1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1972, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1972
1972
All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC PWP
Last election 203 seats, 47.03% 19 seats, 7.80%
Seats won 222 7
Seat change 19 12
Popular vote 8,535,832 856,986
Percentage 56.36% 5.66%
Swing 9.33% 2.14%
Chief Minister before election

Vasantrao Naik
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Vasantrao Naik
INC

Results

Indian National Congress won most number of seats and a clear majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected for the post. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil was Leader of the Opposition.[2]

Summary of results
 Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Indian National Congress2712228,535,83256.36% 19
Peasants and Workers Party of India587856,9865.66% 12
Bharatiya Jana Sangh1225947,2666.25% 1
Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party523693,7974.58% 1
Communist Party of India442412,8572.73% 8
All India Forward Bloc262363,5472.40% 2
Republican Party of India1182570,5333.77% 3
Shiv Sena261279,2101.84% 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)201117,1340.77%-
Bharatiya Kranti Dal2131,5080.21% 1
Indian Union Muslim League1127,1380.18% 1
Independents343231,920,66712.68% 7
Total119627015,146,171--

List of winning candidates

The following is the list of candidates won:[3]

Constituency NameMember of Legislative AssemblyPolitical partyVotes polled
AchalpurN S DeshmukhINC
AmgaonSwarupchand AjmeraCongress
Dhobi TalavMohanlal PopatINC
GirgaonPramod NavalkarSS, w INC support
GuhagarShridhar NatuBJS
KhetwadiAnant NamjoshiINC
MaladMrinal GoreSOP
MalkapurArjun WankhedeBJS
MavalKrishnarao BhegadeBJS
Nagpur CentralNavalchand ToksiyaINC
Nagpur WestSushila BalrajINC
PusadVasantrao NaikINC
SakoliMartand KapgateCongress
ShrivardhanA R AntulayINC
Shukrawar PethRambhau MhalgiBJS
TalodeDilwar Singh PadawiBJS
WalvaRajaram-bapu PatilINC


References
  1. "Key Highlights of General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Missing or empty |url= (help)Key Highlights of General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
  2. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre". Missing or empty |url= (help)Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ()
  3. https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html


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