1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

The 1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Mysore (currently Karnataka) to elect 216 members to the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[1]

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
1972
All 216 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
109 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party INC INC (O)
Seats won 165 24
Popular vote 4,698,824 2,361,308
Percentage 52.17% 26.22%
Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

 Chief Minister of Mysore

D. Devaraj Urs
INC

Results
 Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1972
Political Party
 Contestants
 Seats won
 Seat change
 Number of votes
 Vote share
 Net change
Indian National Congress212165 394,698,82452.17% 3.74
Indian National Congress (Organisation)176242,361,30826.22%
Communist Party of India4388,9780.99%
Samyukta Socialist Party293 3152,5561.69% 0.78
Janata Paksha Party2114,3900.16%
Independents20 211,159,38312.87%
Total216'

References
  1. "Karnataka 1972". Election Commission of India.


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