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Lok Sabha · 8 seats by-polled across 6 states

By-elections 1978

By-elections fill seats vacated mid-term. They are separate contests, not a general election: no government was formed and no majority was at stake, so these results are shown as a table rather than a map. All Lok Sabha elections →
Seats won
JNP: 4 seats (50.0%)INC(I): 3 seats (37.5%)INC: 1 seats (12.5%)8seats
  • JNP450.0%
  • INC(I)337.5%
  • INC112.5%
Andhra Pradesh · Bihar · Haryana · Karnataka · Manipur · Uttar Pradesh

Seats by-polled — 1978

8 seats
ConstituencyWinnerPartyMargin
Nandyal
PC 27
P.V.SUBBAIAH
INC(I)
41,003
8.1%
Warangal
PC 39
G.M.RAO
INC
12,258
2.7%
Samastipur
PC 17
A.K.MEHTA
JNP
26,864
5.3%
Karnal
PC 3
M.SINGH
JNP
18,379
4.8%
Chickmagalur
PC 20
I.N.GANDHI (W)
INC(I)
77,333
17.3%
Outer Manipur (ST)
PC 2
KAIHO
JNP
54,853
24.4%
Azamgarh
PC 45
M.KINDWAI(W)
INC(I)
35,385
11.8%
Fathepur
PC 58
S.L.HUSSAIN
JNP
30,066
11.2%
Source: Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University