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 (u) and (i) formed the government and Vasantdada Patil was sworn in again as the Chief Minister.

Party results
!colspan=10| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !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 %
 * - align=center
 * align="left"|Janata Party||215||99|| 99||5,701,399||27.99%|| 27.99% (New Party)
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress||259||69|| 153||5,159,828||25.33%|| 31.03%
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress (Indira)||203||62|| 62||3,735,308||18.34%|| 18.34% (New Party)
 * align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||88||13|| 6||1,129,172||5.54%|| 0.12%
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||12||9|| 8||345,008||1.69%|| 0.92%
 * align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||6||3|| 1||166,497||0.82%|| 1.58%
 * align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)||23||2|| 2||287,533||1.41%|| 1.41% (New Party)
 * align="left"|Republican Party of India||25||2||||215,487||1.06%|| 2.71%
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||48||1|| 1||301,056||1.48%|| 1.25%
 * 35
 * 0
 * 1
 * 369,749
 * 1.82%
 * 0.02%
 * 5
 * 0
 * 88,654
 * 0.44%
 * 0.26%
 * align="left"|Independents||894||28|| 5||2,864,023||14.06%|| 1.38%
 * -style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1819||288|| 18||20,367,221||67.59%|| 6.94%
 * }
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India||48||1|| 1||301,056||1.48%|| 1.25%
 * 35
 * 0
 * 1
 * 369,749
 * 1.82%
 * 0.02%
 * 5
 * 0
 * 88,654
 * 0.44%
 * 0.26%
 * align="left"|Independents||894||28|| 5||2,864,023||14.06%|| 1.38%
 * -style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1819||288|| 18||20,367,221||67.59%|| 6.94%
 * }
 * 88,654
 * 0.44%
 * 0.26%
 * align="left"|Independents||894||28|| 5||2,864,023||14.06%|| 1.38%
 * -style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1819||288|| 18||20,367,221||67.59%|| 6.94%
 * }
 * align="left"|Total||1819||288|| 18||20,367,221||67.59%|| 6.94%
 * }
 * }
 * }