1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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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.

Results

Template:Election table !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;" | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||214||149||Template:Decrease 16||5,543,756||44.25%|Template:Decrease 7.92% |- | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Janata Party||222||59||Template:Increase 59||4,754,114||37.95%|Template:Increase 37.95% |- | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Communist Party of India||6||3||Template:Steady||148,567||1.19%|Template:Increase 0.20% |- | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation)||212||2||Template:Decrease 22||1,001,553||7.99%|Template:Decrease 18.23% |- | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Republican Party of India||3||1||Template:Increase 1||22,443||0.18%|Template:Increase 0.18% |- | Template:Party color cell |align="left"|Independents||||10||Template:Decrease 10||940,677||7.51%|N/A |- | |align="left"|Total||||224|||| || |- |}

Elected members

S. No.	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
1	Aurad	None	Manik Rao Patil	Template:Full party name with color
2	Bhalki	None	Bhimanna Shivalingappa Kandre	Template:Full party name with color
3	Hulsoor	SC	Madanlal Badeappa	Template:Full party name with color
4	Bidar	None	Veershetty Moglappa Kusnoor	Template:Full party name with color
5	Humnabad	None	Baswaraj Hawgappa	Template:Full party name with color
6	Basavakalyan	None	Bapu Rao Hulsoorker	Template:Full party name with color
7	Chincholi	None	Devendrappa Ghalappa Jamadar	Template:Full party name with color
8	Kamalapur	SC	Govind P. Vadeyaraj	Template:Full party name with color
9	Aland	None	Anna Rao Bhem Rao Patil Kotalli	Template:Full party name with color
10	Gulbarga	None	Qamarul Islam	Template:Full party name with color
11	Shahabad	SC	Sharnappa Fakeerappa Bhairy	Template:Full party name with color
12	Afzalpur	None	M. Y. Patil	Template:Full party name with color
13	Chittapur	None	Prabhakar R. Telkar	Template:Full party name with color
14	Sedam	None	Sher Khan	Template:Full party name with color
15	Jevargi	None	Dharam Singh Narayan Singh	Template:Full party name with color
16	Gurmitkal	SC	Mallikarjun Kharge	Template:Full party name with color
17	Yadgir	None	Sharanappa Nagappa Kalburgi	Template:Full party name with color
18	Shahapur	None	Shivanna Sawoor	Template:Full party name with color
19	Shorapur	None	Raja Kumar Naik	Template:Full party name with color
20	Devadurga	SC	B. Shivanna	Template:Full party name with color
21	Raichur	None	Nazeer Ahmad Siddiqui	Template:Full party name with color
22	Kalmala	None	Sudhendra Rao Kasbe	Template:Full party name with color
23	Manvi	None	R. Ambanna Naik Dorai Hanamappa Naik	Template:Full party name with color
24	Lingsugur	None	Baswaraj Appagouda Timmangouda Anwari	Template:Full party name with color
25	Sindhnoor	None	Narayanappa Hanumanthappa	Template:Full party name with color
26	Kushtagi	None	M. Ganganna Bheemappa	Template:Full party name with color
27	Yelburga	None	Shrilingraj Shivashankar Rao	Template:Full party name with color
28	Kanakagiri	None	M. Nagappa Mukappa	Template:Full party name with color
29	Gangawati	None	C. Yadave Rao Shesha Rao	Template:Full party name with color
30	Koppal	None	Veeranna Pampanna Mudgal	Template:Full party name with color
31	Siruguppa	None	Ramaiah B. E.	Template:Full party name with color
32	Kurugodu	None	Ramappa M.	Template:Full party name with color
33	Bellary	None	Bhasker Naidu K.	Template:Full party name with color
34	Hospet	None	K. Gudusaheb	Template:Full party name with color
35	Sandur	None	C. Rudrappa	Template:Full party name with color
36	Kudligi	None	T. Somappa	Template:Full party name with color
37	Kottur	None	M. M. J. Sadyojatha	Template:Full party name with color
38	Hoovina Hadagali	None	Karibasavanagoud Kogali	Template:Full party name with color
39	Harapanahalli	SC	D. Narayanadas	Template:Full party name with color
40	Harihar	None	P. Basavana Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
41	Davanagere	None	Pampapathi	Template:Full party name with color
42	Mayakonda	None	Nagamma C. Keshavamurty	Template:Full party name with color
43	Bharamasagara	SC	T. Chowdiah	Template:Full party name with color
44	Chitradurga	None	V. Masiyappa	Template:Full party name with color
45	Jagalur	None	G. H. Aswatha Reddy	Template:Full party name with color
46	Molakalmuru	None	Patil Papanaik	Template:Full party name with color
47	Challakere	None	N. Jayanna	Template:Full party name with color
48	Hiriyur	SC	K. H. Ranganath	Template:Full party name with color
49	Holalkere	None	K. H. Siddaramanna	Template:Full party name with color
50	Hosadurga	None	K. Venkataramaiah	Template:Full party name with color
51	Pavagada	SC	Nagappa	Template:Full party name with color
52	Sira	None	S. Lingaiah	Template:Full party name with color
53	Kalambella	None	T. B. Jayachandra	Template:Full party name with color
54	Bellavi	None	G.s.shivananjappa	Template:Full party name with color
55	Madhugiri	SC	Gangahamumaiah	Template:Full party name with color
56	Koratagere	None	Muddaramaiah	Template:Full party name with color
57	Tumkur	None	Nazeer Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
58	Kunigal	None	Andanaiah	Template:Full party name with color
59	Huliyurdurga	None	D. T. Mayanna	Template:Full party name with color
60	Gubbi	None	Gatti Chandrashekar	Template:Full party name with color
61	Turuvekere	None	K. H. Ramakrishnaiah	Template:Full party name with color
62	Tiptur	None	V. l. Shivappa	Template:Full party name with color
63	Chikkanayakanahalli	None	N. Basavaiah	Template:Full party name with color
64	Gauribidanur	None	Papaiah B.N.K	Template:Full party name with color
65	Chikballapur	SC	Renuka Rajendran	Template:Full party name with color
66	Sidlaghatta	None	S. Munishamapra	Template:Full party name with color
67	Bagepalli	None	S. Muni Raju	Template:Full party name with color
68	Chintamani	None	Chowdareddy	Template:Full party name with color
69	Srinivasapur	None	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
70	Mulbagal	None	J. M. Reddy	Template:Full party name with color
71	Kolar Gold Field	SC	C. M. Arumugham	Template:Full party name with color
72	Bethamangala	SC	C.venkateshappa	Template:Full party name with color
73	Kolar	None	M.abdul Latheef	Template:Full party name with color
74	Vemagal	None	S.govinda Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
75	Malur	None	P. N .Reddy	Template:Full party name with color
76	Malleshwaram	None	P. Ramdev	Template:Full party name with color
77	Rajaji Nagar	None	Mallur Ananda Rao	Template:Full party name with color
78	Gandhi Nagar	None	K. Lakshman	Template:Full party name with color
79	Chickpet	None	A. Lakshmisagar	Template:Full party name with color
80	Binnypet	None	I. P. D. Salappa	Template:Full party name with color
81	Chamrajpet	None	Premila S.	Template:Full party name with color
82	Basavanagudi	None	T. R. Shamanna	Template:Full party name with color
83	Jayanagar	None	Chandrashekar M.	Template:Full party name with color
84	Shanti Nagar	SC	Ranganathan P. K.	Template:Full party name with color
85	Shivajinagar	None	Ibrahim C. M.	Template:Full party name with color
86	Bharathinagar	None	Michel B. Fernandes	Template:Full party name with color
87	Jayamahal	None	Jeevaraj Alva	Template:Full party name with color
88	Yelahanka	SC	B. Basavalingappa	Template:Full party name with color
89	Uttarahalli	None	M. V. Rajasekharan	Template:Full party name with color
90	Varthur	None	B. V. Ramachandra Reddy	Template:Full party name with color
91	Kanakapura	None	Appaji C.	Template:Full party name with color
92	Sathanur	None	Shivalinge Gowda K. L.	Template:Full party name with color
93	Channapatna	None	D. T. Ramu	Template:Full party name with color
94	Ramanagara	None	A.k. Abdul Samad	Template:Full party name with color
95	Magadi	None	Bettaswamy Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
96	Nelamangala	SC	K. Prabhakar	Template:Full party name with color
96	Doddaballapur	None	G. Ramegowda	Template:Full party name with color
98	Devanahalli	SC	B. N. Bache Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
99	Hosakote	None	B. N. Bache Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
100	Anekal	None	H. T. Krishnappa	Template:Full party name with color
101	Nagamangala	None	M. Manchegowda	Template:Full party name with color
102	Maddur	None	G. Made Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
103	Kiragavalu	SC	K. L. Mariswami	Template:Full party name with color
104	Malavalli	None	M. S. Athmanada	Template:Full party name with color
105	Mandya	None	H. D. Chowdaiah	Template:Full party name with color
106	Keragodu	None	M. Srinivas	Template:Full party name with color
107	Shrirangapattana	None	K. Rajagopal	Template:Full party name with color
108	Pandavapura	None	S. M. Lingappa	Template:Full party name with color
109	Krishnarajpete	None	Rajugowda G.	Template:Full party name with color
110	Hanur	SC	Siddamadaiah M.	Template:Full party name with color
111	Kollegal	None	Madegowda K.	Template:Full party name with color
112	Banur	SC	Venkataramana P.	Template:Full party name with color
113	T. Narasipur	None	H. Gangadharan	Template:Full party name with color
114	Krishnaraja	None	K. Puttaswamy	Template:Full party name with color
115	Chamaraja	None	Azez Sait	Template:Full party name with color
116	Narasimharaja	None	D. Jayadevaraja Urs	Template:Full party name with color
117	Chamundeshwari	None	K. B. Shivaiah	Template:Full party name with color
118	Nanjangud	SC	M. Madaiah (Ramasamundra)	Template:Full party name with color
119	Santhemarahalli	None	M. C. Basappa	Template:Full party name with color
120	Chamarajanagar	None	H. K. Shivarudrappa	Template:Full party name with color
121	Gundlupet	SC	Susheela Cheluvaraj	Template:Full party name with color
122	Heggadadevankote	None	Devaraj Urs	Template:Full party name with color
123	Hunsur	None	Viswanatha H.	Template:Full party name with color
124	Krishnarajanagara	None	Kala Marigowda K. S.	Template:Full party name with color
125	Periyapatna	SC	Y. Ramakrishna	Template:Full party name with color
126	Virajpet	ST	G. K. Subhaiah	Template:Full party name with color
127	Madikeri	None	Merianda C. Nanaiah	Template:Full party name with color
128	Somwarpet	None	R. Gundu Rao	Template:Full party name with color
129	Belur	SC	Lakshmanaiah B. H.	Template:Full party name with color
130	Arsikere	None	D. B. Gangadharappa	Template:Full party name with color
131	Gandasi	None	Haranahalli Ramaswamy	Template:Full party name with color
132	Shravanabelagola	None	H. C. Srikantaiah	Template:Full party name with color
133	Holenarasipur	None	H. D. Deve Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
134	Arkalgud	None	Mallappa K. B.	Template:Full party name with color
135	Hassan	None	Hanumegowda K. H.	Template:Full party name with color
136	Sakleshpur	None	Somappa J. D.	Template:Full party name with color
137	Sullia	SC	A. Ramachandra	Template:Full party name with color
138	Puttur	None	K. Rama Bhat	Template:Full party name with color
139	Vittla	None	B. V. Kakkilaya	Template:Full party name with color
140	Belthangady	None	Gangadhar K.	Template:Full party name with color
141	Bantval	None	B. A. Mohideen	Template:Full party name with color
142	Mangalore	None	P. F. Rodrigues	Template:Full party name with color
143	Ullal	None	U. T. Fareed	Template:Full party name with color
144	Surathkal	None	Subbayya Shetty	Template:Full party name with color
145	Kapu	None	B. Bhasker Shetty	Template:Full party name with color
146	Udupi	None	M. Manorama Madhwaraj	Template:Full party name with color
147	Brahmavar	None	Ananda Kunda Hegde	Template:Full party name with color
148	Kundapura	None	Kaup Sanjiva Shetty	Template:Full party name with color
149	Byndoor	None	Gopalrishna Kodgi	Template:Full party name with color
150	Karkala	None	M. Veerappa Moily	Template:Full party name with color
151	Moodabidri	None	Damodar Mulky	Template:Full party name with color
152	Sringeri	None	B. Ramaiah	Template:Full party name with color
153	Mudigere	SC	Motamma	Template:Full party name with color
154	Chikmagalur	None	C. A. Chandre Gowda	Template:Full party name with color
155	Birur	None	M. Mallappa	Template:Full party name with color
156	Kadur	None	K. M. Thammaiah	Template:Full party name with color
157	Tarikere	None	H. M. Mallikarjunappa	Template:Full party name with color
158	Channagiri	None	J. H. Patel	Template:Full party name with color
159	Holehonnur	SC	G. Basavanappa	Template:Full party name with color
160	Bhadravati	None	G. Rajashekar	Template:Full party name with color
161	Honnali	None	H. B. Kadasiddappa	Template:Full party name with color
162	Shimoga	None	K. H. Srinivasa	Template:Full party name with color
163	Tirthahalli	None	Kadilal Divakara	Template:Full party name with color
164	Hosanagar	None	S. M. Sheeranally Chandrasekhar	Template:Full party name with color
165	Sagar	None	L. T. Thimmappa Hegade	Template:Full party name with color
166	Sorab	None	S. Bangarappa	Template:Full party name with color
167	Shikaripura	None	K. Yenkatappa	Template:Full party name with color
168	Sirsi (SC)	SC	Borkar Umakant Buddu	Template:Full party name with color
169	Bhatkal	None	Siddiq Mohamed Yahya Bin Umer	Template:Full party name with color
170	Kumta	None	Naik Seetaram Vasudev	Template:Full party name with color
171	Ankola	None	Anasuya Gajanan Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
172	Karwar	None	Waingankar Dattatraya Vithu	Template:Full party name with color
173	Haliyal	None	Ghadi Virupaksh Mallappa	Template:Full party name with color
174	Dharwad Rural	None	Madiman Sumati Bhalachandra	Template:Full party name with color
175	Dharwad	None	Bhavurao Deshpande	Template:Full party name with color
176	Hubli City	None	Jartardhar Mahadevsa Govindsa	Template:Full party name with color
177	Hubli Rural	None	Bommai Somappa Rayappa	Template:Full party name with color
178	Kalghatgi	None	Patil Fakiragouda Shivangouda	Template:Full party name with color
179	Kundgol	None	Katagi Mahadevappa Shivappa	Template:Full party name with color
180	Shiggaon	None	Nadaf Mahammadkhasheemsab Mardansab	Template:Full party name with color
181	Hangal	None	Tahasildar Manohar Hanamantappa	Template:Full party name with color
182	Hirekerur	None	Gubbi Shankararao Basalingappagouda	Template:Full party name with color
183	Ranibennur	None	Nalawagal Somalingappa Hanumantappa	Template:Full party name with color
184	Byadgi	SC	Malagi Mariyappa Mudakappa	Template:Full party name with color
185	Haveri	None	Taware Fakirappa Shiddappa	Template:Full party name with color
186	Shirahatti	None	Upanal Gulappa Fakirappa	Template:Full party name with color
187	Mundargi	None	Bhavi Vasantappa Basappa	Template:Full party name with color
188	Gadag	None	Muttinpendimath Chanaveerayya Shantayya	Template:Full party name with color
189	Ron	None	Muthikatti Veerabhadrappa Adiveppa	Template:Full party name with color
190	Nargund	None	B. R. Patil	Template:Full party name with color
191	Navalgund	None	Patil Shankaragouda Virupakshagouda	Template:Full party name with color
192	Ramdurg	None	Patil Ramanagouda Shivashiddanagouda	Template:Full party name with color
193	Parasgad	None	Takked Gudanshah Khanashah	Template:Full party name with color
194	Bailhongal	None	Balekundargi Ramlingappa Chanabasappa	Template:Full party name with color
195	Kittur	None	Arawalli Patil Parvatgouda Basangouda	Template:Full party name with color
196	Khanapur	None	Sirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao	Template:Full party name with color
197	Belgaum	None	Sayanak Balwant Bhimrao	Template:Full party name with color
198	Uchagaon	None	Pawashe Prabhakar Anapa	Template:Full party name with color
199	Hire Bagewadi	None	Ashtekar Govind Laxman	Template:Full party name with color
200	Gokak	ST	Nail Laxman Siddappa	Template:Full party name with color
201	Arabhavi	None	Koujalgi Veeranna Shivalingappa	Template:Full party name with color
202	Hukkeri	None	Mahajanshetti Shivoyogi Shivaligappa	Template:Full party name with color
203	Sankeshwar	None	Patil Malhargouda Shankargouda	Template:Full party name with color
204	Nippani	None	Chavan Balavant Gopal	Template:Full party name with color
205	Sadalga	None	Bedage Anna Balaji	Template:Full party name with color
206	Chikkodi	SC	Hegre Parashuram Padmanna	Template:Full party name with color
207	Raibag	SC	Nadoni Rama Shidling	Template:Full party name with color
208	Kagwad	None	Jakanur Annarao Balappa	Template:Full party name with color
209	Athani	None	Pawar Desai Shidharaj Alias Dhairyasheelarao Bhojaraj	Template:Full party name with color
210	Jamkhandi	None	Pattar Venkappa Veerappa	Template:Full party name with color
211	Bilgi	None	Patil Siddanagouda Somanagouda	Template:Full party name with color
212	Mudhol	SC	Hadimani Alias Kale Jayawant Kalasappa	Template:Full party name with color
213	Bagalkot	None	Kalligudda Parappa Karabasappa	Template:Full party name with color
214	Badami	None	Chimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa	Template:Full party name with color
215	Guledgud	None	Janali Basanagonda Veeranagouda	Template:Full party name with color
216	Hungund	None	Kavashetti Shankarappa Sugurappa	Template:Full party name with color
217	Muddebihal	None	Deshmukh Jagadev Rao Sanganabasappa	Template:Full party name with color
218	Huvina Hipparagi	None	Patil Basangouda Somanagouda	Template:Full party name with color
219	Basavana Bagevadi	None	Patil Basanagouda Somanagouda	Template:Full party name with color
220	Tikota	None	Patil Badugouda Bapugouda	Template:Full party name with color
221	Bijapur	None	Bakshi Sayyad Habibuddin Shamanasaheb	Template:Full party name with color
222	Ballolli	SC	Arakeri Siddharth Sangappa	Template:Full party name with color
223	Indi	None	Kallur Raveashiddappa Ramagondappa	Template:Full party name with color
224	Sindagi	None	Bekinalkar Maibubsaheb Hasansanheb	Template:Full party name with color