| Election Name: | 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Election Date: | 1978 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | All 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 113 |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| Last Election1: | 165 |
| Seats1: | 149 |
| Seat Change1: | 16 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,543,756 |
| Percentage1: | 44.25% |
| Swing1: | 7.92% |
| Party2: | Janata Party |
| Last Election2: | Party did not exist |
| Seats2: | 59 |
| Seat Change2: | 59 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,754,114 |
| Percentage2: | 37.95% |
| Swing2: | 37.95% |
| Chief Minister of Mysore | |
| Before Election: | Vacant |
| Before Party: | President's rule |
| Posttitle: | Chief Minister of Karnataka |
| After Election: | D. Devaraj Urs |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
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]
!colspan=10||- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
!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||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|||| |||-|}
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurad | None | Manik Rao Patil | ||
| Bhalki | None | Bhimanna Shivalingappa Kandre | ||
| Hulsoor | SC | Madanlal Badeappa | ||
| Bidar | None | Veershetty Moglappa Kusnoor | ||
| Humnabad | None | Baswaraj Hawgappa | ||
| Basavakalyan | None | Bapu Rao Hulsoorker | ||
| Chincholi | None | Devendrappa Ghalappa Jamadar | ||
| Kamalapur | SC | Govind P. Vadeyaraj | ||
| Alland | None | Anna Rao Bhem Rao Patil Kotalli | ||
| Gulbarga | None | Qamarul Islam | ||
| Shahabad | SC | Sharnappa Fakeerappa Bhairy | ||
| Afzalpur | None | M.y.patil | ||
| Chitapur | None | Prabhakar R.telkar | ||
| Sedam | None | Sher Khan | ||
| Jewargi | None | |||
| Gurmitkal | SC | |||
| Yadgir | None | Sharanappa Nagappa Kalburgi | ||
| Shahapur | None | Shivanna Sawoor | ||
| Shorapur | None | Raja Kumar Naik | ||
| Deodurg | SC | B. Shivanna | ||
| Raichur | None | Nazeer Ahmad Siddiqui | ||
| Kalmala | None | Sudhendra Rao Kasbe | ||
| Manvi | None | R. Ambanna Naik Dorai Hanamappa Naik | ||
| Lingsugur | None | Baswaraj Appagouda Timmangouda Anwari | ||
| Sindhnoor | None | Narayanappa Hanumanthappa | ||
| Kushtagi | None | M. Ganganna Bheemappa | ||
| Yelburga | None | Shrilingraj Shivashankar Rao | ||
| Kanakagiri | None | M.nagappa Mukappa | ||
| Gangavathi | None | C.yadave Rao Shesha Rao | ||
| Koppal | None | Veeranna Pampanna Mudgal | ||
| Siruguppa | None | Ramaiah B. E. | ||
| Kurugodu | None | Ramappa M. | ||
| Bellary | None | Bhasker Naidu K. | ||
| Hospet | None | K. Gudusaheb | ||
| Sandur | None | C. Rudrappa | ||
| Kudligi | None | T. Somappa | ||
| Kottur | None | M. M. J. Sadyojatha | ||
| Hadagalli | None | Karibasavanagoud Kogali | ||
| Harapanahalli | SC | D. Narayanadas | ||
| Harihar | None | P.basavana Gowda | ||
| Davangere | None | Pampapathi | ||
| Mayakonda | None | Nagamma C. Keshavamurty | ||
| Bharamasagara | SC | T.chowdiah | ||
| Chitradurga | None | V.masiyappa | ||
| Jagalur | None | G.h. Aswatha Reddy | ||
| Molakalmuru | None | Patil Papanaik | ||
| Challakere | None | N.jayanna | ||
| Hiriyur | SC | K.h.ranganath | ||
| Holalkere | None | K.h.siddarampna | ||
| Hosadurga | None | K.venkataramaiah | ||
| Pavagada | SC | Nagappa | ||
| Sira | None | S.lingaiah | ||
| Kallambella | None | |||
| Bellavi | None | G.s.shivananjappa | ||
| Madhugiri | SC | Gangahamumaiah | ||
| Koratagere | None | Muddaramaiah | ||
| Tumkur | None | Nazeer Ahmed | ||
| Kunigal | None | Andanaiah | ||
| Huliyurdurga | None | Mayanna D.t | ||
| Gubbi | None | Gatti Chandrashekar | ||
| Turuvekere | None | K.h.ramakrishnaiah | ||
| Tiptur | None | V.l. Shivappa | ||
| Chiknaikanahalli | None | N.basavaiah | ||
| Gowribidanur | None | Papaiah B.n.k | ||
| Chikballapur | SC | Renuka Rajendran | ||
| Sidlaghatta | None | S.munishamapra | ||
| Bagepalli | None | S. Muni Raju | ||
| Chintamani | None | Chowdareddy | ||
| Srinivasapur | None | |||
| Mulbagal | None | J.m.reddy | ||
| Kolar Gold Fields | SC | C.m.arumugham | ||
| Bethamangala | SC | C.venkateshappa | ||
| Kolar | None | M.abdul Latheef | ||
| Vemgal | None | S.govinda Gowda | ||
| Malur | None | P.n.reddy | ||
| Malleswaram | None | P.ramdev | ||
| Rajajinagar | None | Mallur Ananda Rao | ||
| Gandhinagar | None | K.lakshman | ||
| Chickpet | None | A.lakshmisagar | ||
| Binnypet | None | I.p.d Salappa | ||
| Chamarajapet | None | Premila S. | ||
| Basavanagudi | None | Shamanna T.r. | ||
| Jayanagar | None | Chandrashekar M. | ||
| Shanthinagar | SC | Ranganathan P.k. | ||
| Shivajinagar | None | |||
| Bharathinagar | None | Michel B. Fernaneds | ||
| Jayamahal | None | |||
| Yelahanka | SC | B.basavalingappa | ||
| Uttarahalli | None | |||
| Varthur | None | B.v. Ramachandra Reddy | ||
| Kanakapura | None | Appaji C. | ||
| Sathanur | None | Shivalinge Gowda K.l | ||
| Channapatna | None | D.t.ramu | ||
| Ramanagaram | None | A.k. Abdul Samad | ||
| Magadi | None | Bettaswamy Gowda | ||
| Nelamangala | SC | K.prabhakar | ||
| Doddaballapur | None | G.ramegowda | ||
| Devanahalli | SC | B.n. Bache Gowda | ||
| Hosakote | None | B.n.bache Gowda | ||
| Nagamangala | None | H.t.krishanappa | ||
| Maddur | None | M.manchegowda | ||
| Kiragaval | None | G.made Gowda | ||
| Malavalli | SC | K.l. Mariswami | ||
| Mandya | None | M.s. Athmanada | ||
| Keragodu | None | H.d.chowdaiah | ||
| Srirangapatna | None | M.srinivas | ||
| Pandavapura | None | K.rajagopal | ||
| Krishnarajpet | None | S.m.lingappa | ||
| Hanur | None | Rajugowda G. | ||
| Kollegal | SC | Siddamadaiah M. | ||
| Bannur | None | Madegtowda K. | ||
| T. Narasipur | SC | Venkataramana P. | ||
| Krishnaraj | None | H.gangadharan | ||
| Chamaraja | None | K.puttaswamy | ||
| Narasimharaja | None | Azez Sait | ||
| Chamundeswari | None | D.jayadevaraja Urs | ||
| Nanjangud | None | K.b.shivaiah | ||
| Santhemarahalli | SC | M.madaiah (ramasamundra) | ||
| Chamarajanagar | None | M.c.basappa | ||
| Gundlupet | None | H.k.shivarudrappa | ||
| Heggadadevanakote | SC | Susheela Cheluvaraj | ||
| Hunsur | None | |||
| Krishnarajanagar | None | Viswanatha H. | ||
| Periyapatna | None | Kala Marigowda K. S. | ||
| Anekal | SC | Y.ramakrishan | ||
| Virajpet | ST | G. K. Subhaiah | ||
| Madikere | None | Merianda C. Nanaiah | ||
| Somwarpet | None | R. Gunda Rao | ||
| Belur | SC | Lakshmanaiah B. H. | ||
| Arsikere | None | D. B. Gangadharappa | ||
| Gandsi | None | Haranahalli Ramaswamy | ||
| Sravanabelagola | None | H. C. Srikantaiah | ||
| Holenarasipur | None | H. D. Devegowda | ||
| Arkalgud | None | Mallapa K. B. | ||
| Hassan | None | Hanumegowda K. H. | ||
| Sakleshpur | None | Somappa J. D. | ||
| Sullia | SC | A. Ramachandra | ||
| Puttur | None | K. Rama Bhat | ||
| Vittal | None | B. V. Kakkilaya | ||
| Belthangady | None | Gangadhar K. Gangadhar K. | ||
| Bantwal | None | B. A. Mohideen | ||
| Mangalore | None | P. F. Rodrigues | ||
| Ullal | None | U. T. Fareed | ||
| Surathkal | None | Subbayya Shetty | ||
| Kaup | None | B. Bhasker Shetty | ||
| Udupi | None | M. Monarama Madhwaraj | ||
| Brahmavar | None | Ananda Kunda Hegde | ||
| Coondapur | None | Kaup Sanjiva Shetty | ||
| Baindur | None | Gopalrishna Kodgi | ||
| Karkal | None | M. Veerappa Moily | ||
| Moodabidri | None | Damodar Mulky | ||
| Sringeri | None | B. Ramaiah | ||
| Mudigere | SC | Motamma | ||
| Chikmagalur | None | C. A. Chandre Gowda | ||
| Birur | None | M. Mallappa | ||
| Kadur | None | K. M. Thammaiah | ||
| Tarikere | None | H. M. Mallikarjunappa | ||
| Channagiri | None | J. H. Patel | ||
| Holehonnur | SC | G. Basavanappa | ||
| Bhadravathi | None | G. Rajashekar | ||
| Honnali | None | H. B. Kadasiddappa | ||
| Shimoga | None | K. H. Srinivasa | ||
| Tirthahalli | None | Kadilal Divakara | ||
| Hosanagar | None | S. M. Sheeranaly Chandrasekhar | ||
| Sagar | None | L. T. Thimmappa Hegade | ||
| Sorab | None | S. Bangarappa | ||
| Shikaripur | None | K. Yenkatappa | ||
| Sirsi | SC | Borkar Umakant Buddu | ||
| Bhatkal | None | Siddiq Mohamed Yahya Bin Umer | ||
| Kumta | None | Naik Seetaram Vasudev | ||
| Ankola | None | Anasuya Gajanan Sharma | ||
| Karwar | None | Waingankar Dattatraya Vithu | ||
| Haliyal | None | Ghadi Virupaksh Mallappa | ||
| Dharwad Rural | None | Madiman Sumati Bhalachandra | ||
| Dharwad | None | Bhavurao Deshpande | ||
| Hubli | None | Jartardhar Mahadevsa Govindsa | ||
| Hubli Rural | None | Bommai Somappa Rayappa | ||
| Kalghatgi | None | Patil Fakiragouda Shivangouda | ||
| Kundgol | None | Katagi Mahadevappa Shivappa | ||
| Shiggaon | None | Nadaf Mahammadkhasheemsab Mardansab | ||
| Hanagal | None | Tahasildar Manohar Hanamantappa | ||
| Hirekerur | None | Gubbi Shankararao Basalingappagouda | ||
| Ranibennur | None | Nalawagal Somalingappa Hanumantappa | ||
| Byadgi | SC | Malagi Mariyappa Mudakappa | ||
| Haveri | None | Taware Fakirappa Shiddappa | ||
| Shirhatti | None | Upanal Gulappa Fakirappa | ||
| Mundargi | None | Bhavi Vasantappa Basappa | ||
| Gadag | None | Muttinpendimath Chanaveerayya Shantayya | ||
| Ron | None | Muthikatti Veerabhadrappa Adiveppa | ||
| Naragund | None | B. R. Patil | ||
| Navalgund | None | Patil Shankaragouda Virupakshagouda | ||
| Ramdurg | None | Patil Ramanagouda Shivashiddanagouda | ||
| Parasgad | None | Takked Gudanshah Khanashah | ||
| Bailhongal | None | Balekundargi Ramlingappa Chanabasappa | ||
| Kittur | None | Arawalli Patil Parvatgouda Basangouda | ||
| Khanapur | None | Sirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao | ||
| Belgaum | None | Sayanak Balwant Bhimrao | ||
| Uchagaon | None | Pawashe Prabhakar Anapa | ||
| Bagewadi | None | Ashtekar Govind Laxman | ||
| Gokak | ST | Nail Laxman Siddappa | ||
| Arabhavi | None | Koujalgi Veeranna Shivalingappa | ||
| Hukkeri | None | Mahajanshetti Shivoyogi Shivaligappa | ||
| Sankeshwar | None | Patil Malhargouda Shankargouda | ||
| Nippani | None | Chavan Balavant Gopal | ||
| Sadalga | None | Bedage Anna Balaji | ||
| Chikkodi | SC | Hegre Parashuram Padmanna | ||
| Raibag | SC | Nadoni Rama Shidling | ||
| Kagwad | None | Jakanur Annarao Balappa | ||
| Athani | None | Pawar Desai Shidharaj Alias Dhairyasheelarao Bhojaraj | ||
| Jamkhandi | None | Pattar Venkappa Veerappa | ||
| Bilgi | None | Patil Siddanagouda Somanagouda | ||
| Mudhol | SC | Hadimani Alias Kale Jayawant Kalasappa | ||
| Bagalkot | None | Kalligudda Parappa Karabasappa | ||
| Badami | None | Chimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa | ||
| Guledgud | None | Janali Basanagonda Veeranagouda | ||
| Hungund | None | Kavashetti Shankarappa Sugurappa | ||
| Muddebihal | None | Deshukh Jagadev Rao Sanganabasappa | ||
| Huvin-hippargi | None | Patil Basangouda Somanagouda | ||
| Basavana-bagewadi | None | Patil Basanagouda Somanagouda | ||
| Tikota | None | Patil Badugouda Bapugouda | ||
| Bijapur | None | Bakshi Sayyad Habibuddin Shamanasaheb | ||
| Ballolli | SC | Arakeri Siddharth Sangappa | ||
| Indi | None | Kallur Raveashiddappa Ramagondappa | ||
| Sindgi | None | Bekinalkar Maibubsaheb Hasansanheb | ||