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 201–250 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARNER | INCKALE SHANKARRAO DEORAM | CPITHUBE PRABHAKAR APPAJI | 1,2442.14% | 66.3% |
| PAROLA | JNPUTTAMRAO PATIL | INCPATIL BHASKARRAO RAJARAM | 15,41720.00% | 64.9% |
| PARTUR | INC(I)BORADE RAMPRASADJI VITHALRAO | JNPSARKATE INDRAJIT GANPATRAO | 6,23910.18% | 60.5% |
| PARVATI | JNPSUBHASH SARVAGOD | INCMATRE SHANKARRAO GOPALRAO | 17,75621.94% | 61.2% |
| PATAN | JNPDESAI DAULATRAO SHRIPATRAO | INC(I)DESAI BHAGVANTRAO ANANDRAO | 40,93455.23% | 68.8% |
| PATHARDI | JNPDHAKANE BABANRAO DADABA | INCKHEDKAR YADAVRAO SONARAO | 10,39915.28% | 61.7% |
| PATHRI | INCNAKHATE SAKHARAM GOLPALRAO | INC(I)DAKH BABASAHEB MAROTRAO | 1,6103.10% | 56.5% |
| PEN | INCA.T.PATIL | PWPMOHAN MAHADEO PATIL | 2,9374.50% | 66.0% |
| PHALTAN | JNPVIJAYSINH ALIAS SHIVAJIRAJE MALOJIRAO NAIK | INCKADAM SURYAJIRAO SHANKARRAO ALIAS CHIMANRAO | 1,4722.00% | 73.3% |
| PULGAON | INC(I)SOW PRADHA RAO | RPKKHOBARAGADE DURWAS LALUJI | 42,51751.24% | 76.7% |
| PUNE CANTONMENT | JNPTUPE VITHAL BABURAO | INCSASANE JAISINGH GANPAT | 4,4866.75% | 65.3% |
| PURANDHAR | JNPDADA JADHAVRAO | INCUSRAL SHANKARRAO DASHRATHRAO | 2,7863.71% | 64.6% |
| PUSAD | INCNAIK SUDHAKARRAO RAJUSING | JNPPAUL VASANTRAO DEORAO | 11,52714.13% | 79.5% |
| RADHANAGARI | INCJADHAV DINKARRAO BHAHUSAHEB | JNPPATIL SHANKAR DHONDI | 1,9622.24% | 80.7% |
| RAHURI | INCPAWAR KASHINANTH LAXMAN | JNPKADAM LAXMAN BALWANT | 6,86010.49% | 69.8% |
| RAJAPUR | JNPHATANKAR LAXMAN RANGANATH | INCTHAKARE SAHADEO MUKUND | 31,40648.15% | 65.1% |
| RAJURA | JNPMUSALE BABURAO JANARDHAN | INDMAMULKAR PRABHAKARRAO BAPURAO | 5,9138.28% | 64.5% |
| RALEGAON | INC(I)DHURVE SUDHAKARRAO BAKARAMJI | INCKERZERKAR DIGAMBAR HARIBHAU | 51,73871.37% | 66.2% |
| RAMTEK | INC(I)MAHAJAN GUNDERAO FAKIRAJI | JNPHAJARE PANDURANG JAIRAMJI | 5,1857.06% | 66.5% |
| RATNAGIRI | JNPSAU. ABHYANKAR KUSUMTAI RAMCHANDRA | INCPAJE SHANTARAM LAXMAN | 10,02515.48% | 60.5% |
| RAVER | INCCHOUDHARI M.D. | JNPSARODE GUNWANT RAMBHAU | 9,67412.99% | 73.5% |
| RENAPUR | INCMUNDE RAGHUNATH VENKATRAO | JNPMUNDE GOPINATH PANDURANG | 3,9835.29% | 64.4% |
| SAKOLI | INC(I)BEDARKAR MADUKAR TULSHIRAMJI | JNPKAPGATE SHAMRAO PAGAJI | 3,8154.34% | 79.5% |
| SAKRI | INC(I)MALUSARE SUKRAM BHURYA | INCCHOUDHARI GOVINDRAO SHIVRAM | 1,0291.75% | 53.9% |
| SANGAMESHWAR | JNPJAGANNATHRAO JADHAV | INCBHUWAD LAXMIBAI BABAJI | 28,49347.82% | 59.8% |
| SANGAMNER | INCTHORAT BHAUSAHEB SANTUJI | JNPKHATAL BHIKAJI JIJABA | 1,1011.43% | 73.0% |
| SANGLI | INCPATIL VASANTRAO BANDUJI | JNPKHOT BHARAMGONDA APURAYA | 28,55838.04% | 74.9% |
| SANGOLE | PWPDESHMUKH GANPATRAO ANNASAHEB | INCGHADAGE BAJIRAO DADASAHEB | 21,55828.83% | 63.8% |
| SANGRUL | INCBONDRE SHRIPATRAO SHANKARRAO | PWPKALIKATE GOVINDRAO TUKARAM | 9,83912.15% | 82.7% |
| SANTACRUZ | JNPSINHA SHOBHANATH RAMGAJDHAR | INC(I)PAGRAOOT VASANTRAO DATTATRAY | 31,92239.95% | 60.3% |
| SAOLI | INC(I)BHANDEKAR DEORAO BHAYYAJI | JNPDADA DESHKAR VAKIL | 4,6045.92% | 74.7% |
| SATARA | JNPRAJE BHONSALE AHBAYASINH SHAHUMAHARAJ | INCGHORPADE BABURAO BALASAHEB | 7,2869.72% | 69.4% |
| SAVNER | INC(I)NAIK RAMJI CHIMAN | JNPPHATE SHANKERAO RAMCHANDRARAO | 12,99417.46% | 73.9% |
| SAWANTWADI | JNPMATHKAR JAYANAND SHIVRAM | INCBHALCHANDRA ANANT SAWANT | 20,33930.42% | 66.8% |
| SHAHADE | INCRAWAL JAYDEVSINH JAYSINH | JNPPATIL PURUSHOTTAM KALU | 2,3463.06% | 74.3% |
| SHAHAPUR | PWPTELAM KRISHNAKANT RAMACHANDRA | INCPATIL BALU MAHADU | 1,6553.97% | 44.8% |
| SHAHUWADI | INCGAIKWAD UDAYSINGRAO NANASAHEB | JNPPATIL SADASHIV SHANKAR | 39,34550.87% | 76.7% |
| SHEOGAON | CPILANGHE VAKILRAO BABURAO | INCNIMBALKAR EKNATH BUVASAHEB | 9951.47% | 68.7% |
| SHIRALA | INDDESHMUKH SHIVAJIRAO BAPUSAHEB | INCPATIL RAJARAM YASHWANT | 14,79517.71% | 75.9% |
| SHIRDI | INCGHOGARE CHANDRABHAN BHAUSAHEB | JNPMHASKE ANNASAHEB SARANGDHAR | 10,21816.85% | 68.3% |
| SHIROL | INCKUMBHAR RATNAPPA BHARAMAPPA | PWPYADAV DINKARRAO BHAUSAHEB | 12,44914.28% | 81.0% |
| SHIRPUR | JNPPRALHADRAO MADHAVRAO PATIL | INCVYANKATRAO TAJANI RANDHIR | 11,45016.11% | 73.2% |
| SHIRUR | JNPDAUNDKAR BABURAO BHAUSAHEB | INCPALANDE SURYAKANT GULABRAO | 7,42812.80% | 62.2% |
| SHIVADI | INDKAMBLE DEVIDAS PUNDLIK | SHSDATTA NANAWADE | 13,07416.77% | 65.1% |
| SHIVAJINAGAR | JNPNAIK SHANTI NARAYAN | INCSURESH KALMADI | 12,30314.24% | 66.9% |
| SHRIGONDA | INCNAGWADE SHIVAJIRAO NARAYANRAO | JNPGADE MOHANRAO ABAJI | 13,04818.95% | 63.1% |
| SHRIRAMPUR | INCADIK GOVINDRAO WAMANRAO | JNPTEKAWADE JANARDANRAO YASHWANTRAO | 5,9238.43% | 76.6% |
| SHRIWARDHAN | JNPUKAYE A. SHAKUR A. KARIM | INC(I)RAUT RAVINDRA NARAYAN | 4,3946.90% | 59.5% |
| SILLOD | JNPGADEKAR NAMDEO BALWANTRAO | INCPALODKAR MANIKRAO SANDU | 2,1093.44% | 64.7% |
| SINDKHEDA | INDSHISODE MADHUKARRAO DIPCHAND | JNPRAJPUT MANGALSING NIMJI ALIAS THANSING JIBHAU | 2,0783.05% | 69.8% |
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.
