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Maharashtra assembly election, Mar 1972

The 3rd Maharashtra legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
270
136 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
222 seats · majority
Candidates
1,196
0 women, 0 elected
Turnout
58.55%
1.51 cr of 2.59 cr

The house

270 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

270SEATS
  • INC222
  • IND23
  • PWP7
  • BJS5
  • SOP3
  • RPI2
  • CPI2
  • FBL2
  • Others4

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Maharashtra assembly election (1967)

INC
+19
PWP
-12
CPI
-8
IND
+7
RPI
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress222+1927156.2%85,35,83256.36%+9.331
INDIndependent23+73439.6%19,20,66712.68%-1.89272
PWPPWP7-125825.3%8,56,9865.66%-2.1421
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh5+112213.2%9,47,2666.25%-1.9285
SOPSOP3—5223.5%6,93,7974.58%—18
RPIRPI2-31188.3%5,70,5333.77%-2.89103
CPICommunist Party of India2-84415.9%4,12,8572.73%-2.1426
FBLAll India Forward Bloc2—2622.5%3,63,5472.40%—10
SHSShiv Sena1—2614.4%2,79,2101.84%—18
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)102010.0%1,17,1340.77%-0.3115
BKDBKD1—242.4%31,5080.21%—0
MULIndian Union Muslim League1—151.9%27,1380.18%—0
RPKRPK0—566.0%2,02,9351.34%—51
NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation)0—495.4%1,62,4331.07%—44
SWASwatantra Party0055.1%14,2690.09%-1.034
HMSHMS0—35.8%10,0590.07%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Maharashtra at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Mar 1972

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
PATANMaharashtraINCDAULATRAO S. DESAIPWPRAOSAHEB S. PATANKAR65,78696.85%
RAVERMaharashtraINCM. R. DHANAJI CHAUDHARIBJSBHIKA NATHU PATIL46,21986.04%
SOUTH SHOLAPURMaharashtraINCV. G. SHIVADARERPIFADATARE DEORAM VITHAL44,47984.01%
JATHMaharashtraINCSHIVRUDRA T. BAMANERPIKAMBLE ANNA KRASHNA35,85681.19%
WAIMaharashtraINCBHOSALE PRATAPRAO BABURAOBJSPORE ARVIND BALKRISHNA39,28580.88%
EDLABADMaharashtraINCPRATIBHATAI PATILRPIYASHVANT DHANA MEDHE38,39380.73%
ATPADI KAWATHE MAHANKALMaharashtraINCENGARE ANNASAHEB UDHAVSOPKHUJAT HARIBHAU NANA46,18780.19%
WALVAMaharashtraINCPATIL RAJARAM ANANTPWPSHINDE VASANT SHANKAR59,64480.18%
MEDSHIMaharashtraINCRAMRAO GOPALRAO ZANAKBJSSHAMRAO UTTAMRAO VAIDYA39,69478.69%
VADGAONMaharashtraINCVHATKAR NAMDEO LAXMANINDKURNE DATTAJIRAO BHAURAO36,19678.18%

Closest results of Mar 1972

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
ADYARMaharashtraINCM. MAHADEORAO DHOTEFBLR. ZIBALAJI KATEKHAYE900.14%
WANIMaharashtraINDNANDEKAR DADA SITARAMINCGOHOKAR VIMALTAI DEORAO940.17%
CHANDORMaharashtraINDJANARDAN KEDU AHERINCMADHUKARRAO S. SONAWANE1350.25%
CHIMURMaharashtraINCBIRAJE G MOTIRAMBAPUINDSONAWANE ADAKU SHIWAJI2450.39%
UDGIRMaharashtraRPIVITHALRAO KHADIWALEINCGHOGE BHIMRAO MANIKRAO2430.52%
NIPHADMaharashtraINDDULAJI SITARAM PATILINCVINAYAKRAO P. PATIL5671.00%
WARDHAMaharashtraINCVASANTRAO J. KARLEKARINDR. C. MAROTRA GHANGARE8881.49%
GIRGAONMaharashtraSHSPRAMOD NAVALKARINCKHADIKAR Y. VINAYAK7691.52%
AMBADMaharashtraINCANKUSHRAO RAOSAHEB TOPEINDANNASAHEB U A RAO8191.61%
MALKAPURMaharashtraBJSARJUN AWADHUT WANKHADEINCJ. RAO M. RAO JADHAV1,1771.92%