1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1972 was held in 1972 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly[1].This is a list of the results of the 1972 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in India, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Kedar Pandey was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar (19 March 1972- 02 July 1973), after Abdul Gafoor become the Chief Minister of Bihar from ( 02 July 1973-11 April 1975) and also Jagannath Mishra became the Chief Minister of Bihar from (11 April 1975-30 April 1977 ).
Party-wise performance
| S. No. | Abbreviation | Party | Party Flag | Seats contested | Seats won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJS | Bharatiya Jan Sangh |  |
- | 25 |
| 2 | CPI | Communist Party of India |  |
- | 35 |
| 3 | INC | Indian National Congress | File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg | - | 167 |
| 4 | INC(NCO) | Indian National Congress (O) | |
- | 30 |
| 5 | (SOP) | Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party (SOP) | |
- | 33 |
| 6 | SWA | Swatantra Party | |
- | 1 |
| 7 | HJS | Progressive Hull Jharkhand Party (Shibu Group) (HJS) | |
- | 1 |
| 8 | HSD | Hindustani Shoshit Dal (HSD) | |
- | 1 |
| 9 | JKD | Jharkhand (Jkd) | |
- | 1 |
| 10 | JKP | All India Jharkhand Party (JKP) | |
- | 3 |
| 11 | PHJ | Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand (PHJ) | |
- | 2 |
| 12 | IND | Independent | |
- | 17 |
References
- ^ "1972 Election Result". www.elections.in.
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