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{{Short description|Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Indiana}}
{{for|related races|1972 United States gubernatorial elections}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Indiana gubernatorial election
| country = Indiana
| flag_year =
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1968 Indiana gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1968
| next_election = 1976 Indiana gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1976
| election_date = November 7, 1972
| image1 = [[File:Otis R. Bowen (1).jpg|x145px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[Otis Bowen]]'''
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''1,203,903'''
| percentage1 = '''56.77%'''
| image2 = [[File:Matthew E. Welsh with John F. Kennedy (cropped).jpg|x145px]]
| nominee2 = [[Matthew E. Welsh]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 900,489
| percentage2 = 42.46%
| map_image = 1972 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County results<br>'''Bowen''': {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} <br/>'''Welsh''': {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = [[Edgar Whitcomb]]
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Otis Bowen]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsIN}}
The '''1972 Indiana gubernatorial election''' was held on November 7, 1972.

Although during the same election cycle Indiana voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing the governor to serve in office for eight out of 12 years, incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] [[Edgar Whitcomb]] was term-limited due to having been elected under the prior version of the constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indiana Governor Term Limits, Amendment 2 (1972)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_Governor_Term_Limits,_Amendment_2_(1972)|access-date=2020-11-07|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/former-governor-edgar-whitcomb-dead-at-98 |title=World War II Hero, Former Indiana Governor Edgar Whitcomb Dead At 98 |date=4 February 2016 |website=www.wfyi.org |publisher=WFYI: Indianapolis' Public Radio, TV & News Station |access-date=9 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/02/edgar-whitcomb-governor-indiana-life-obituary/ |title=A Politician Who Was His Own Man: Edgar Whitcomb, R.I.P. |last=Cole |first=Ryan |date=6 February 2016 |website=www.nationalreview.com |publisher=National Review |access-date=9 May 2020 }}</ref>

[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee, [[Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives]] [[Otis Bowen]] defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee Former Governor (1961-1965) [[Matthew E. Welsh]] with 56.77% of the vote.

==Nominations==
Until 1976, all nominations for statewide office in Indiana were made by state conventions.{{sfn|America Votes 10|p=123}}{{sfn|Congressional Quarterly|1998|p=112}}

===Democratic nomination===
====Results====
[[Matthew E. Welsh]], former [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] '''def.'''
Larry A. Conrad, [[Secretary of State of Indiana|Secretary of State]]{{Sfn|Bowen and Du Bois|2000|p=164}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Blaemire |first=Robert |date=2019 |title=Birch Bayh: Making a Difference |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpmLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT221 |location=Bloomington, Indiana |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=221 |isbn=9780253039194}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=The 1972 Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/21/archives/indiana-governor-winner-of-democratic-nomination.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York, NY |date=21 June 1972 |page=28 |access-date=9 May 2020 }}</ref>

===Republican nomination===
====Results====
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Republican nomination results{{Sfn|Bowen and Du Bois|2000|pp=103-104}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dunn |first=Craig |title=Gov. Doc Bowen, with 'Kindest personal regards' |url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/HPI130509.pdf |magazine=Howey Politics Indiana |location=Kokomo, Indiana |volume=18 |number=35 |date=9 May 2013 |page=9 |access-date=9 May 2020 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Otis Bowen]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 1,243
| percentage = 59.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Sharp
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 364
| percentage = 17.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Phil Gutman
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 354
| percentage = 17.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = W.W. 'Dub' Hill
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 108
| percentage = 5.19
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = N/A
| party =
| votes = 13
| percentage = 0.62
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 2,082
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}

==General election==
===Results===
====Governor====
{{Election box begin | title=1972 Indiana gubernatorial election<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174227 |title=IN Governor, 1972 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=18&year=1972&f=0&off=5&elect=0 |title=1972 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Indiana |publisher=US Election Atlas |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Congressional Quarterly|1998|p=50}}{{sfn|America Votes 10|p=116}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Otis Bowen]]
| votes = 1,203,903
| percentage = 56.77%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Matthew E. Welsh]]
| votes = 900,489
| percentage = 42.46%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = American Independent Party
| candidate = Berryman S. Hurley
| votes = 8,525
| percentage = 0.40%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Peace and Freedom Party
| candidate = Finley C. Campbell
| votes = 6,278
| percentage = 0.30%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Socialist Labor Party of America
| candidate = John M. Morris
| votes = 1,652
| percentage = 0.08%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes = 303,414
| percentage = 14.31%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 2,120,847
| percentage = 100.00%
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

====Lieutenant governor====
{{Election box begin | title=1972 Indiana lieutenant gubernatorial election<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1972&fips=18&f=0&off=6&elect=0&minper=0 |title=1972 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results – Indiana |publisher=US Election Atlas |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Robert D. Orr]]
| votes = 1,149,255
| percentage = 55.34%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Richard C. Bodine
| votes = 914,000
| percentage = 44.01%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = American Independent Party
| candidate = Raymond Lee Clark
| votes = 6,816
| percentage = 0.33%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Peace and Freedom Party
| candidate = Elizabeth Toohy
| votes = 4,737
| percentage = 0.23%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Socialist Labor Party of America
| candidate = Casimer Kanczuzewski
| votes = 1,878
| percentage = 0.09%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes = 235,255
| percentage = 11.33%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 2,076,686
| percentage = 100.00%
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787–1997 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |date=1998 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 | ref={{SfnRef|Congressional Quarterly|1998}}}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Scammon |editor-first=Richard M. |title=America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Governmental Affairs Institute |date=1973 |url=https://archive.org/details/americavotes10ha00scam/mode/2up |ref={{SfnRef|America Votes 10}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Otis R. |author1-link=Otis R. Bowen |last2=Du Bois |first2=William |date=2000 |title=Doc: Memories from a Life in Public Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CSwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |location=Bloomington, Illinois |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-33767-4 |ref={{SfnRef|Bowen and Du Bois|2000}} }}

{{1972 United States elections}}

[[Category:Indiana gubernatorial elections|1972]]
[[Category:1972 United States gubernatorial elections|Indiana]]
[[Category:1972 Indiana elections|Gubernatorial]]
[[Category:November 1972 events in the United States]]

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