1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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All 216 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
109 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party INC Indian National Congress (Organisation)
Seats won 165 24
Popular vote 4,698,824 2,361,308
Percentage 52.17% 26.22%

Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister of Mysore

D. Devaraj Urs
INC

The 1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Mysore (currently Karnataka) to elect 216 members to the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[1]

Results[edit]

e • d 
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Net change
Indian National Congress 212 165 Increase 39 4,698,824 52.17% Increase 3.74
Indian National Congress (Organisation) 176 24 2,361,308 26.22%
Communist Party of India 4 3 88,978 0.99%
Samyukta Socialist Party 29 3 Decrease 3 152,556 1.69% Decrease 0.78
Janata Paksha Party 2 1 14,390 0.16%
Independents 20 Decrease 21 1,159,383 12.87%
Total 216 '

References[edit]

  1. "Karnataka 1972". Election Commission of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)