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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Following [[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], incumbent [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|chief minister]] [[Vasantrao Naik]] was re-appointed, and he formed his third government on 14 March 1972.<ref name=JPI>{{cite journal |date= |title=Political and Constitutional Developments in the States (March 1 to May 31, 1972) - Maharashtra |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761254/1/jpi_July_1972.pdf |journal=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |volume=XVIII |issue=3 |pages=628, 639-640 |doi= |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> This was to be Naik's last government which served until 20 February 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mls.org.in/pdf2020/Margadarshika%20Parishishta-%20Chief%20Minister%20list.pdf |title=Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019) |website=[[Maharashtra Legislature]] |language=mr |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Government formation==<br />
In the 1972 legislative elections, [[Indian National Congress]] secured 222 of the state's 278 assembly seats, leading to the incumbent chief minister being re-appointed. On 16 March 1972, a 21-member ministry was sworn in, consisting of 12 [[cabinet ministers]], 8 [[ministers of state]], and 1 deputy minister.<ref name=JPI></ref> Various ministers were later included in the ministry, and its membership had increased to 30 by November 1974.<ref>{{cite journal |date= |title=Parliamentary and Constitutional Developments (November 1, 1974 to January 31, 1975) - Maharashtra |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761264/1/jpi_April-June_1975.pdf |journal=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |volume=XXI |issue=2 |pages=239, 244 |doi= |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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