATH | JNPPATIL SHANKARRAO DATTATRAYA (SHINGNAPURKAR) | 20,15530.47% | 72.0% |
| PANVEL | PWPDATTATRAYA NARAYAN PATIL | INCGAJANAN NARAYAN PATIL | 5,5928.67% | 62.5% |
| PARANDA | JNPDESHMUKH VASUDEO ANANDRAO | INCPATIL SUBRAO MOHANRAO | 1,5192.31% | 60.2% |
| PARBHANI | INCJAMKAR RAOSAHEB BAPUSAHEB | PWPGAUHANE ANNASAHEB RAMCHANDRARAO | 2,0843.36% | 59.7% |
| PAREL | JNPVASU DESAI | SHSDATTAJI SALVI | 27,29131.32% | 71.4% |
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.
