1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

Only 2 of the 5 Mississippi incumbents were re-elected; the other 3 retired. The two Republican freshmen, Thad Cochran and Trent Lott would go on to serve Mississippi in the United States Senate together from 1989 to 2007.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Jamie L. Whitten Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1941	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jamie L. Whitten (Democratic) Unopposed
Mississippi 2	Thomas Abernethy Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic	1942	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	√ David R. Bowen (Democratic) 61.9% Carl Butler (Republican) 34.7% Robert J. Coleman (Independent) 2.5% Norman Smith (Independent) 0.9%
Mississippi 3	Gillespie V. Montgomery Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gillespie V. Montgomery (Democratic) Unopposed
Mississippi 4	Charles H. Griffin Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Thad Cochran (Republican) 47.9% Ellis B. Bodron (Democratic) 44.0% Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 8.2%
Mississippi 5	William M. Colmer	Democratic	1932	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Trent Lott (Republican) 55.3% Ben Stone (Democratic) 44.2% Earnest J. Creel (Independent) 0.5%

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