1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1972.

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]

1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 296 assembly constituencies
149 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.83%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Prakash Chandra Sethi undeclared
Party INC BJS
Leader since 1980
Last election 167 78
Seats won 220 48
Seat change 53 30
Popular vote 52,19,823 31,18,832
Percentage 47.93% 28.64%
Chief Minister before election

Shyama Charan Shukla
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Prakash Chandra Sethi
INC

Madhya Pradesh Result

[2]

SN Party Seats
Contested		 Seats
won		 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

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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