1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

{{Short description|Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election

| country = India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1972

| next_election = 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election|

| next_year = 1983

| election_date = 25 February 1978

| seats_for_election = All 126 seats in the Legislature of Assam

| majority_seats = 64

| image_size = 100px

| party1 = Janata Party

| image1 = Golap Borbora.jpg

| leader1 = Golap Borbora

| leader_since1 = 1978

| leaders_seat1 = Tinsukia

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| seats1 = 53

| seat_change1 = New

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| title = CM

| before_election = Sarat Chandra Singha

| before_party = Indian National Congress

| after_election = Golap Borbora

| after_party =Janata Party

}}

The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly on February 25 1978.{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=Janata upswing in Assam and Arunachal |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/594712550 |access-date=30 July 2024 |date=24 February 1978|id={{ProQuest|594712550}} }} The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on March 12, 1978. He resigned as chief minister on September 4, 1979 after losing the support of a majority of MLAs. Jogendra Nath Hazarika was sworn in as chief minister on 9 November 1978. But he existed in CM’s chair for only 94 days, as central government imposed President's rule in Assam.{{cite web | url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ | title=STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHANSABHA) 1978 | publisher=Election Commission of india | accessdate=28 November 2020}}{{cite web | url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1985-91.html | title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Members 1978-83 | publisher=Govt. of Assam | accessdate=29 November 2020}}