| Type: | parliamentary |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Borders Regional Council election |
| Seats For Election: | All 23 seats to Borders Regional Council |
| Majority Seats: | 12 |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Party2: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,572 |
| Percentage1: | 52.7% |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,953 |
| Percentage2: | 16.2% |
| Party3: | Scottish Liberal Party |
| Percentage3: | 14.6% |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,646 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Swing1: | 0.5% |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Swing2: | 4.2% |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Swing3: | 9.9% |
| Party4: | Independent Scottish Nationalist |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Last Election4: | Did not contest |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Swing4: | New |
| Popular Vote4: | 758 |
| Percentage4: | 4.2% |
| Party5: | Scottish National Party |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Swing5: | 1.0% |
| Percentage5: | 2.9% |
| Popular Vote5: | 524 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Previous Year: | 1974 |
| Previous Election: | 1974 Borders Regional Council election |
The 1978 election to Borders Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 23 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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