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 251–288 of 288
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINDKHEDRAJA | INC(I)KHARAT JAYAWANTRAO KALUJI | PWPSHINGANE BHASKARRAO SAMPATRAO | 7,5209.33% | 78.0% |
| SINGNAPUR | INCGAWLI UTTAMRAO ABAJI | PWPJADHAV MANIKRAO KISHANRAO | 5,97910.66% | 57.8% |
| SINNAR | INDGADAKH SURYABHAN SUKHDEO | INCAVHAD NIVRUTTI MAHADU | 13,05018.87% | 69.2% |
| SIRONCHA | INDMESHRAM BHAGWANSHAHA JIWANSHAHA | INCTALANDI PENTA RAMA | 36,38470.85% | 56.9% |
| SOLAPUR CITY NORTH | CPMADAM NARSAYYA NARAYAN | INC(I)DIKONDA VITHALRAO SAYANNA | 3,2494.99% | 67.0% |
| SOLAPUR CITY SOUTH | JNPRONE BHIMRAO LAXMANRAO | INC(I)KUCHAN RAJARAM SIDRAMAPPA | 3540.56% | 67.1% |
| SOUTH SOLAPUR | INC(I)DEVKATE ANANDRAO NARAYAN | JNPPATIL GURUNATH SHIVAPPA | 4490.72% | 69.0% |
| SURGANA | CPMGAVIT JIVA PANDU | INDCHAVAN HARICHANDRA DEORAM | 5951.29% | 51.4% |
| TALODE | JNPDILAVARSING PADVI | INDVALVI ABHIMANYU NARJI | 1,3632.78% | 57.9% |
| TASGAON | INCPATIL DINKARRAO KRISHNAJI | JNPJADHAV VASUDEV DAJI | 30,70742.29% | 72.8% |
| TEOSA | INDTHAKUR CHANDRAKANT RAMCHANDRA | CPIMANGLE NATTHUJI DEWAJI | 26,49038.24% | 76.3% |
| THANE | JNPKOLI GAJANAN MOTIRAM | SHSSATISH PRADHAN | 28,89232.19% | 67.0% |
| TIRORA | INC(I)WASNIK LAXMINARAYAN GANPAT | RPKMESHRAM NAGORAO SHRAWAN | 13,76317.15% | 71.5% |
| TROMBAY | RPKS.BALAKRISHNAN | SHSPATIL AMARNATH VAMAN | 1,4251.76% | 56.0% |
| TULJAPUR | PWPKHAPALE MANIKRAO BHIMRAO | INCPATIL SHIVAJIRAO SHAHAJIRAO ( BABHALGAONKAR ) | 10,36617.30% | 68.7% |
| TUMSAR | INC(I)KAREMORE SUBHASCHANDRA NARAYANRAO | JNPPATEL ISHWARDAYAL MAHIPALJI | 17,50822.69% | 77.3% |
| UDGIR | INCJADHAV BALASAHEB KISHANRAO | PWPPATWARI MANOHAR DIGAMBARRAO | 4,9737.11% | 63.6% |
| ULHASNAGAR | JNPHARCHANDANI SITALDAS KHUB CHAND | FBLAILANI PARCHARAM KEWALRAM ALIAS PARCHO | 18,93027.41% | 62.4% |
| UMARKHADI | JNPCHORWADWALA ABDULKADAR IBRAHIM | MULZAIDI SYED MAHAMMAD | 3,4325.43% | 51.7% |
| UMARKHED | INCDEOSARKAR ANANTRAO APPARAO | JNPJAHAGIRDAR M. AMANULLA M. IBADULLA | 9,00211.42% | 78.0% |
| UMRED | INC(I)DAKATE PURUSHOTTAM MANSARAM | INDDARNE SHRAWAN DOMAJI | 30,64439.74% | 67.8% |
| VADGAON | JNPMANE NANASAHEB SHANTARAM | INDSAMURDE JAGANNATHRAO SITARAM | 1,6682.51% | 62.3% |
| VAIJAPUR | JNPUTTAMRAO KESHAVRAO PATWARI ( BHALERAO ) | INCBALWANTRAO ALIAS BALASAHEB RAMRAO PAWAR | 6361.13% | 55.2% |
| VANDRE | JNPVARDE SADANAND SHANKAR | INCPAI PRABHAKAR SANJEEV | 34,36352.78% | 55.7% |
| VASAI | JNPCHOUDHARI PANDHARINATH RAGHUNATH | INCVARTAK TARABAI NARSINHA | 17,75120.95% | 73.3% |
| VENGURLA | JNPKINALKAR PUNDLIK ATMARAM | INCS.N. DESAI | 28,78245.94% | 65.9% |
| VILEPARLE | JNPPRANLAL VORA | INCPUSHPAKANT ANANT MHATRE | 36,70252.70% | 56.0% |
| WADA | JNPWANI SOMNATH RAMA | INCKALE SHANKAR LADKU | 11,94219.16% | 54.0% |
| WAI | INCBHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAO | JNPJAGTAP BUVASAHEB ABAJIRAO | 21,90932.37% | 72.9% |
| WALGAON | INC(I)SABLE BHAU BAPURAO | INCINGOLE BHAGWANT MAROTI | 35,53051.30% | 71.7% |
| WALVA | INCSHINDE VILASRAO BHAUSAHEB | JNPPATIL RAJARAM ANAND | 9,81210.70% | 81.2% |
| WANI | INC(I)PANGHATE BAPURAO HARBAJI | INDNANDEKAR DADA SITARAM | 36,64549.39% | 73.3% |
| WARDHA | INC(I)SHENDE PRAMOD BHAURAOJI | CPMGHANGARE RAMCHANDRA MAROTRAO | 30,15937.18% | 74.5% |
| WASHIM | INC(I)WANKHEDE BHAURAO NAGORAO | RPKKHOBRAGADE BHAURAO NATHUJI | 13,24925.20% | 56.7% |
| WORLI | CPMKURANE PRALHAD KRUSHNA | INC(I)NANAWARE VASANT PANDURANG | 24,68034.69% | 64.0% |
| YAVAL | JNPCHOUDHARI SINDHU PARTH | INC(I)TADVI MIRABAI DAGEKHA | 4,4046.65% | 66.0% |
| YAVATMAL | INDDHOTE JAMBUWANTRAO BAPARAO | JNPGILANI WALIMAHAMAD NOORMAHAMAD | 39,95453.01% | 73.4% |
| YEVLA | INDPATIL JANARDAN DEORAM | INCBHOKADE NIVRUTTI RAMJI | 3,6305.50% | 64.4% |
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.
