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 51–100 of 168
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANDEVI | INCAMUL MAGANLAL DESAI | NCOPARAGJI DAHYABHAI NAIK | 5,49310.36% | 65.5% |
| GANDHINAGAR | INCNAREDRASINH A JHALA | NCOMOTIBHAI BAKORBHAI PATEL | 5,1987.75% | 69.4% |
| GHOGHO | INCPRATAPRAY TARACHAND SHAH | NCODHIRAJLAL BAKORDAS MEHTA | 10,89530.27% | 46.7% |
| GODHRA | INCSOMALAL N SHIROIA | INDABDULLA HAJI BHURA DADI | 6,22016.12% | 54.0% |
| GONDAL | INCSORATHIA P LAKUABHAI | NCOBALLLUBHAI HARJIBHAI PATEL | 14,90841.70% | 60.4% |
| HALOL | INCBHADRA BEN PANDYA | NCOAMARSINH DIPSINH PARMAR | 2,0997.41% | 44.0% |
| HIMATNAGAR | INCSHANKERBHAI D PATEL | NCODEVSHANKER LILADHAR RAVAL | 14,88736.91% | 58.5% |
| IDAR | INCMANABHAI R BHAMBHI | NCONIRUBHAI K SOLANKI | 14,17642.21% | 43.2% |
| JALALPORE | INCCHHAGANBHAI D PATEL | NCOGONSAIBHAI C PATEL | 10,17923.20% | 60.7% |
| JAMALPUR | INCABDULRAMIM T KUNDIWALA | NCOKANTILAL G MEHTA | 12,57527.78% | 69.6% |
| JAMBUSAR | INCMAGANBHAI BHUKHANBHAI | NCOTHAKORBHAI C AMIN | 22,28342.06% | 72.6% |
| JAMJODHPUR | INCGORDHAN RAVJI FALDU | INDVALJI VIRJI BHADANIA | 5,26116.28% | 53.3% |
| JAMNAGAR | INDLILADHAR PRANJIVAN PATEL | INCHAMIRKHA KHATIJA ALARAKHA | 5,31512.98% | 55.2% |
| JASDAN | INCGONSAI P GULABGIRI | INDCHHAYANI GELA KARSHAN | 6,83918.65% | 45.7% |
| JETPUR | INCJAMNADAS SAMJI VERKARIA | INDMANUBHAI DHARMASHI GAJERA | 7,38420.43% | 53.6% |
| JETPUR | NCOKOLI M CHHOTUBHAI RATHVA | INCMANEKBHAI SOMABHAI TADVI | 10,91444.78% | 40.0% |
| JHAGADIA | INCCHIMANLAL K VASAVA | NCODAUDBHAI B DEKHRISTI | 19,54951.22% | 52.7% |
| JHALOD | INCVIRJIBHAI LIMBABHAI MUNIA | NCONINAMAHIRABEN L C BHAI | 6,65230.29% | 34.0% |
| JODIA | INDBHONJI BHIMJI PATEL | INCMOHANLAL GOVINDJI VAGELA | 5,23215.56% | 49.7% |
| JOTANA | NCOBHAVSINHJI D JHALA | INCHARGOVANBHAI D PATEL | 7,97513.73% | 73.3% |
| JUNAGADH | INCDIVYAKANT K MANAVATI | INDGORDHANBHAI G PATEL | 8,75523.20% | 51.4% |
| KADI | INCGOVINDBHAI S PARMAR | BJSMOTILAL N VARATIYA | 6791.54% | 57.5% |
| KALAWAD | INCBHIMJIBHAI VASHRAM PATEL | INDPOPATBHA BHAWGANSING J | 9,33525.10% | 50.0% |
| KALOL | INCARJUNSINH B RATHOD | BJSBHARATBHAI N PATEL | 6,38511.45% | 64.3% |
| KALOL | NCOMANEKLAL MAGANLAL GANDHI | SWABHIKUBHAI K TAILOR | 4,75514.10% | 49.0% |
| KALUPUR | INCPRABODH RAWAL | BJSP C PATEL | 8,91919.06% | 66.6% |
| KANKARIA | INCNARSINHBHAI K MAKWANA | INDJ GOVINDBHAI PARMAR | 24,14645.51% | 54.8% |
| KAPADWANJ | NCOBUDHAJI JITAJI CHAUHAN | INCPUNAMCHAND AMBALAL PATEL | 2,1694.51% | 63.6% |
| KARJAN | INCPARVATIBEN L. RANA | NCONAGJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI ARYA | 8,00919.13% | 50.9% |
| KATHLAL | INCAJITSINH FULSINHJI DABHI | NCOKANTABEN ANANTRAY TRIVEDI | 8,35721.00% | 59.5% |
| KENKREJ | INCSHANTILAL C DHANDHA | INDJAYANTILAL V SHAH | 12,77629.74% | 58.7% |
| KESHOD | INCTHAKARSHI DHANJI LADANI | INDDHARMSINH DAHYABHAI PATEL | 4,61715.70% | 45.9% |
| KHADIA | INCAJIT PATEL | SOPJAYENDRABHAI T PANDIT | 4,17010.61% | 64.3% |
| KHAMBHALIA | INDHEMATBHAI RAMBHAI MADAM | NCOHARILAL RAMHI NAKUM | 7,20022.24% | 53.0% |
| KHEDBRAHMA | INCMALJIBHAI S DABHI | NCORUPJIBAI SUKAJI GAMETI | 3,69815.81% | 38.4% |
| KHERALU | INCSHANKARJI OKHAJI THAKOR | INDVASANTLAL VRIJLAL PARIKH | 4,4688.52% | 64.6% |
| KUNDLA | INCN PARMANANDDAS RAVANI | NCOLALLUBHAI MOTICHAND SHETH | 1,1462.42% | 62.9% |
| KUTIYANA | INCARJAN VEJA NANDANIA | BJSLAXMANBHAI B AGATH | 14,87942.32% | 50.2% |
| LATHI | INCGOKALDAS MOHANLAL PATEL | INDKHODIDAS D MASARANI | 5,78117.00% | 51.2% |
| LIMBDI | INCHARIBHAI RATNABHAI DORIA | NCODEHABHAI BHOJABHAI VANIA | 5,57317.32% | 43.6% |
| LIMDI | INCSOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI DAMOR | NCOTITABHAI M HATHILA | 10,37537.26% | 40.0% |
| LIMKHEDA | NCOVIRSING GANGJI MOHANIA | SWAVIRSINH BHULABHAI PASAYA | 850.38% | 29.6% |
| LUNAVADA | INDD. K. BHATT | INCJ. M. PANDYA | 1750.52% | 48.8% |
| MAHUDHA | NCOHARMANBHAI N. PATEL | INCAHMADMIYA M. PEEJADA | 2,1394.75% | 66.4% |
| MAHUVA | INCMANCHHARAM NARANDAS PATEL | NCOKHUSHALBHAI D PATEL | 10,00120.73% | 62.0% |
| MAHUVA | INCCHHABILDAS P MEHTA | BJSBHASKARRAO B THAKAR | 27,55178.44% | 45.2% |
| MALIA | INCMASARI KHIMA SWVARA | SWADHULESHIYA G JADAV | 23,38163.56% | 47.1% |
| MANAVADAR | INCVANVI DEVJI BHIKHA | BJSKALIDAS HAMIRBHAI PARGHI | 6,15520.93% | 43.9% |
| MANDVI | INCVINODBHAI M CHAUDHARI | NCOB VA LABHBHAI CHAUDHARI | 4,84014.08% | 54.0% |
| MANDVI | INCNOSHIR DORABJI DASTUR | BJSS RUPSHANKAR MEHTA | 17,92149.27% | 55.3% |
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.
