1972 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1971 elections in India 1971 1972 1974 elections in India 1974 The 1972 elections in India were a set of sub-national elections held from March to June 1972 across several Indian states and territories, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Mysore, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal, Goa, Daman and Diu, and Jammu and Kashmir. In most of these contests the faction of the formerly-united Indian National Congress associated with Indira Gandhi, the Requisitionists formed the respective governments, representing a defeat for the Syndicate Congress. Summary of Legislative Assembly elections Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 5 March 1972 Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Yashwant Singh Parmar 50px BiharPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Kedar Pandey 50px Maharashtra Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Vasantrao Naik Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Vasantrao Naik 50px 5 and 8 March 1972 GujaratPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Ghanshyam Oza 50px 6 March 1972 Rajasthan Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Barkatullah Khan Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Barkatullah Khan 50px ManipurPresident's Rule Manipur People's Party Mohammed Alimuddin 50px 7 March 1972 Assam Indian National Congress Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Sarat Chandra Singha 50px 8 March 1972 Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress Shyama Charan Shukla Indian National Congress Prakash Chandra Sethi 50px 9 March 1972 MeghalayaNew state was created All Party Hill Leaders Conference Williamson A. Sangma 50px11 March 1972West BengalPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Siddhartha Shankar Ray 50pxHaryana Indian National CongressBansi Lal Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Bansi Lal 50px TripuraPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Sukhamoy Sen Gupta 50px 15 March 1972 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) P. V. Narasimha Rao 50px 8 April 1972 MizoramNew state was created Independent politician Independent C. Chhunga 50px MysorePresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) D. Devaraj Urs 50px PunjabPresident's Rule Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Zail Singh 50px Goa, Daman and Diu Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Dayanand Bandodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Dayanand Bandodkar 50px 17 June 1972Jammu and Kashmir Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Syed Mir Qasim Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress (R) Syed Mir Qasim 50px Legislative Assembly elections Assam 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 1976209 95 +22 Samyukta Socialist Party 214342 4 0 Communist Party of India 209550 3 –4 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 62108 1 New Swatantra Party 21663 1 –2 Others 125928 0 0 Independents 1104977 10 –16 +9 136122 6328537 ECIhttps://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3995-assam-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam Election Commission of India 8 February 2022 Andhra Pradesh File:AP Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 7474255 6.87% 219 54 Communist Party of India 854742 1.80% 7 4 Swatantra Party 282949 7.86% 2 27 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 454038 4.43% 1 5 Sampurna Telangana Praja Samithi 237934 new party 1 new party Bharatiya Jana Sangh 266192 0.25% 0 3 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 45303 new party 0 new party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 36466 new party 0 new party Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 21357 new party 0 new party Samyukta Socialist Party 9952 0.29% 0 Minorities League 3582 new party 0 new party Backward Classes Mahasabha 910 new party 0 new party Independents 4604943 5.81% 57 11 14292623 400407 24607903 Source: ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4046-andhra-pradesh-1972/ Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1972 Election Commission of India 8 February 2023 Bihar File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 5688002 167 Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party 2814799 33 Communist Party of India 35 1192746 Indian National Congress (O) 2544841 30 Bharatiya Jan Sangh 25 2007314 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 276649 Hindustani Shoshit Dal 3 219341 Swatantra Party 121238 1 All India Jharkhand Party 149754 3 Jharkhand 1 90717 Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 2 90234 Socialist Unity Centre of India 47732 Progressive Hull Jharkhand Party (Shibu Group) 1 32631 All India Forward Bloc 20525 Bharatiya Kranti Dal 5609 Indian Union Muslim League 5317 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 4677 Backward Classes Party of India 4386 All India Labour Party 3859 Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 2968 Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party 1274 Republican Party of India 907 Independent 17 1849613 333560 33164286 Goa, Daman & Diu 1972 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu Election Commission of India yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||23||18||116,855||38.30%|| 2 |- | |align="left"|United Goans Party (Superia Group)||26||10||99,156||32.50%|| 2 |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||19||1||41,612||13.64%|| 1 |- | Independent politician |align="left"|Independents||36||1||28,874||9.64%|| 1 |- | |align="left"|Total||138||30||305,077|| |- |} Gujarat File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1972.svg#PartySeats ContestedSeats WonForfeited DepositsPopular VoteVoting PercentageVote % In Seats Contested1 BJS 100 3 69 643032 9.29% 15.03%2 CPI 11 1 10 32439 0.47% 7.00%3 CPM 4 0 4 15500 0.22% 9.57%4 INC 168 140 1 3527035 50.93% 50.93%5 NCO 138 16 29 1626736 23.49% 28.95%6 SOP 15 0 12 50009 0.72% 9.11%7 SWA 47 0 42 123589 1.78% 6.32%8 RSP 1 0 0 8649 0.12% 22.33%9 HMS 1 0 1 136 0.00% 0.35%10 IND 337 8 299 897584 12.96% 15.54% MenWomenTotalNO. OF ELECTORS6370260613712412507384Votes402023432469597267193Percentage63.11%52.91%58.10%Valid votes6924709Invalid votes342484NO. OF POLLING STATIONS17994AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION695MenWomenTotalNO. OF CONTESTANTS85221873ELECTED1671168FORFEITED DEPOSITS000 Haryana File:India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 1639405 52 Indian National Congress (Organization) 377427 12 Vishal Haryana Party 242444 3 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 228761 2 Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha 77234 1 Communist Party of India 69335 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12617 0 Socialist Party 8333 0 Republican Party of India 7467 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 3636 0 Socialist Unity Center of India 2640 0 Bharatiya Kranti Dal 1486 0 Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 400 0 Independents 823611 11 5091082 922520 ECI Himachal Pradesh 1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 467592 53 +19 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 68032 5 New Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh 44067 2 –9 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9654 1 –3 Others 40590 0 0 Independents 248310 7 –9 +8 23506 1805448 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3802-himachal-pradesh-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh Election Commission of India 10 February 2022 Jammu and Kashmir 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 764492 58 –3 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 135778 3 0 Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir 98985 5 New Others 10689 0 0 Independents 369062 9 –6 0 49689 2297951 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3790-jammu-kashmir-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission of India 16 February 2022 Madhya Pradesh File:India Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1972.svg # Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed %Votes 1 Indian National Congress 289 220 53 47.93% 1 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 260 48 30 28.64% 3 Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party 172 7 N/A 6.24% 4 Communist Party of India 30 3 2 1.02% 7 Independent 296 18 4 14.73% Total 296 Maharashtra Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 yes !colspan=10|File:India Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1972.svg |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change in vote % |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress222 270 Indian National Congress darkgray 1||271||222|| 19||8,535,832||56.36%|| 9.33% |- | Peasants and Workers Party of India |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India7 270 Peasants and Workers Party of India darkgray 1||58||7|| 12||856,986||5.66%|| 2.14% |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh5 270 Bharatiya Jana Sangh darkgray 1||122||5|| 1||947,266||6.25%|| 1.92% |- | Socialist Party (India) |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party3 270 Socialist Party (India) darkgray 1||52||3|| 1||693,797||4.58%|| 0.03% |- | Republican Party of India |align="left"|Republican Party of India2 270 Republican Party of India darkgray 1||118||2|| 3||570,533||3.77%|| 2.89% |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India2 270 Communist Party of India darkgray 1||44||2|| 8||412,857||2.73%|| 2.14% |- | All India Forward Bloc |align="left"|All India Forward Bloc2 270 All India Forward Bloc darkgray 1||26||2|| 2||363,547||2.40%|| 2.40% (New Party) |- | Shiv Sena |align="left"|Shiv Sena1 270 Shiv Sena darkgray 1||26||1|| 1||279,210||1.84%|| 1.84% (New Party) |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)1 270 Communist Party of India (Marxist) darkgray 1||20||1||||117,134||0.77%|| 0.31% |- | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |align="left"|Bharatiya Kranti Dal1 270 Bharatiya Kranti Dal darkgray 1||2||1|| 1||31,508||0.21%|| 0.21% (New Party) |- | Indian Union Muslim League |align="left"|Indian Union Muslim League1 270 Indian Union Muslim League darkgray 1||1||1|| 1||27,138||0.18%|| 0.18% (New Party) |- | Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 56 | 0 | (New Party) | 202,935 | 1.34% | 1.34% (New Party) |- | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 49 | 0 | (Split in INC) | 162,433 | 1.07% | (Split in INC) |- | Swatantra Party | 5 | 0 | | 14,269 | 0.09% | 1.03% |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents23 270 Independent darkgray 1||343||23|| 7||1,920,667||12.68%|| 1.89% |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |align="left"|Total||1196||270||||15,146,171||60.63%|| 4.21% |- |} Manipur 1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 135678 17 +1 Manipur Peoples Party 91148 15 New Communist Party of India 45765 5 +4 Socialist Party (India) 24195 3 New Indian National Congress (Organisation) 10699 1 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2988 0 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1004 0 New Independents 140471 19 +10 +30 9744 608403 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3703-manipur-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur Election Commission of India 20 October 2021 Meghalaya File:1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.svgPartyVotes%SeatsAll Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL)73,85135.6732 Indian National Congress (INC) 20,474 9.89 9Communist Party of India (CPI)1,1820.570Independents (IND) 111,506 53.86 19alpha a Total 207,013 100.00 60Source: Election Commission of Indiahttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3669-meghalaya-1972/ Meghalaya 1972 Election Commission of India 6 March 2020 Mizoram 1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election Indian National Congress 34421 6 Samyukta Socialist Party 1713 0 Independents 75224 24 111358 3028 156901 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3654-mizoram-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram Election Commission of India 13 July 2021 Mysore 1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1972 yes !colspan=10|File:India Mysore Legislative Assembly 1972.svg |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change |-style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress (R) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)||212||165|| 39||4,698,824||52.17%|| 3.74% |- | Indian National Congress (Organisation) |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation)||176||24||||2,361,308||26.22%|| 26.22% |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||4||3||||88,978||0.99%|| |- | Samyukta Socialist Party |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||29||3|| 3||152,556||1.69%|| 0.78% |- | |align="left"|Janata Paksha Party||2||1||||14,390||0.16%|| |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||||20|| 21||1,159,383||12.87%|| |- |align="left" colspan=2|Total||||216|||||||| |- |} Punjab 1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly Election 1972PartySeats contestedSeats wonChange in seatsPopular vote%Indian National Congress8966 2820,83,39042.84Shiromani Akali Dal7224 1913,44,43727.64Communist Party of India1310 63,16,7226.51Communist Party of India (Marxist)171 11,58,3093.26Independents2053 15,97,91712.29Others720 -3,62,7837.47Total46810448,63,558 Rajasthan 1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Indian National Congress 3976157 145 +56 Swatantra Party 958097 11 –37 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 948928 8 –14 Socialist Party 189851 4 New Communist Party of India 121591 4 +3 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 104398 1 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 74514 0 0 Vishal Haryana Party 50229 0 New Republican Party of India 2137 0 0 Independents 1350012 11 –5 0 259313 13910553 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3383-rajasthan-1972/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 22 December 2021 Tripura 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election File:India Tripura Legislative Assembly 1972.svg Party Seats contested Seats won No. of votes % of votes 1967 Seats Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 345 0.07% 0 Communist Party of India 11 1 15,226 3.04% 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 57 16 189,667 37.82% 2 Indian National Congress 59 41 224,821 44.83% 27 All India Forward Bloc 9 0 5,739 1.14% - Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 10 0 5,883 1.17% - Independents 85 2 59,792 11.92% 0 Total 234 60 501,473 Source: ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1972/ 1972 Tripura Election result West Bengal 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Indian National Congress 6543251 216 Communist Party of India 1110579 35 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3659808 14 Revolutionary Socialist Party 284643 3 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 196044 2 All India Gorkha League 35802 2 Socialist Unity Centre 238276 1 Indian Union Muslim League 121208 1 Workers Party of India 63673 1 Others 605677 0 0 Independents 472556 5 0 387018 22554545 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3187-west-bengal-1972/ West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1972 14 August 2018 Election Commission of India 24 February 2023 References 2 External links Election Commission of India Category:1972 elections in India India Category:1972 in India 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