1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1972, to elect the 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1972

1972
All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 136 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party INC Peasants and Workers Party of India Last election 203 seats, 47.03% 19 seats, 7.80% Seats won 222 7 Seat change 19 12 Popular vote 8,535,832 856,986 Percentage 56.36% 5.66% Swing 9.33% 2.14%
Chief Minister before election Vasantrao Naik INC Elected Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik INC

Results

Indian National Congress won most number of seats and a clear majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected for the post. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil was Leader of the Opposition.

Summary of results

	Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Indian National Congress	271	222	8,535,832	56.36%	19
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	58	7	856,986	5.66%	12
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	122	5	947,266	6.25%	1
	Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party	52	3	693,797	4.58%	1
	Communist Party of India	44	2	412,857	2.73%	8
	All India Forward Bloc	26	2	363,547	2.40%	2
	Republican Party of India	118	2	570,533	3.77%	3
	Shiv Sena	26	1	279,210	1.84%	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	20	1	117,134	0.77%	-
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	2	1	31,508	0.21%	1
	Indian Union Muslim League	1	1	27,138	0.18%	1
	Independents	343	23	1,920,667	12.68%	7
	Total	1196	270	15,146,171	-	-

List of winning candidates

The following is the list of candidates won:

Constituency Name	Member of Legislative Assembly	Political party	Votes polled
Teosa	Sharad Tasre	INC
Achalpur	N S Deshmukh	INC
Amgaon	Swarupchand Ajmera	Congress
Dhobi Talav	Mohanlal Popat	INC
Girgaon	Pramod Navalkar	SS, w INC support
Guhagar	Shridhar Natu	BJS
Khetwadi	Anant Namjoshi	INC
Malad	Mrinal Gore	SOP
Malkapur	Arjun Wankhede	BJS
Maval	Krishnarao Bhegade	BJS
Nagpur Central	Navalchand Toksiya	INC
Nagpur West	Sushila Balraj	INC
Pusad	Vasantrao Naik	INC
Sakoli	Martand Kapgate	Congress
Shrivardhan	A R Antulay	INC
Shukrawar Peth	Rambhau Mhalgi	BJS
Talode	Dilwar Singh Padawi	BJS
Walva	Rajaram-bapu Patil	INC

Region Wise Breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Western Maharashtra	70	70	-	-
Vidarbha	62	60	1	1
Marathwada	46	31	3	3
Thane+Konkan	39	37	1	-
Mumbai	36	14	-	-
North Maharashtra	35	14	2	1
Total	288	222	7	5

References

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