Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1972
168 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, 55.36% turnout.
Seats
168
Candidates
822
1 women, 1 elected
Turnout
55.36%
69.2 lakh of 1.25 cr
Leading party
INC
140 of 168 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Gujarat
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 140 | +47 | 168 | 35,27,035 | 50.93% | +4.97 |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 16 | +16 | 138 | 16,26,736 | 23.49% | — |
| INDIndependent | 8 | +3 | 337 | 8,97,584 | 12.96% | +2.77 |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 3 | +2 | 100 | 6,43,032 | 9.29% | +7.40 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | +1 | 11 | 32,439 | 0.47% | — |
| SWASwatantra Party | 0 | -66 | 47 | 1,23,589 | 1.78% | -36.40 |
| SOPSOP | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50,009 | 0.72% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15,500 | 0.22% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8,649 | 0.12% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 0.00% | — |
- INC140 (83%)
- NCO16 (10%)
- IND8 (5%)
- BJS3 (2%)
- CPI1 (1%)
- INC140
- NCO16
- IND8
- BJS3
- CPI1
- INC140
- NCO16
- IND8
- BJS3
- CPI1
Constituency performance
From the 168 results in Gujarat
Closest contest
LIMKHEDA
won by 85 (0.38%)
Biggest victory
DEVGADH BARIA
won by 28,535 (84.58%)
Highest turnout
DASKROI
74.47%
Lowest turnout
LIMKHEDA
29.58%
Seat change
Against Gujarat's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained77 (46%)
- Changed hands85 (51%)
- New seat6 (4%)
77 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 85 changed hands. 6 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Gujarat, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- NCO
- IND
- BJS
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 168 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 168
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABDASA | INCKHIMJI NAGJI | BJSVIRENDRA SHIVDAS | 17,32447.17% | 52.6% |
| ALIA | INCK P SHAH | INDP JADEJA RAGHUVIRSINH | 7,15524.57% | 41.2% |
| AMRELI | NCON GORDHANDAS GONDHIYA | INCNARBHESHANKER N PANERI | 3,91810.13% | 49.8% |
| ANAND | INCA. BHUPATSINHJI VAGHELA | NCOSHANKAR BHAI D. VAGHELA | 16,60828.81% | 60.0% |
| ANJAR | INCKHEEMJI JESANG | BJSCHATUR T GHANDUMAL | 7,82417.40% | 56.9% |
| ANKLESHWAR | INCM HARI SINH BHAGUBAVA | NCOTHAKORBHAI G PATEL | 2,2055.04% | 64.9% |
| ASARWA | INCMAGANBHAI R BAROT | INDSOMCHAND J MAKVANA | 21,24141.87% | 59.3% |
| BABRA | INCJ MOHANBHAI VAGADIA | NCOMANG OLIA ARJAN VELJI | 6,42516.11% | 47.3% |
| BALASINOR | INCCHHATRSINH AMARSINHJI SOLAN | NCODESAIBHAI M. PATEL | 5,07610.78% | 62.7% |
| BANSDA | INCRATANBHAI G GAVIT | NCOMADHUBHAI J PATEL | 10,11935.11% | 46.1% |
| BARDOLI | INCBHULABHAI V PATEL | NCODAYARAMBHAI K PATEL | 4,5028.63% | 68.1% |
| BARODA CITY | INCCHANDRAKANT M PARIKH | BJSSHANKER LAL VERIBHAI PATEL | 6,09214.53% | 54.1% |
| BARODA RURAL | INCGOVINDBHAI BAPUBHAI PATEL | NCOHANTIBHAI M PATEL | 10,43020.76% | 61.7% |
| BAVLA | INCBHANUPRASAD V PANDYA | NCOKARSANDAS UKABHAI PARMAR | 14,23932.69% | 65.1% |
| BAYAD | NCOL KISHORSINHAJI REHEVAR | INCS SAVAGANBHAI PATEL | 8,66021.03% | 63.3% |
| BHADRAN | INCMADHAVSINGH F. SOLANKI | NCOFULABHAI RAYSINH PARMAR | 18,07635.73% | 61.6% |
| BHAVNAGAR | INCMANUBHAI GANGARAM VYAS | BJSNAGINDAS MANILAL SHAH | 7,25917.10% | 54.2% |
| BHILODA | INCMULSHANKER RANCHHODDAS | NCOGANPATLAL J TRIVEDI | 3,3158.61% | 57.5% |
| BHUJ | INCRAMJI RAGHAVJI THACKER | NCOK L JASHVANTRAY DHOLAKIA | 13,02442.70% | 47.0% |
| BORSAD | INCUMEDBHAI FATESINH GOHEL | NCOGOKALBHAI KASHIBHAI PATEL | 13,82228.61% | 61.2% |
| BOTAD | INCU P C SINHJI G SINHJI | NCOKANTILAL MANSUKHLAL SHAH | 7,25421.08% | 50.1% |
| BROACH | INCPIYUSHBHAI D THAKORE | NCOCHANDRASHANKER M BHATT | 16,45332.38% | 60.8% |
| BULSAR | NCOKESAVBHAI RATANJI PATEL | INCGOVINDJI BHIKHABHAI DESAI | 6,90814.68% | 53.9% |
| CAMBAY | INCMADHAVLAL BHAILAL SHAH | NCOVALLABHBHAI A. PATEL | 1,1792.32% | 68.5% |
| CHANASMA | BJSBHAGVANDAS NARANDAS AMIN | INCISHWARBHAI AMBALAL PATEL | 4830.92% | 65.5% |
| CHHOTA UDAIPUR | INCKARSHANBHAI BODABHAI RATHAW | NCORAMANBHAI NARANBHAI PATHAWA | 10,96539.00% | 44.3% |
| CHIKHLI | INCRATANJI K PATEL | NCOCHHATRAPAL G PATEL | 3,7449.67% | 50.9% |
| CHORASI | INCC NARASINHBHAI CONTRACTOR | NCOBALLUBHAI D DESAI | 10,51623.93% | 55.2% |
| CHOTILA | INCKARAMSHIBHAI KANJIBHAI | INDDHARMENDRASINHJI | 14,74637.83% | 47.0% |
| DABHOI | INCKALIDAS JETHABHAI CHAUHAN | NCOAMBALAL NAGJIBHAI PATEL | 8,23719.20% | 60.9% |
| DANTA | INCLALJIBHAI RAMJIBHAI KAREN | NCOHARISINH PARTAPSINH CHAVDA | 3,5619.78% | 48.9% |
| DARIAPUR KAZIPUR | INCMANUBHAI PALKHIWALA | INDBACHUBHAI SHUKLA | 26,52646.64% | 55.7% |
| DASADA | INCB INDRASINHJI ZALA | NCOKANTILAL KALIDAS THAKKER | 7,55515.73% | 62.5% |
| DASKROI | INCRAMANLAL MATHURBHAI PATEL | NCOVISHNU BHAT K PATEL | 4,9878.76% | 74.5% |
| DEDIAPADA | INCRAMJIBHAI HIRABHAI | CPMMOTISING K VASAVA | 13,49243.61% | 46.6% |
| DEESA | INCBHIKHAJI PUNJAJI PARMAR | NCOSHANTILAL S SHAH | 4,93913.34% | 48.1% |
| DEHGAM | INCGHANSHYAM CHHOTALALOZA | BJSGAHBAJI MANGAJI THAKORE | 6,80413.35% | 69.7% |
| DEODAR | INCGULAB B SINHJI VAGHELA | INDRUPSI DANAJI RATHOD | 13,08535.25% | 49.8% |
| DEVGADH BARIA | INDJAIDEEPSINGHJI S | INCMANHAR SINGH N. RANA | 28,53584.58% | 49.7% |
| DHANDHUKA | INCB UJAMSHIBHAI MODY | BJSDWARKADAS AMRATLAL | 9,65722.78% | 63.4% |
| DHANERA | INCDALUBHAI SAVAJIBHAI DESAI | NCOS GODADBHAI PARIKH | 9,65128.82% | 47.5% |
| DHARAMPUR | NCORAMUBHAI BALUBHAI JADAV | INCJAMNABAHEN M PATEL | 7,06323.96% | 39.4% |
| DHARI KODINAR | INCRAGHAVJI T LEUVA | SOPGANUBHAI MAYABHAI VAJA | 19,77366.89% | 43.2% |
| DHOLKA | INCP RAVJIBHAI MAKWANA | NCONAVALBHAI N SHAH | 9,55319.36% | 65.2% |
| DHORAJI | INCNATHALAL GOKALDAS PATEL | INDRAMJI BHURABHAI MAVANI | 5,84416.38% | 50.3% |
| DHRANGADHRA | INDNAGINDAS MANEKCHAND SHAH | INCCHUNILAL T JOBANPUTRA | 10,30823.40% | 54.7% |
| DOHAD | INCHASUMATI B GUNDIYAR | NCOBHARATSINH MANSINH RATHOD | 9,27928.47% | 47.1% |
| DWARKA | INCGORIYA MARKHI JETHA | INDKESHAVJI G. RAYCHURA | 12,11730.52% | 52.3% |
| ELLISBRIDGE | INCHARIPRASAD VYAS KOKILA | NCOY C RAMPRASAD | 11,39419.23% | 51.3% |
| GADHADA | INCLAKHAMANBHAI D GOTI | NCOCHANDRAKANT M THAKAR | 2,9369.77% | 45.4% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Gujarat alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1972?
Indian National Congress won 140 of 168 seats in Gujarat, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Gujarat assembly election, Mar 1972?
Turnout was 55.36% — 69.2 lakh of 1.25 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Gujarat have?
Gujarat has 168 assembly seats.
