1972 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Assam

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	1,976,209	53.20	95	+22
	Samyukta Socialist Party	214,342	5.77	4	0
	Communist Party of India	209,550	5.64	3	–4
	Plain Tribals Council of Assam	62,108	1.67	1	New
	Swatantra Party	21,663	0.58	1	–2
	Others	125,928	3.39	0	0
	Independents	1,104,977	29.75	10	–16
Total		3,714,777	100.00	114	+9
Valid votes		3,714,777	96.47
Invalid/blank votes		136,122	3.53
Total votes		3,850,899	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,328,537	60.85
Source: ECI[1]

Andhra Pradesh

Bihar

Goa, Daman & Diu

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972^[2]

	Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	23	18	116,855	38.30%	2
	United Goans Party (Superia Group)	26	10	99,156	32.50%	2
	Indian National Congress	19	1	41,612	13.64%	1
	Independents	36	1	28,874	9.64%	1
	Total	138	30	305,077

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	467,592	53.24	53	+19
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	68,032	7.75	5	New
	Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh	44,067	5.02	2	–9
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9,654	1.10	1	–3
	Others	40,590	4.62	0	0
	Independents	248,310	28.27	7	–9
Total		878,245	100.00	68	+8
Valid votes		878,245	97.39
Invalid/blank votes		23,506	2.61
Total votes		901,751	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,805,448	49.95
Source: ECI[3]

Jammu and Kashmir

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	764,492	55.44	58	–3
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	135,778	9.85	3	0
	Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir	98,985	7.18	5	New
	Others	10,689	0.78	0	0
	Independents	369,062	26.76	9	–6
Total		1,379,006	100.00	75	0
Valid votes		1,379,006	96.52
Invalid/blank votes		49,689	3.48
Total votes		1,428,695	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,297,951	62.17
Source: ECI[4]

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	135,678	30.02	17	+1
	Manipur Peoples Party	91,148	20.17	15	New
	Communist Party of India	45,765	10.13	5	+4
	Socialist Party (India)	24,195	5.35	3	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	10,699	2.37	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,988	0.66	0	–
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1,004	0.22	0	New
	Independents	140,471	31.08	19	+10
Total		451,948	100.00	60	+30
Valid votes		451,948	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		9,744	2.11
Total votes		461,692	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		608,403	75.89
Source: ECI[5]

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Mysore

Punjab

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly Election 1972
	Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Popular vote	%
	Indian National Congress	89	66	28	20,83,390	42.84
	Shiromani Akali Dal	72	24	19	13,44,437	27.64
	Communist Party of India	13	10	6	3,16,722	6.51
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	17	1	1	1,58,309	3.26
	Independents	205	3	1	5,97,917	12.29
	Others	72	0	-	3,62,783	7.47
	Total	468	104		48,63,558

Rajasthan

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	3,976,157	51.13	145	+56
	Swatantra Party	958,097	12.32	11	–37
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	948,928	12.20	8	–14
	Socialist Party	189,851	2.44	4	New
	Communist Party of India	121,591	1.56	4	+3
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	104,398	1.34	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	74,514	0.96	0	0
	Vishal Haryana Party	50,229	0.65	0	New
	Republican Party of India	2,137	0.03	0	0
	Independents	1,350,012	17.36	11	–5
Total		7,775,914	100.00	184	0
Valid votes		7,775,914	96.77
Invalid/blank votes		259,313	3.23
Total votes		8,035,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,910,553	57.76
Source: ECI[6]

Tripura

West Bengal

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