1978 elections in India

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Janata Party	66,906	42.08	17	New
	People's Party of Arunachal	48,075	30.24	8	New
	Indian National Congress	720	0.45	0	New
	Independents	43,287	27.23	5	New
Total		158,988	100.00	30	New
Valid votes		158,988	96.60
Invalid/blank votes		5,599	3.40
Total votes		164,587	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		224,839	73.20
Source: ECI[2]

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978^[3]

	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		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	10	940,677	7.51%	N/A
	Total		224

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978^[4]

	Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Janata Party	215	99	5,701,399	27.99%	99
	Indian National Congress	259	69	5,159,828	25.33%	159
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	203	62	3,735,308	18.34%	62
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	88	13	1,129,172	5.54%	6
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12	9	345,008	1.69%	8
	All India Forward Bloc	6	3	166,497	0.82%	1
	Republican Party of India	25	2	215,487	1.06%
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	23	2	287,533	1.41%	2
	Communist Party of India	48	1	301,056	1.48%	1
	Independents	894	28	2,864,023	14.06%	5
	Total	1819	288	20,367,221	100%

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	109,654	28.96	19.07	20	11
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC)	94,362	24.92	10.75	16	16
	Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP)	72,852	19.24		14[a]
	Indian National Congress (I)	5,447	1.44		0
	Communist Party of India	2,361	0.62	0.05	0
	Independents (IND)	93,970	24.82	29.04	10[b]	9
Total		378,646	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India[5]

^a The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.^[6]

^b Two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.^[7]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizoram People's Conference	52,640	37.47	22	22
	Independents	87,830	62.53	8	16
Total		140,470	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		140,470	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		1,838	1.29
Total votes		142,308	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		224,936	63.27
Source: ECI[8]

• "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.