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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978

224 seats · vs 1972 (216-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978 · 5 parties won seats

Derived

INC151
JNP59
IND10
CPI3
RPI1

Ring and figures are seats won.

Party	Seats	Votes	Vote share	Contested
INCIndian National Congress	15167%	65,45,309	52.2%	426
JNPJanata Party	5926%	47,54,114	37.9%	222
INDIndependent	104%	9,40,677	7.5%	480
CPICommunist Party of India	31%	1,48,567	1.2%	6
RPIRPI	10%	22,443	0.2%	3

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1978 · winner by seat

224 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 113

1978 · selected

Majority 113

INC151JNP59IND10CPI3RPI1

1972 · previous

Majority 109

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1972 → 1978

1972 1978· by party

60%45%30%15%0%

52.2

0.0

37.9

12.9

7.5

26.2

0.0

4.3

0.0

INCJNPINDNCOBJS

Seat change

1978 seats minus 1972 seats

seats lostseats gained

INC

165 → 151

−14

JNP

0 → 59

+59

IND

20 → 10

−10

CPI

3 → 3

RPI

0 → 1

NCO

24 → 0

−24

SOP

3 → 0

−3

JPP

1 → 0

−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1972 → 1978

share lostshare gained

JNP

0.0% → 37.9%

+37.9%

CPM

1.0% → 0.5%

−0.5%

SWA

0.6% → 0.0%

−0.6%

SOP

1.7% → 0.0%

−1.7%

BJS

4.3% → 0.0%

−4.3%

IND

12.9% → 7.5%

−5.4%

NCO

26.2% → 0.0%

−26.2%

Biggest INC–JNP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-JNP vote gap moved most, 1972 → 1978. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − JNP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward JNP.

toward JNPtoward INC

Hubli

−102.8%

Davangere

−100.0%

Hosakote

−99.8%

Aland

−93.8%

Arkalgud

−88.7%

Huliyurdurga

−88.0%

Pandavapura

−86.5%

Basavanagudi

−85.8%

Kamalapur

−83.3%

Maddur

−83.2%

Kirugavalu

−80.5%

Bijapur

−76.5%

Closest races · 1978

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1978

224 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1972