1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

1978

All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party INC(I) JP
Last election 165 Party did not exist
Seats won 149 59
Seat change Decrease 16 Increase 59
Popular vote 5,543,756 4,754,114
Percentage 44.25% 37.95%
Swing Decrease 7.92% Increase 37.95%

Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister of Karnataka

D. Devaraj Urs
INC(I)

Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies (1978-2008)

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

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1978[1]
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Indian National Congress (Indira)214149Decrease 165,543,756Decrease 7.92%
Janata Party22259Increase 594,754,114Increase 37.95%
Communist Party of India63Steady148,567Increase 0.20%
Indian National Congress (Organisation)2122Decrease 221,001,553Decrease 18.23%
Republican Party of India31Increase 122,443Increase 0.18%
Independents10Decrease 10940,677N/A
Total224'

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
AuradNoneManik Rao Patil Indian National Congress
BhalkiNoneBhimanna Shivalingappa Kandre Indian National Congress
HulsoorSCMadanlal Badeappa Indian National Congress
BidarNoneVeershetty Moglappa Kusnoor Indian National Congress
HumnabadNoneBaswaraj Hawgappa Janata Party
BasavakalyanNoneBapu Rao Hulsoorker Indian National Congress
ChincholiNoneDevendrappa Ghalappa Jamadar Indian National Congress
KamalapurSCGovind P. Vadeyaraj Janata Party
AllandNoneAnna Rao Bhem Rao Patil Kotalli Janata Party
GulbargaNoneQamarul Islam Independent
ShahabadSCSharnappa Fakeerappa Bhairy Communist Party of India
AfzalpurNoneM.y.patil Janata Party
ChitapurNonePrabhakar R.telkar Indian National Congress
SedamNoneSher Khan Indian National Congress
JewargiNoneDharam Singh Narayan Singh Indian National Congress
GurmitkalSCMallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress
YadgirNoneSharanappa Nagappa Kalburgi Indian National Congress
ShahapurNoneShivanna Sawoor Indian National Congress
ShorapurNoneRaja Kumar Naik Indian National Congress
DeodurgSCB. Shivanna Indian National Congress
RaichurNoneNazeer Ahmad Siddiqui Indian National Congress
KalmalaNoneSudhendra Rao Kasbe Indian National Congress
ManviNoneR. Ambanna Naik Dorai Hanamappa Naik Indian National Congress
LingsugurNoneBaswaraj Appagouda Timmangouda Anwari Indian National Congress
SindhnoorNoneNarayanappa Hanumanthappa Indian National Congress
KushtagiNoneM. Ganganna Bheemappa Indian National Congress
YelburgaNoneShrilingraj Shivashankar Rao Indian National Congress
KanakagiriNoneM.nagappa Mukappa Indian National Congress
GangavathiNoneC.yadave Rao Shesha Rao Indian National Congress
KoppalNoneVeeranna Pampanna Mudgal Indian National Congress
SiruguppaNoneRamaiah B. E. Indian National Congress
KurugoduNoneRamappa M. Indian National Congress
BellaryNoneBhasker Naidu K. Indian National Congress
HospetNoneK. Gudusaheb Indian National Congress
SandurNoneC. Rudrappa Indian National Congress
KudligiNoneT. Somappa Indian National Congress
KotturNoneM. M. J. Sadyojatha Indian National Congress
HadagalliNoneKaribasavanagoud Kogali Indian National Congress
HarapanahalliSCD. Narayanadas Indian National Congress
HariharNoneP.basavana Gowda Indian National Congress
DavangereNonePampapathi Communist Party of India
MayakondaNoneNagamma C. Keshavamurty Indian National Congress
BharamasagaraSCT.chowdiah Indian National Congress
ChitradurgaNoneV.masiyappa Indian National Congress
JagalurNoneG.h. Aswatha Reddy Janata Party
MolakalmuruNonePatil Papanaik Indian National Congress
ChallakereNoneN.jayanna Indian National Congress
HiriyurSCK.h.ranganath Indian National Congress
HolalkereNoneK.h.siddarampna Indian National Congress
HosadurgaNoneK.venkataramaiah Indian National Congress
PavagadaSCNagappa Indian National Congress
SiraNoneS.lingaiah Indian National Congress
KallambellaNoneT. B. Jayachandra Indian National Congress
BellaviNoneG.s.shivananjappa Janata Party
MadhugiriSCGangahamumaiah Indian National Congress
KoratagereNoneMuddaramaiah Indian National Congress
TumkurNoneNazeer Ahmed Indian National Congress
KunigalNoneAndanaiah Indian National Congress
HuliyurdurgaNoneMayanna D.t Janata Party
GubbiNoneGatti Chandrashekar Indian National Congress
TuruvekereNoneK.h.ramakrishnaiah Indian National Congress
TipturNoneV.l. Shivappa Indian National Congress
ChiknaikanahalliNoneN.basavaiah Indian National Congress
GowribidanurNonePapaiah B.n.k Indian National Congress
ChikballapurSCRenuka Rajendran Indian National Congress
SidlaghattaNoneS.munishamapra Indian National Congress
BagepalliNoneS. Muni Raju Indian National Congress
ChintamaniNoneChowdareddy Indian National Congress
SrinivasapurNoneK. R. Ramesh Kumar Indian National Congress
MulbagalNoneJ.m.reddy Indian National Congress
Kolar Gold FieldsSCC.m.arumugham Republican Party of India
BethamangalaSCC.venkateshappa Indian National Congress
KolarNoneM.abdul Latheef Indian National Congress
VemgalNoneS.govinda Gowda Indian National Congress
MalurNoneP.n.reddy Indian National Congress
MalleswaramNoneP.ramdev Janata Party
RajajinagarNoneMallur Ananda Rao Janata Party
GandhinagarNoneK.lakshman Indian National Congress
ChickpetNoneA.lakshmisagar Janata Party
BinnypetNoneI.p.d Salappa Indian National Congress
ChamarajapetNonePremila S. Janata Party
BasavanagudiNoneShamanna T.r. Janata Party
JayanagarNoneChandrashekar M. Janata Party
ShanthinagarSCRanganathan P.k. Indian National Congress
ShivajinagarNoneIbrahim C. M. Janata Party
BharathinagarNoneMichel B. Fernaneds Janata Party
JayamahalNoneJeevaraj Alva Janata Party
YelahankaSCB.basavalingappa Indian National Congress
UttarahalliNoneM. V. Rajasekharan Janata Party
VarthurNoneB.v. Ramachandra Reddy Janata Party
KanakapuraNoneAppaji C. Indian National Congress
SathanurNoneShivalinge Gowda K.l Janata Party
ChannapatnaNoneD.t.ramu Indian National Congress
RamanagaramNoneA.k. Abdul Samad Indian National Congress
MagadiNoneBettaswamy Gowda Janata Party
NelamangalaSCK.prabhakar Indian National Congress
DoddaballapurNoneG.ramegowda Indian National Congress
DevanahalliSCB.n. Bache Gowda Janata Party
HosakoteNoneB.n.bache Gowda Janata Party
NagamangalaNoneH.t.krishanappa Independent
MaddurNoneM.manchegowda Janata Party
KiragavalNoneG.made Gowda Janata Party
MalavalliSCK.l. Mariswami Janata Party
MandyaNoneM.s. Athmanada Janata Party
KeragoduNoneH.d.chowdaiah Janata Party
SrirangapatnaNoneM.srinivas Janata Party
PandavapuraNoneK.rajagopal Janata Party
KrishnarajpetNoneS.m.lingappa Janata Party
HanurNoneRajugowda G. Indian National Congress
KollegalSCSiddamadaiah M. Indian National Congress
BannurNoneMadegtowda K. Indian National Congress
T. NarasipurSCVenkataramana P. Indian National Congress
KrishnarajNoneH.gangadharan Janata Party
ChamarajaNoneK.puttaswamy Janata Party
NarasimharajaNoneAzez Sait Indian National Congress
ChamundeswariNoneD.jayadevaraja Urs Indian National Congress
NanjangudNoneK.b.shivaiah Indian National Congress
SanthemarahalliSCM.madaiah (ramasamundra) Indian National Congress
ChamarajanagarNoneM.c.basappa Janata Party
GundlupetNoneH.k.shivarudrappa Independent
HeggadadevanakoteSCSusheela Cheluvaraj Indian National Congress
HunsurNoneDevaraj Urs Indian National Congress
KrishnarajanagarNoneViswanatha H. Indian National Congress
PeriyapatnaNoneKala Marigowda K. S. Janata Party
AnekalSCY.ramakrishan Janata Party
VirajpetSTG. K. Subhaiah Indian National Congress
MadikereNoneMerianda C. Nanaiah Indian National Congress
SomwarpetNoneR. Gunda Rao Indian National Congress
BelurSCLakshmanaiah B. H. Janata Party
ArsikereNoneD. B. Gangadharappa Indian National Congress
GandsiNoneHaranahalli Ramaswamy Indian National Congress
SravanabelagolaNoneH. C. Srikantaiah Indian National Congress
HolenarasipurNoneH. D. Devegowda Janata Party
ArkalgudNoneMallapa K. B. Janata Party
HassanNoneHanumegowda K. H. Indian National Congress
SakleshpurNoneSomappa J. D. Indian National Congress
SulliaSCA. Ramachandra Janata Party
PutturNoneK. Rama Bhat Janata Party
VittalNoneB. V. Kakkilaya Communist Party of India
BelthangadyNoneGangadhar K. Gangadhar K. Indian National Congress
BantwalNoneB. A. Mohideen Indian National Congress
MangaloreNoneP. F. Rodrigues Indian National Congress
UllalNoneU. T. Fareed Indian National Congress
SurathkalNoneSubbayya Shetty Indian National Congress
KaupNoneB. Bhasker Shetty Indian National Congress
UdupiNoneM. Monarama Madhwaraj Indian National Congress
BrahmavarNoneAnanda Kunda Hegde Indian National Congress
CoondapurNoneKaup Sanjiva Shetty Janata Party
BaindurNoneGopalrishna Kodgi Indian National Congress
KarkalNoneM. Veerappa Moily Indian National Congress
MoodabidriNoneDamodar Mulky Indian National Congress
SringeriNoneB. Ramaiah Indian National Congress
MudigereSCMotamma Indian National Congress
ChikmagalurNoneC. A. Chandre Gowda Indian National Congress
BirurNoneM. Mallappa Indian National Congress
KadurNoneK. M. Thammaiah Janata Party
TarikereNoneH. M. Mallikarjunappa Indian National Congress
ChannagiriNoneJ. H. Patel Janata Party
HolehonnurSCG. Basavanappa Indian National Congress
BhadravathiNoneG. Rajashekar Indian National Congress
HonnaliNoneH. B. Kadasiddappa Indian National Congress
ShimogaNoneK. H. Srinivasa Indian National Congress
TirthahalliNoneKadilal Divakara Indian National Congress
HosanagarNoneS. M. Sheeranaly Chandrasekhar Indian National Congress
SagarNoneL. T. Thimmappa Hegade Indian National Congress
SorabNoneS. Bangarappa Indian National Congress
ShikaripurNoneK. Yenkatappa Indian National Congress
SirsiSCBorkar Umakant Buddu Janata Party
BhatkalNoneSiddiq Mohamed Yahya Bin Umer Indian National Congress
KumtaNoneNaik Seetaram Vasudev Indian National Congress
AnkolaNoneAnasuya Gajanan Sharma Janata Party
KarwarNoneWaingankar Dattatraya Vithu Indian National Congress
HaliyalNoneGhadi Virupaksh Mallappa Indian National Congress
Dharwad RuralNoneMadiman Sumati Bhalachandra Indian National Congress
DharwadNoneBhavurao Deshpande Janata Party
HubliNoneJartardhar Mahadevsa Govindsa Janata Party
Hubli RuralNoneBommai Somappa Rayappa Janata Party
KalghatgiNonePatil Fakiragouda Shivangouda Janata Party
KundgolNoneKatagi Mahadevappa Shivappa Indian National Congress
ShiggaonNoneNadaf Mahammadkhasheemsab Mardansab Indian National Congress
HanagalNoneTahasildar Manohar Hanamantappa Indian National Congress
HirekerurNoneGubbi Shankararao Basalingappagouda Independent
RanibennurNoneNalawagal Somalingappa Hanumantappa Indian National Congress
ByadgiSCMalagi Mariyappa Mudakappa Indian National Congress
HaveriNoneTaware Fakirappa Shiddappa Indian National Congress
ShirhattiNoneUpanal Gulappa Fakirappa Indian National Congress
MundargiNoneBhavi Vasantappa Basappa Indian National Congress
GadagNoneMuttinpendimath Chanaveerayya Shantayya Janata Party
RonNoneMuthikatti Veerabhadrappa Adiveppa Indian National Congress
NaragundNoneB. R. Patil Indian National Congress
NavalgundNonePatil Shankaragouda Virupakshagouda Indian National Congress
RamdurgNonePatil Ramanagouda Shivashiddanagouda Indian National Congress
ParasgadNoneTakked Gudanshah Khanashah Indian National Congress
BailhongalNoneBalekundargi Ramlingappa Chanabasappa Indian National Congress
KitturNoneArawalli Patil Parvatgouda Basangouda Janata Party
KhanapurNoneSirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao Independent
BelgaumNoneSayanak Balwant Bhimrao Independent
UchagaonNonePawashe Prabhakar Anapa Independent
BagewadiNoneAshtekar Govind Laxman Independent
GokakSTNail Laxman Siddappa Indian National Congress
ArabhaviNoneKoujalgi Veeranna Shivalingappa Indian National Congress
HukkeriNoneMahajanshetti Shivoyogi Shivaligappa Indian National Congress
SankeshwarNonePatil Malhargouda Shankargouda Indian National Congress
NippaniNoneChavan Balavant Gopal Independent
SadalgaNoneBedage Anna Balaji Indian National Congress
ChikkodiSCHegre Parashuram Padmanna Indian National Congress
RaibagSCNadoni Rama Shidling Janata Party
KagwadNoneJakanur Annarao Balappa Indian National Congress
AthaniNonePawar Desai Shidharaj Alias Dhairyasheelarao Bhojaraj Indian National Congress
JamkhandiNonePattar Venkappa Veerappa Indian National Congress
BilgiNonePatil Siddanagouda Somanagouda Indian National Congress
MudholSCHadimani Alias Kale Jayawant Kalasappa Indian National Congress
BagalkotNoneKalligudda Parappa Karabasappa Indian National Congress
BadamiNoneChimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa Indian National Congress
GuledgudNoneJanali Basanagonda Veeranagouda Indian National Congress
HungundNoneKavashetti Shankarappa Sugurappa Independent
MuddebihalNoneDeshukh Jagadev Rao Sanganabasappa Janata Party
Huvin-hippargiNonePatil Basangouda Somanagouda Janata Party
Basavana-bagewadiNonePatil Basanagouda Somanagouda Janata Party
TikotaNonePatil Badugouda Bapugouda Janata Party
BijapurNoneBakshi Sayyad Habibuddin Shamanasaheb Janata Party
BallolliSCArakeri Siddharth Sangappa Janata Party
IndiNoneKallur Raveashiddappa Ramagondappa Janata Party
SindgiNoneBekinalkar Maibubsaheb Hasansanheb Indian National Congress

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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