Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 1978-2008 (cropped)

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 Devaraj Devaraj Urs (20 August 1915 – 6 June 1982) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the eighth Chief Minister of Karnataka (1972–77, 1978–80), a state in southern India. He is also the longest serving Chief Minister of ...

, the Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats.

Results

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Seats won
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Number of votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Vote share , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , align="left", Indian National Congress (Indira), , 214, , 149, , 16, , 5,543,756, , 44.25%, 7.92% , - , , align="left", Janata Party, , 222, , 59, , 59, , 4,754,114, , 37.95%, 37.95% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, , 6, , 3, , , , 148,567, , 1.19%, 0.20% , - , , align="left", Indian National Congress (Organisation), , 212, , 2, , 22, , 1,001,553, , 7.99%, 18.23% , - , , align="left", Republican Party of India, , 3, , 1, , 1, , 22,443, , 0.18%, 0.18% , - , , align="left", Independents, , , , 10, , 10, , 940,677, , 7.51%, ''N/A'' , - , , align="left", Total, , , , 224, , , , , , , -

Elected members

References

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