1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 296 assembly constituencies 149 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 20,859,747 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 49.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Prakash Chandra Sethi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.[2]
After the 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]
Results
Source:[4]
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| # | Party | Seats Contested |
Seats won |
Seats Changed |
% Votes | ||||
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 289 | 220 |  53
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47.93% | ||||
| 1 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 260 | 48 |  30
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28.64% | ||||
| 3 | Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party | 172 | 7 | N/A | 6.24% | ||||
| 4 | Communist Party of India | 30 | 3 | 2
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1.02% | ||||
| 7 | Independent | 296 | 18 | 4
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14.73% | ||||
| Total | 296 | ||||||||
Elected Members
References
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "मध्यप्रदेश के माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों/सदन का नेता की सूची" [List of the honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]. mpvidhansabha.nic.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961". Election Commission of India. 7 December 1961. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2018.