1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in March 1978 for the fifth term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 288 seats were contested. Congress factions and formed the government and Vasantdada Patil was sworn in again as the Chief Minister.

Results

Party results

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change in
vote %