Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1972

5 March 1972

All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.63% (Decrease4.21%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC PWPI
Last election 203 seats, 47.03% 19 seats, 7.80%
Seats won 222 7
Seat change Increase 19 Decrease 12
Popular vote 8,535,832 856,986
Percentage 56.36% 5.66%
Swing Increase 9.33% Decrease 2.14%

Chief Minister before election

Vasantrao Naik
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Vasantrao Naik
INC

The 1972 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in March 1972 for the fourth term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 270 seats were contested.[1]

The Indian National Congress won the largest number of seats and a majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil became the leader of the opposition.[2]

List of participating political parties

Party Abbreviation
National Parties
Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS
Swatantra Party SWA
Indian National Congress INC(R)
Indian National Congress (Organisation) INC(O)
Socialist Party of India SOP
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM
Communist Party of India CPI
State Parties
Indian Union Muslim League IUML
Bharatiya Kranti Dal BKD
Peasants and Workers Party PWP
All India Forward Bloc AIFB
Republican Party of India RPI
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha HMS
Shiv Sena SHS
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPK/RPI(K)

Results

Party results

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Seat change
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress
222 / 270(82%)
271222Increase 198,535,83256.36%Increase 9.33%
Peasants and Workers Party of India
7 / 270(3%)
587Decrease 12856,9865.66%Decrease 2.14%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5 / 270(2%)
1225Increase 1947,2666.25%Decrease 1.92%
Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party
3 / 270(1%)
523Decrease 1693,7974.58%Decrease 0.03%
Republican Party of India
2 / 270(0.7%)
1182Decrease 3570,5333.77%Decrease 2.89%
Communist Party of India
2 / 270(0.7%)
442Decrease 8412,8572.73%Decrease 2.14%
All India Forward Bloc
2 / 270(0.7%)
262Increase 2363,5472.40%Increase 2.40% (New Party)
Shiv Sena
1 / 270(0.4%)
261Increase 1279,2101.84%Increase 1.84% (New Party)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1 / 270(0.4%)
201Steady117,1340.77%Decrease 0.31%
Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1 / 270(0.4%)
21Increase 131,5080.21%Increase 0.21% (New Party)
Indian Union Muslim League
1 / 270(0.4%)
11Increase 127,1380.18%Increase 0.18% (New Party)
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 56 0 (New Party) 202,935 1.34% Increase 1.34% (New Party)
Indian National Congress (Organisation) 49 0 (Split in INC) 162,433 1.07% (Split in INC)
Swatantra Party 5 0 Steady 14,269 0.09% Decrease 1.03%
Independents
23 / 270(9%)
34323Increase 71,920,66712.68%Decrease 1.89%
Total1196270Steady15,146,17160.63%Decrease 4.21%

Winning candidates

The following is a partial list of winning candidates.[3]

Constituency NameMember of Legislative AssemblyPolitical partyVotes polled
TeosaSharad TasreIndian National Congress
AchalpurN S DeshmukhIndian National Congress
AmgaonSwarupchand AjmeraIndian National Congress
Dhobi TalavMohanlal PopatIndian National Congress
GirgaonPramod NavalkarShiv Sena, w Indian National Congress support
GuhagarShridhar NatuBharatiya Jana Sangh
KhetwadiAnant NamjoshiIndian National Congress
MaladMrinal GoreSocialist Party (India)
MalkapurArjun WankhedeBharatiya Jana Sangh
MavalKrishnarao BhegadeBharatiya Jana Sangh
Nagpur CentralNavalchand ToksiyaIndian National Congress
Nagpur WestSushila BalrajIndian National Congress
PusadVasantrao NaikIndian National Congress
SakoliMartand KapgateIndian National Congress
ShrivardhanA R AntulayIndian National Congress
Shukrawar PethRambhau MhalgiBharatiya Jana Sangh
TalodeDilwar Singh PadawiBharatiya Jana Sangh
WalvaRajaram-bapu PatilIndian National Congress

Results by region

Region Total seats Indian National Congress Peasants and Workers Party of India Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Western Maharashtra 70 70 - -
Vidarbha 62 60 1 1
Marathwada 46 31 3 3
Thane+Konkan 39 37 1 -
Mumbai 36 14 - -
North Maharashtra 35 14 2 1
Total[4] 288 222 7 5

References

  1. "Key Highlights of General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. "Maharashtra Legislature, Mumbai" (PDF). www.legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972". elections.in.
  4. "Spoils of five-point duel". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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