Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 1978-2008 (cropped)

The 1978 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held in the

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n state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

to elect 224 members of the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are ...

. Riding on the popularity of the various social welfare measures initiated by Chief minister Devaraj Urs, the Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats.

Results

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, , 214, , 149, , 16, , 5,543,756, , 44.25%, 7.92% , - , , align="left",

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

, , 222, , 59, , 59, , 4,754,114, , 37.95%, 37.95% , - , , align="left", Communist Party of India, , 6, , 3, , , , 148,567, , 1.19%, 0.20% , - , , align="left",

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, , 212, , 2, , 22, , 1,001,553, , 7.99%, 18.23% , - , , align="left",

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Elected members

References

{{Karnataka elections

State Assembly elections in Karnataka 1970s in Karnataka