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Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Bihar

Goa, Daman & Diu

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Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	23	18	116,855	38.30%	2
United Goans Party (Superia Group)	26	10	99,156	32.50%	2
Indian National Congress	19	1	41,612	13.64%	1
Independents	36	1	28,874	9.64%	1
Total	138	30	305,077

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Indian National Congress	135,678	30.02	17	+1
	Manipur Peoples Party	91,148	20.17	15	New
	Communist Party of India	45,765	10.13	5	+4
	Socialist Party (India)	24,195	5.35	3	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	10,699	2.37	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,988	0.66	0	–
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1,004	0.22	0	New
	Independents	140,471	31.08	19	+10
Total		451,948	100.00	60	+30

Valid votes		451,948	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		9,744	2.11
Total votes		461,692	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		608,403	75.89
Source: ECI^[1]

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Mysore

Punjab

Rajasthan


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Indian National Congress	3,976,157	51.13	145	+56
	Swatantra Party	958,097	12.32	11	–37
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	948,928	12.20	8	–14
	Socialist Party	189,851	2.44	4	New
	Communist Party of India	121,591	1.56	4	+3
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	104,398	1.34	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	74,514	0.96	0	0
	Vishal Haryana Party	50,229	0.65	0	New
	Republican Party of India	2,137	0.03	0	0
	Independents	1,350,012	17.36	11	–5
Total		7,775,914	100.00	184	0

Valid votes		7,775,914	96.77
Invalid/blank votes		259,313	3.23
Total votes		8,035,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,910,553	57.76
Source: ECI^[2]

Tripura

West Bengal

References

↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

External links

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See also: Elections in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Legislatures of India

British Raj

Parliament of India

State Legislative Assembly

Current	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland National Capital Territory of Delhi Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Former	Ajmer Bombay Coorg Patiala and East Punjab States Union

State Legislative Council

Current	Andhra Pradesh Bihar Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana Uttar Pradesh
Former	Assam Bombay Jammu and Kashmir Tamil Nadu West Bengal

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 ==Legislative Assembly elections==
+===[[Andhra Pradesh]]===
+{{Main|1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
+===[[Bihar]]===
+{{Main|1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
 ===Goa, Daman & Diu===
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+{{Main|1972 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972<ref name=pdf>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Electin, 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
+|- align=center
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|<!-- color -->
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br />
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested<br />
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won<br />
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br />
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br />
+!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br />
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
+|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||23||18||116,855||38.30%||{{increase}} 2
+|-
+|
+|align="left"|United Goans Party (Superia Group)||26||10||99,156||32.50%||{{decrease}} 2
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
+|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||19||1||41,612||13.64%||{{increase}} 1
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
+|align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||36||1||28,874||9.64%||{{decrease}} 1
+|-
+|
+|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''138'''||'''30'''||'''305,077'''||
+|-
+|}
+===[[Gujarat]]===
+{{Main|1972 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
+===[[Haryana]]===
+{{Main|1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election}}
 ===Himachal Pradesh===
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 |source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3703-manipur-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
 }}
+===[[Meghalaya]]===
+{{Main|1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
 ===[[Mizoram]]===
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 ===[[Mysore State|Mysore]]===
 {{Main|1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election}}
+===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
+{{Main|1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
+===[[Rajasthan]]===
+{{Main|1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
+{{Election results
+|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
+|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=3976157|seats1=145|sc1=+56
+|party2=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes2=958097|seats2=11|sc2=–37
+|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=948928|seats3=8|sc3=–14
+|party4=[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]|votes4=189851|seats4=4|sc4=New
+|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=121591|seats5=4|sc5=+3
+|party6=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes6=104398|seats6=1|sc6=New
+|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=74514|seats7=0|sc7=0
+|party8=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes8=50229|seats8=0|sc8=New
+|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=2137|seats9=0|sc9=0
+|party21=Independents|votes21=1350012|seats21=11|sc21=–5
+|total_sc=0
+|invalid=259313
+|electorate=13910553
+|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3383-rajasthan-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
+}}
 ===[[Tripura]]===
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