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{{Short description|1972 Legislative Assembly elections}}{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Punjab legislative assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year = 1996
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1969
| election_date = 1972
| next_election = 1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1977
| seats_for_election = All 104 seats of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 53
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 68.63% ({{decrease}}3.64%)
| image1 = Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg
| image1_size = 80x80px
| leader1 = [[Zail Singh]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 38
| seats_after1 = 66
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}28
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 = 42.84
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.66%
| image2 = File:Jaswinder Singh Brar.png
| image2_size = 80x80px
| leader2 = [[Jaswinder Singh Brar]]
| party2 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| alliance2 =
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 43
| seats_after2 = 24
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}19
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 = 27.64
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2.72%
| image3 =
| leader3 =
| party3 = Communist Party of India
| alliance3 =
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 = 4
| seats_after3 = 10
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 6
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 = 6.51%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.67%
| map_image = 
| map_size =
| map_caption = 
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_party =
| after_election = [[Zail Singh]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. [[President's rule]]
}}

'''Legislative Assembly elections''' were held in the Indian state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in 1972 to elect the members of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. [[President's rule]] was imposed before the election. [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] [[Zail Singh]] was elected as the leader of the ruling party. Major opposition party was [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] led by leader of Opposition [[Parkash Singh Badal]].<ref name="Toi_1972_Badal">{{cite news |title=Punjab election result: Parkash Singh Badal's unfulfilled dream of being CM for 6th time |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/punjab-election-result-parkash-singh-badals-unfulfilled-dream-of-being-cm-for-6th-time/articleshow/57594263.cms |accessdate=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>



==Results==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=7|Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1972
|-
!
!Party
!contested
!Seats won
!change in seats
!popular vote
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|89
|66
|{{increase}} 28
|20,83,390
|42.84
|-
|bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}"|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|72
|24
|{{decrease}} 19
|13,44,437
|27.64
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|13
|10
|{{increase}} 6
|3,16,722
|6.51
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|17
|1
|{{decrease}} 1
|1,58,309
|3.26
|-
|bgcolor="{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|205
|3
|{{decrease}} 1
|5,97,917
|12.29
|-
|
|Others
|72
|0
| -
|3,62,783
|7.47
|-
!
!Total
!468
!104
!
!48,63,558
!
|}

==See also==
*[[Politics of Punjab, India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1972]

{{Punjab (India) elections}}

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