1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1972.
These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]
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All 320 assembly constituencies 161 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Madhya Pradesh Result
| SN | Party | Seats Contested |
Seats won |
Seats Changed |
% Votes |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress | 289 | 220 | +53 | 47.93% |
| 1 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 260 | 48 | -30 | 28.64% |
| 3 | Samyukta Socialist Party | 172 | 7 | N/A | 6.24% |
| 4 | Communist Party of India | 30 | 3 | +2 | 1.02% |
| 7 | Independent | 320 | 18 | -4 | 14.73% |
| Total | 320 |
References
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "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.