Enderronian federal election, 1978

A federal election was held in Enderron on Saturday 21 October 1978 to elect the 125 members of the 9th Enderronian Parliament.

The incumbent Social Democratic Party government, led by Prime Minister Calvin Rhinehart, was re-elected to a third term with a reduced majority, defeating the opposition United Party, led by Martin Crowley. Both major parties lost votes and seats to the new Enderron National Party. In addition, the Conservative Party won a seat for the first time, while the New Democratic Party lost its sole seat despite increasing its overall vote, and did not return to parliament again.

Prime Minister Rhinehart and the Social Democrats remained popular after two terms in office, but had picked up a volume of political baggage over the past eight years. The opposition United Party under Crowley won an increased share of the vote in many electorates but was unable to gain support in key marginal seats. The combined vote share of the major parties dropped below 80 percent for the first time since the two-party system was established in 1920, with a significant amount of rural voters from both parties giving a protest vote to the populist National Party.

Results
Independents: Frank Blackburn, Brian Callister

Seats changing hands

 * Lyndhurst, NS, won by the Social Democrats at the previous election, was won by United in a 1976 by-election. The margin listed above is the by-election margin.