1972 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Bihar

Main article: 1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Goa, Daman & Diu

Main article: 1972 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election

	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

Main article: 1972 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Haryana

Main article: 1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Himachal Pradesh

Main article: 1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Jammu and Kashmir

Main article: 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Madhya Pradesh

Main article: 1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra

Main article: 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Manipur

Main article: 1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

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

Meghalaya

Main article: 1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

Mizoram

Main article: 1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

Mysore

Main article: 1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Punjab

Main article: 1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Rajasthan

Main article: 1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

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

Tripura

Main article: 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

West Bengal

Main article: 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

External links

• Election Commission of India

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