1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Indian National Congress (Indira) JP
Seats won 149 59
Popular vote 5,543,756 4,754,114
Percentage 44.25% 37.95%

Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister of Karnataka

D. Devaraj Urs
Indian National Congress (Indira)

Template:Annotated image The 1978 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Riding on the popularity of the various social welfare measures initiated by Chief minister Devaraj Urs, the Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats.[1]

Results[edit]

e • d 
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Net change
Indian National Congress (Indira) 214 149 5,543,756 44.25%
Janata Party 222 59 4,754,114 37.95%
Communist Party of India 6 3 Steady 148,567 1.19%
Indian National Congress 212 2 1,001,553 7.99%
Republican Party of India 3 1 22,443 0.18%
Independents 10 Decrease 10 940,677 7.51% N/A
Total 224 '

References[edit]

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India ([1])


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