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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1971 elections in India
| previous_year = 1971
| election_date = 1972
| next_election = 1974 elections in India
| next_year = 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 Ghandi, the [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)|Requisitionists]] formed the respective governments, representing a defeat for the [[Syndicate Congress]].

==Summary of Legislative Assembly elections==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
| rowspan="3"| 5 March 1972
| [[1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Kedar Pandey]]
| [[File:IN-BR.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|Maharashtra]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| [[File:IN-MH.svg|50px]]
|-
| 5 and 8 March 1972
| [[1972 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Ghanshyam Oza]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 6 March 1972
| [[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Barkatullah Khan]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Barkatullah Khan]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{Full party name with color|Manipur People's Party}}
| [[Mohammed Alimuddin]]
| [[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
| 7 March 1972
| [[1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Sarat Chandra Singha]]
| [[File:IN-AS.svg|50px]]
|-
| 8 March 1972
| [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Shyama Charan Shukla]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|-
| 9 March 1972
| [[1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| colspan="3"|''New state was created''
| {{Full party name with color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}
| [[Williamson A. Sangma]]
| [[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|11 March 1972
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Bansi Lal]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|[[Bansi Lal]]
| [[File:IN-HR.svg|50px]]
|-
| [[1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]]
| [[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|-
| 15 March 1972
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:IN-AP.svg|50px]]
|-
| 8 April 1972
| [[1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| colspan="3"|''New state was created''
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[C. Chhunga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|Mysore]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[D. Devaraj Urs]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Zail Singh]]
| [[File:IN-PB.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election|Goa, Daman and Diu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|[[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|[[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| [[File:IN-GA.svg|50px]]
|-
| 17 June 1972
|[[1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|[[Syed Mir Qasim]]
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|[[Syed Mir Qasim]]
| [[File:IN-JK.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===[[Assam]]===
{{Main|1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1976209|seats1=95|sc1=+22
|party2=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes2=214342|seats2=4|sc2=0
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=209550|seats3=3|sc3=–4
|party4=[[Plain Tribals Council of Assam]]|votes4=62108|seats4=1|sc4=New
|party5=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes5=21663|seats5=1|sc5=–2
|party20=Others|votes20=125928|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=1104977|seats21=10|sc21=–16
|total_sc=+9
|invalid=136122
|electorate=6328537
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3995-assam-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Andhra Pradesh]]===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:AP Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=7474255|sw1={{increase}}6.87%|seats1=219|sc1={{increase}}54
|party2=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes2=854742|sw2={{decrease}}1.80%|seats2=7|sc2={{decrease}}4
|party3=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes3=282949|sw3={{decrease}}7.86%|seats3=2|sc3={{decrease}}27
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=454038|sw4={{decrease}}4.43%|seats4=1|sc4={{decrease}}5
|party5=[[Telangana Praja Samithi|Sampurna Telangana Praja Samithi]]|votes5=237934|sw5=''new party''|seats5=1|sc5=''new party''
|party6=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes6=266192|sw6={{decrease}}0.25%|seats6=0|sc6={{decrease}}3
|party7=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes7=45303|sw7=''new party''|seats7=0|sc7=''new party''
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=36466|sw8=''new party''|seats8=0|sc8=''new party''
|party9=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes9=21357|sw9=''new party''|seats9=0|sc9=''new party''
|party10=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes10=9952|sw10={{decrease}}0.29%|seats10=0|sc10={{nochange}}
|party11=Minorities League|votes11=3582|sw11=''new party''|seats11=0|sc11=''new party''
|party12=Backward Classes Mahasabha|votes12=910|sw12=''new party''|seats12=0|sc12=''new party''
|party13=[[Independent politician|Independents]]|votes13=4604943|sw13={{increase}}5.81%|seats13=57|sc13={{decrease}}11
|total_sc={{nochange}}
|valid=14292623
|invalid=400407
|electorate=24607903
|Source: ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4046-andhra-pradesh-1972/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1972 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 8 February 2023}}</ref>
}}

===[[Bihar]]===
{{Election results
|image =[[File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=5688002|seats1=167|
|party2=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]/Socialist Party|votes2=2814799|seats2=33
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|seats5=35|votes5=1192746
|party3=[[Indian National Congress (O)]]|votes3=2544841|seats3=30
|party4=[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]|seats4=25|votes4=2007314
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=276649
|party7=Hindustani Shoshit Dal|seats7=3|votes7=219341
|party8=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes8=121238|seats8=1
|party9=[[All India Jharkhand Party]]|votes9=149754|seats9=3
|party10=Jharkhand |seats10=1|votes10=90717
|party11=[[Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand]]|seats11=2|votes11=90234
|party12=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes12=47732
|party13=Progressive Hull Jharkhand Party (Shibu Group)|seats13=1|votes13=32631
|party14=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes14=20525
|party15=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes15=5609
|party16=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes16=5317
|party17=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]]|votes17=4677
|party18=Backward Classes Party of India|votes18=4386
|party19=All India Labour Party|votes19=3859
|party20=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]|votes20=2968
|party21=Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party|votes21=1274
|party22=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes22=907
|party23=Independent|seats23=17|votes23=1849613
|invalid =333560
|electorate=33164286
|source =[https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/1972.pdf]
}}

===Goa, Daman & Diu===
{{Main|1972 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>|sortable=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 
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||23||18||116,855||38.30%||{{increase}} 2
|-
|
|align="left"|United Goans Party (Superia Group)||26||10||99,156||32.50%||{{decrease}} 2
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||19||1||41,612||13.64%||{{increase}} 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||36||1||28,874||9.64%||{{decrease}} 1
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||'''138'''||'''30'''||'''305,077'''||
|-
|}

===[[Gujarat]]===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=10|[[File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|-
!#
!Party
!Seats Contested
!Seats Won
!Forfeited Deposits
!Popular Vote
!Voting Percentage
!Vote % In Seats Contested
|-
|1 ||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%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|
|Men
|Women
|Total
|-
|NO. OF ELECTORS
|6370260
|6137124
|12507384
|-
|Votes
|4020234
|3246959
|7267193
|-
|Percentage
|63.11%
|52.91%
|58.10%
|-
|Valid votes
| colspan="3" align="right" |6924709
|-
|Invalid votes
| colspan="3" align="right" |342484
|-
|NO. OF POLLING STATIONS
| colspan="3" |17994
|-
|AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS
PER POLLING STATION
| colspan="3" |695
|-
|
|Men
|Women
|Total
|-
|NO. OF CONTESTANTS
|852
|21
|873
|-
|ELECTED
|167
|1
|168
|-
|FORFEITED DEPOSITS
|0
|0
|0
|}

===[[Haryana]]===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1639405|seats1=52
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (Organization)]]|votes2=377427|seats2=12
|party3=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes3=242444|seats3=3
|party4=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes4=228761|seats4=2
|party5=Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha|votes5=77234|seats5=1
|party6=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes6=69335|seats6=0
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=12617|seats7=0
|party8=[[Socialist Party]]|votes8=8333|seats8=0
|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=7467|seats9=0
|party10=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes10=3636|seats10=0
|party11=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Center of India]]|votes11=2640|seats11=0
|party12=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes12=1486|seats12=0
|party13=[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes13=400|seats13=0
|party14=Independents|votes14=823611|seats14=11
|electorate=5091082
|invalid=922520
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3818-haryana-1972/?do=download&csrfKey=d92b2d87e14641c3e907cc52a0dccb16 ECI]
}}

===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=467592|seats1=53|sc1=+19
|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=68032|seats2=5|sc2=New
|party3=[[Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh]]|votes3=44067|seats3=2|sc3=–9
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=9654|seats4=1|sc4=–3
|party20=Others|votes20=40590|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=248310|seats21=7|sc21=–9
|total_sc=+8
|invalid=23506
|electorate=1805448
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3802-himachal-pradesh-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Jammu and Kashmir===
{{Main|1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=764492|seats1=58|sc1=–3
|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=135778|seats2=3|sc2=0
|party3=[[Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir]]|votes3=98985|seats3=5|sc3=New
|party20=Others|votes20=10689|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=369062|seats21=9|sc21=–6
|total_sc=0
|invalid=49689
|electorate=2297951
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3790-jammu-kashmir-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===[[Madhya Pradesh]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=10|[[File:India Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|-
! #
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|- style="background:cyan;"
| 1
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 289
| 220
| {{increase}}53
| 47.93%
|-
| 1
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 260
| 48
| {{decrease}}30
| 28.64%
|-
| 3
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]/[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
| 172
| 7
| N/A
| 6.24%
|-
| 4
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 30
| 3
| {{increase}}2
| 1.02%
|-
| 7
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 296
| 18
| {{decrease}}4
| 14.73%
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''296'''
|
|
|}

===[[Maharashtra]]===
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972|sortable=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 %
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]{{Composition bar|222|270|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||271||222||{{increase}} 19||8,535,832||56.36%||{{increase}} 9.33%
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]{{Composition bar|7|270|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||58||7||{{decrease}} 12||856,986||5.66%||{{decrease}} 2.14%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]{{Composition bar|5|270|{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||122||5||{{increase}} 1||947,266||6.25%||{{decrease}} 1.92%
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (India)}}
|align="left"|[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]/[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]{{Composition bar|3|270|{{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||52||3||{{decrease}} 1||693,797||4.58%||{{decrease}} 0.03%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Republican Party of India]]{{Composition bar|2|270|{{party color|Republican Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||118||2||{{decrease}} 3||570,533||3.77%||{{decrease}} 2.89%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]{{Composition bar|2|270|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||44||2||{{decrease}} 8||412,857||2.73%||{{decrease}} 2.14%
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
|align="left"|[[All India Forward Bloc]]{{Composition bar|2|270|{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||26||2||{{increase}} 2||363,547||2.40%||{{increase}} 2.40% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|align="left"|[[Shiv Sena]]{{Composition bar|1|270|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||26||1||{{Increase}} 1||279,210||1.84%||{{increase}} 1.84% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]{{Composition bar|1|270|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||20||1||{{nochange}}||117,134||0.77%||{{decrease}} 0.31%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]{{Composition bar|1|270|{{party color|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||2||1||{{Increase}} 1||31,508||0.21%||{{Increase}} 0.21% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|align="left"|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]{{Composition bar|1|270|{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||1||1||{{Increase}} 1||27,138||0.18%||{{Increase}} 0.18% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)}}
| align="left"|[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]
| 56
| 0
| ''(New Party)''
| 202,935
| 1.34%
| {{Up}} 1.34% ''(New Party)''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]
| 49
| 0
| ''(Split in [[Indian National Congress|INC]])''
| 162,433
| 1.07%
| ''(Split in [[Indian National Congress|INC]])''
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
| 5
| 0
| {{Steady}}
| 14,269
| 0.09%
| {{Down}} 1.03%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]{{Composition bar|23|270|{{party color|Independent}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}||343||23||{{Increase}} 7||1,920,667||12.68%||{{decrease}} 1.89%
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||1196||270||{{nochange}}||15,146,171||60.63%||{{decrease}} 4.21%
|-
|}

===[[Manipur]]===
{{Main|1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=135678|seats1=17|sc1=+1
|party2=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes2=91148|seats2=15|sc2=New
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=45765|seats3=5|sc3=+4
|party4=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party (India)]]|votes4=24195|seats4=3|sc4=New
|party5=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes5=10699|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=2988|seats6=0|sc6=
|party7=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes7=1004|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=140471|seats11=19|sc11=+10
|total_sc=+30
|invalid=9744
|electorate=608403
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3703-manipur-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Meghalaya]]===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan=10|[[File:1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.svg]]
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}"|
| align="left" |[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (AHL)
|73,851
|35.67
|32
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| align="left" | [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 20,474 || 9.89
| 9
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
|1,182
|0.57
|0
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 111,506 || 53.86
| 19{{ref label|alpha|a}}
|-
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2" align="left" | Total
| 207,013 || 100.00
| 60
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3669-meghalaya-1972/|title=Meghalaya 1972|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
|}

===[[Mizoram]]===
{{Main|1972 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=34421|seats1=6
|party2=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes2=1713|seats2=0
|party3=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes3=75224|seats3=24
|valid=111358
|invalid=3028
|electorate=156901
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3654-mizoram-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 13 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Mysore State|Mysore]]===
{{Main|1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1972|sortable=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;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]]||212||165||{{increase}} 39||4,698,824||52.17%||{{increase}} 3.74%
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]||176||24||||2,361,308||26.22%||{{increase}} 26.22%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||4||3||||88,978||0.99%||
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|align="left"|[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]||29||3||{{decrease}} 3||152,556||1.69%|| {{decrease}} 0.78%
|-
| {{party color cell|}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Paksha Party]]||2||1||||14,390||0.16%||
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||||20||{{decrease}} 21||1,159,383||12.87%||
|-
|align="left" colspan=2|'''Total'''||||'''216'''||||||||
|-
|}

===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
{{Main|1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="7" |Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly Election 1972
|-
!
!Party
!Seats contested
!Seats won
!Change in seats
!Popular vote
!%
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|89
|66
|{{increase}} 28
|20,83,390
|42.84
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" |
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|72
|24
|{{decrease}} 19
|13,44,437
|27.64
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|13
|10
|{{increase}} 6
|3,16,722
|6.51
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|17
|1
|{{decrease}} 1
|1,58,309
|3.26
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|205
|3
|{{decrease}} 1
|5,97,917
|12.29
|-
|
|Others
|72
|0
| -
|3,62,783
|7.47
|-
!
!Total
!468
!104
!
!48,63,558
!
|}

===[[Rajasthan]]===
{{Main|1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=3976157|seats1=145|sc1=+56
|party2=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes2=958097|seats2=11|sc2=–37
|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=948928|seats3=8|sc3=–14
|party4=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]|votes4=189851|seats4=4|sc4=New
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=121591|seats5=4|sc5=+3
|party6=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes6=104398|seats6=1|sc6=New
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=74514|seats7=0|sc7=0
|party8=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes8=50229|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=2137|seats9=0|sc9=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=1350012|seats21=11|sc21=–5
|total_sc=0
|invalid=259313
|electorate=13910553
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3383-rajasthan-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Tripura]]===
{{Main|1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=10|[[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%
| -
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 85
| 2
| 59,792
| 11.92%
| 0
|-
! Total
! 234
! 60
! 501,473
!
!
|-
|colspan=10|Source: ECI<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1972/|title=1972 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
|-
|}

===[[West Bengal]]===
{{Main|1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=6543251|seats1=216|sc1=
|party2=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes2=1110579|seats2=35|sc2=
|party3=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes3=3659808|seats3=14|sc3=
|party4=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes4=284643|seats4=3|sc4=
|party5=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes5=196044|seats5=2|sc5=
|party6=[[All India Gorkha League]]|votes6=35802|seats6=2|sc6=
|party7=[[Socialist Unity Centre]]|votes7=238276|seats7=1|sc7=
|party8=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes8=121208|seats8=1|sc8=
|party9=[[Workers Party of India]]|votes9=63673|seats9=1|sc9=
|party20=Others|votes20=605677|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=472556|seats21=5|sc21=
|total_sc=0
|invalid=387018
|electorate=22554545
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3187-west-bengal-1972/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1972 |date=14 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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