1972 elections in India explained

Legislative Assembly elections

Assam

See main article: 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election.

Andhra Pradesh

See main article: 1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Bihar

See main article: 1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

Goa, Daman & Diu

|- 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
|-| |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|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||19||1||41,612||13.64%|| 1|-| |align="left"|Independents||36||1||28,874||9.64%|| 1|-||align="left"|Total||138||30||305,077|||-|}

Gujarat

See main article: 1972 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.

Haryana

See main article: 1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.

Himachal Pradesh

See main article: 1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Jammu and Kashmir

See main article: 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.

Madhya Pradesh

See main article: 1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Maharashtra

See main article: 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.

Manipur

See main article: 1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election.

Meghalaya

See main article: 1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.

Mizoram

See main article: 1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election.

Punjab

See main article: 1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly Election 1972
	Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Popular vote	%
	Indian National Congress	89	66	28	20,83,390	42.84
	Shiromani Akali Dal	72	24	19	13,44,437	27.64
	Communist Party of India	13	10	6	3,16,722	6.51
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	17	1	1	1,58,309	3.26
	Independents	205	3	1	5,97,917	12.29
	Others	72	0	-	3,62,783	7.47
	Total	468	104		48,63,558

Rajasthan

See main article: 1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.

Tripura

See main article: 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election.

West Bengal

See main article: 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

External links

• Election Commission of India