1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

Of the 19 Michigan incumbents, 18 were re-elected.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Michigan 1	John Conyers	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Conyers (Democratic) 88.4% Walter F. Girardot (Republican) 10.8% Nina J. Hubbard (AI) 0.5% Maceo Carl Dixon (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Michigan 2	Marvin L. Esch	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Marvin L. Esch (Republican) 56.0% Marvin R. Stempien (Democratic) 43.3% Henry W. Kroes Jr. (AI) 0.7%
Michigan 3	Garry E. Brown	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Garry E. Brown (Republican) 59.2% James T. Brignall (Democratic) 39.9% Marvin P. Lightvoet (AI) 0.9%
Michigan 4	J. Edward Hutchinson	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	√ J. Edward Hutchinson (Republican) 67.3% Charles Jameson (Democratic) 32.7%
Michigan 5	Gerald Ford	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gerald Ford (Republican) 61.1% Jean McKee (Democratic) 37.7% Dwight W. Johnson (AI) 1.1% Frank Girard (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Alan Lee Maki (C) 0.07%
Michigan 6	Charles E. Chamberlain	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles E. Chamberlain (Republican) 50.6% Robert Carr (Democratic) 49.4%
Michigan 7	Donald W. Riegle Jr.	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Donald W. Riegle Jr. (Republican) 70.1% Eugene L. Mattison (Democratic) 29.9%
Michigan 8	R. James Harvey	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	√ R. James Harvey (Republican) 59.3% Jerome T. Hart (Democratic) 39.4% John B. Lipinski (AI) 1.3%
Michigan 9	Guy Vander Jagt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 69.4% Lawrence H. Olson (Democratic) 29.5% De Loyd Glenn Hesselink (AI) 1.1%
Michigan 10	Elford Albin Cederberg	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican) 66.7% Benjamin D. Graves (Democratic) 30.9% Richard Friske (AI) 2.4%
Michigan 11	Philip Ruppe	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip Ruppe (Republican) 69.4% James E. McNamara (Democratic) 29.8% James P. Hoy (AI) 0.8%
Michigan 12	James G. O'Hara	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James G. O'Hara (Democratic) 50.8% David Serotkin (Republican) 49.2%
Michigan 13	Charles Diggs	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles Diggs (Democratic) 85.6% Leonard T. Edwards (Republican) 13.3% Raymond D. Moon (AI) 0.6% Nanci Kinker (Socialist Workers) 0.4%
Michigan 14	Lucien N. Nedzi	Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lucien N. Nedzi (Democratic) 54.9% Robert V. McGrath (Republican) 45.1%
Michigan 15	William D. Ford	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William D. Ford (Democratic) 65.8% Ernest C. Fackler (Republican) 32.9% Aldi C. Fuhrmann (AI) 1.3%
Michigan 16	John Dingell	Democratic	1955	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Dingell (Democratic) 68.1% William Rostrom (Republican) 29.8% Peter P. Gayner (AI) 2.2%
Michigan 17	Martha W. Griffiths	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic) 66.4% Ralph E. Judd (Republican) 32.5% Hector M. McGregor (AI) 0.8% Christy L. Wallace (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Michigan 18	None (district created)			New seat. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Robert J. Huber (Republican) 52.6% Daniel S. Cooper (Democratic) 47.4%
Michigan 19	William Broomfield Redistricted from the 18th district	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Broomfield (Republican) 70.4% George Montgomery (Democratic) 28.6% Henry Lloyd George (AI) 1.0%
	Jack H. McDonald	Republican	1966	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Michigan
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1972