1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

Of the 24 Illinois incumbents, 18 were re-elected.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Illinois 1	Ralph H. Metcalfe	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ralph H. Metcalfe (Democratic) 91.4% Louis Coggs (Republican) 8.6%
Illinois 2	Morgan F. Murphy Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Morgan F. Murphy (Democratic) 75.0% James E. Doyle (Republican) 25.0%
Illinois 3	None (district created)			New seat. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Robert P. Hanrahan (Republican) 62.3% Daniel P. Coman (Democratic) 37.7%
Illinois 4	Ed Derwinski	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ed Derwinski (Republican) 70.5% C. F. 'Bob' Dore (Democratic) 29.5%
Illinois 5	John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John C. Kluczynski (Democratic) 72.8% Leonard C. Jarzab (Republican) 27.2%
Illinois 6	Harold R. Collier Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harold R. Collier (Republican) 61.2% Michael R. Galasso (Democratic) 38.8%
Illinois 7	George W. Collins Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George W. Collins (Democratic) 82.8% Thomas J. Lento (Republican) 17.2%
Illinois 8	Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 74.0% Edward Stepnowski (Republican) 26.0%
Illinois 9	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 68.3% Clark W. Fetridge (Republican) 31.7%
Illinois 10	Abner J. Mikva Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Samuel H. Young (Republican) 51.6% Abner J. Mikva (Democratic) 48.4%
Illinois 11	Frank Annunzio Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 53.3% John J. Hoellen (Republican) 46.7%
Illinois 11	Roman C. Pucinski	Democratic	1958	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.
Illinois 12	Phil Crane Redistricted from the 13th district	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Phil Crane (Republican) 74.2% Edwin L. Frank (Democratic) 25.8%
Illinois 13	Robert McClory Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert McClory (Republican) 61.5% Stanley W. Beetham (Democratic) 38.5%
Illinois 14	John N. Erlenborn	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 72.8% James M. Wall (Democratic) 27.2%
Illinois 15	Leslie C. Arends Redistricted from the 17th district	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Leslie C. Arends (Republican) 57.2% Tim L. Hall (Democratic) 42.8%
Illinois 15	Cliffard D. Carlson	Republican	1972 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
Illinois 16	John B. Anderson	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John B. Anderson (Republican) 71.9% John E. Devine Jr. (Democratic) 28.1%
Illinois 17	None (district created)			New seat. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ George M. O'Brien (Republican) 55.6% John J. Houlihan (Democratic) 44.4%
Illinois 18	Robert H. Michel	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert H. Michel (Republican) 64.8% Steven L. Nordvall (Democratic) 35.2%
Illinois 19	Tom Railsback	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tom Railsback (Republican) Unopposed
Illinois 20	Paul Findley	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Findley (Republican) 68.8% Robert S. O'Shea (Democratic) 31.2%
Illinois 21	William L. Springer Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1950	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	√ Edward Rell Madigan (Republican) 54.8% Lawrence E. Johnson (Democratic) 45.2%
Illinois 22	George E. Shipley Redistricted from the 23rd district	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George E. Shipley (Democratic) 56.5% Robert B. Lamkin (Republican) 41.0% Cleo A. Duzan (Independent) 2.4%
Illinois 23	Melvin Price Redistricted from the 24th district	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Melvin Price (Democratic) 75.1% Robert Mays (Republican) 24.9%
Illinois 24	Kenneth J. Gray Redistricted from the 21st district	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kenneth J. Gray (Democratic) 93.7% Hugh Muldoon (Independent) 6.3%

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1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

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