user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: Name the most number of total votes for election for 1878
Columns: ['Election', '# of candidates nominated', '# of seats won', '# of total votes', '% of popular vote', 'result']
Types: ['text', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['1867', 65.0, 62.0, 60818.0, '22.67%', 'Cons. majority']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("# of total votes") FROM "Table" WHERE "Election" = '1878';