Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1972

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1972

1972

All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly   Majority party Minority party   Party INC PWP Last election 203 seats, 47.03% 19 seats, 7.80% Seats won 222 7 Seat change 19 12 Popular vote 8,535,832 856,986 Percentage 56.36% 5.66% Swing 9.33% 2.14%

Chief Minister before election Vasantrao Naik INC Elected Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik INC

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1972, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Results

Indian National Congress won most number of seats and a clear majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected for the post. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil was Leader of the Opposition.^[2]

 Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972

	Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Indian National Congress	271	222	8,535,832	56.36%	19
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	58	7	856,986	5.66%	12
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	122	5	947,266	6.25%	1
	Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party	52	3	693,797	4.58%	1
	Communist Party of India	44	2	412,857	2.73%	8
	All India Forward Bloc	26	2	363,547	2.40%	2
	Republican Party of India	118	2	570,533	3.77%	3
	Shiv Sena	26	1	279,210	1.84%	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	20	1	117,134	0.77%	-
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	2	1	31,508	0.21%	1
	Indian Union Muslim League	1	1	27,138	0.18%	1
	Independents	343	23	1,920,667	12.68%	7
	Total	1196	270	15,146,171	-	-

References

1. "Key Highlights of General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Key Highlights of General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
2. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre". Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai (www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in), National Informatics Centre ()