| Election Name: | 1972 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1966 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1966 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Election Date: | March 21, 1972 |
| Nominee1: | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Running Mate1: | Yen Chia-kan |
| Party1: | Kuomintang |
| Electoral Vote1: | 1,308 |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Before Party: | Kuomintang |
| After Election: | Chiang Kai-shek |
| After Party: | Kuomintang |
Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1972. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek, aged 85, was re-elected for the fifth term with his Vice President Yen Chia-kan. President Chiang died in office on April 5, 1975. Vice President Yen Chia-kan then sworn in as the President.
See main article: National Assembly (Republic of China). The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, National Assembly delegates elected in the following elections were eligible to vote:
In total, there were 1,344 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this fifth session of the first National Assembly.[1]