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1978Final results

1978 election for Delaware House District 5

Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware

Casimir Jonkiert (D) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating Nicholas Ivanitch (R) by 37.7 points.

Casimir JonkiertDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.9%1,972
31.1%892
2,864 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+40.51972D+33.71974D+49.11976D+37.71978D+52.81980D+44.31994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET