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 101–150 of 168
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANGROL | INCDAHIBEN RAMABHAI RATHOD | NCORAMJIBHAI R CHODHARI | 5,72715.12% | 48.6% |
| MANGROL | INCAYASHA MOHMEDALI SHEIKH | INDNARAYANBHAI P GADHIYA | 5,71817.59% | 49.5% |
| MANSA | NCOMOTI BHAI CHAUDHARI | INCCHUNIBHAI GANESHDAS PATEL | 16,65730.32% | 68.2% |
| MATAR | INCGANGABEN A. VAGHELA | NCOPRANSHANKAR P. JOSHI | 18,03536.99% | 65.4% |
| MEGHRAJ | NCOJETHALAL CHANDULAL GANDHI | INCGULAMNABI HAMIDBHAI ZAZ | 2,6746.54% | 61.0% |
| MEHMEDABAD | NCOFULSINHJIM SOLANKI | INCBANSILAL JETHALAL SHAH | 1,2892.68% | 65.0% |
| MEHSANA | INCDAYASHANKAR V TRIVEDI | NCOPURUSHOTAMDAS R PATEL | 11,12823.24% | 53.9% |
| MODASA | INCAMBALAL J UPADHYAY | BJSBHANUPRASAD R PATEL | 14,28831.18% | 63.0% |
| MORVI | INCMAGANLAL T SOMAIYA | NCOGOKALBHAI DOSABHAI PARMAR | 3260.82% | 55.5% |
| MOTA PONDHA | INCBHAGWAN BHAI SOMABHAI DHANP | NCOPUNABHAI GOPALBHAI PATEL | 8,97639.57% | 36.0% |
| MUNDRA | INCMOTHARIA MEGHJI SUMAR | INDSHAMJI KHETSHI MAHESWARY | 11,90160.36% | 30.9% |
| NADIAD | INCBABUBHAI BHIKHABHAI DESAI | NCOBABUBHAI JASHBHAI PATEL | 7,31712.65% | 67.0% |
| NANDOD | INCHIMATBHAI M RAJVADI | NCOCHANDUBHAI S DESMUKH | 9,99527.28% | 53.2% |
| NARODA | INCVISHINDAS M MATIANI | NCORAMA LAL VITHAIBHAI PATEL | 19,23529.63% | 57.6% |
| NASWADI | INCMEGHABHAI JAGABHAI BHIL | NCOISHWARBHAI K. BHIL | 10,38628.61% | 47.0% |
| NAVSARI | INCDINKERBHAI B DESAI | NCOUNIA SULEMAN YUSUF | 12,89932.80% | 59.8% |
| OLPAD | INCBALUBHAI DEVABHAI PATEL | NCOPARBHUBHAI D PATEL | 2,9556.51% | 69.1% |
| PADRA | INCMANUBHAI CHHOTABHAI PATEL | NCOJASVANTLAL S SHAH | 5,89611.42% | 63.7% |
| PALANPUR | BJSLEKHRAJ H BACHANI | INCA R MOHMADNAJIR MOLAVI | 5,33911.48% | 63.1% |
| PALITANA | CPIBATUKRAI H VORA | INDDALSUKHBHAI J GODHANI | 3781.19% | 46.3% |
| PARDI | INCUTTAMBHAI HARJIBHAI PATEL | NCORAGHABHAI MARIABHAI PATEL | 14,53732.32% | 58.6% |
| PATAN | INCNATHABHAI RATNABHAI DESAI | BJSKARSAN MAGANBHAI THAKORE | 9,11617.28% | 63.6% |
| PETLAD | INCPRABHUDAS S. PATEL | NCOFULABHAI VARDHABHAI PATEL | 4,0718.40% | 65.6% |
| PORBANDAR | INCMALDEVJI M ODEDARA | INDVASANJI KHERAJ THAKRAR | 11,89426.54% | 54.9% |
| PRANTIJ | INCGOPALDAS VENIDAS PATEL | NCOKUPSANG KALU SANG SOLANKI | 3,4257.23% | 69.0% |
| RADHANPUR | INCNIRMALA LALBHAI ZAVERI | NCOSEND ABHA L. THAKUR | 9,97127.75% | 50.0% |
| RAJKOT I | INCMANSUKHBHAI JOSHI | BJSARVINDBHAI MANIAR | 8,58420.83% | 55.4% |
| RAJKOT I I | INCPRADUMMANSINJI JADEJA | BJSKESHAVBHAI PATEL | 25,14148.92% | 54.1% |
| RAJULA | INCJASHVANT MEHTA | NCOPARSHOTAM KANJI PATEL | 24,51464.89% | 46.3% |
| RAKHIAL | INCKANTILAL GHIYA | INDNAVINCHANDRA M BARUT | 23,85536.63% | 63.9% |
| RAOPURA | INCTHAKORBHAI V PATEL | NCOCHANDRAKANT N PATEL | 25,05361.39% | 59.0% |
| RAPAR | INCPREMCHAND OTAMCHAND | INDBABULAL MEGHJI GADA | 1,5534.66% | 47.4% |
| SALIA | INCRAMESH CHANDRA Y. PARMAR | INDK. K. SINHJI K. JADAV | 11,02236.08% | 41.3% |
| SAMI | INCKARASANBHAI H CHAUDHARI | BJSCUDDAJI RAMSANJI THAKORE | 1,2082.46% | 66.6% |
| SANAND | INCRUDRADATTASINHJI VAGHELA | NCOMANIBEN MAGANLAL PATEL | 17,21535.13% | 73.3% |
| SANKHEDA | INCCHIMANBHAI JIVABHAI PATEL | NCOAMBUBHAI DESAI BHAI PATEL | 18,35242.13% | 66.8% |
| SANTRAMPUR | INCJIVABHAI MOTIBHAI DAMOR | NCOVALLAVDAS MAGANLAL PARIKH | 5,70121.85% | 34.0% |
| SARSA | INCGOVINDBHAI I PATEL | NCOVITTHALBHAI S PATEL | 13,74028.45% | 66.6% |
| SAVLI | INCMANIBHAI ASHRIM SHAH | SOPSURSANG RUPSANG RANA | 14,38831.81% | 65.3% |
| SAYAJIGANJ | INCSANAT MEHTA | BJSMAKARAND DESAI | 12,96325.90% | 55.9% |
| SHAHPUR | INCVASUDEV N TRIPATHI | INDSOMABHAI C DESAI | 7,79516.70% | 59.5% |
| SHEHRA | INCPARTAPSINH HIRABHAI PATEL | NCOSHIVSHANKER M. PATHAK | 15,33946.57% | 47.1% |
| SIHOR | BJSHARISINHJI AKHUBHA GOHIL | INCRATILAL MOHAN ANDHARIA | 1,0312.99% | 44.9% |
| SINDHPUR | NCOVITHALBHA DOSABHAI PATEL | INCMAHIYODDIN K SAIYAD | 3,8506.99% | 67.3% |
| SOJITRA | INCDADUBHAI C. VAGHELA | NCOINDUBHAI CHATURBHAI PATEL | 4,5339.71% | 63.0% |
| SOMNATH | INCKESAR BHAGVAN DODIYA | BJSDAYASHANKER MAVJI OZA | 20,13150.96% | 52.5% |
| SONGADH | INCBHIMSINGBHAI F VASAVA | NCOADANADBHAI A CHAUDHARI | 12,72540.83% | 41.1% |
| SURAT CITY EAST | INCGORDHANDAS R CHOKHAWALA | NCOSHAMBHUBHAI V PATEL | 6,72321.06% | 53.1% |
| SURAT CITY NORTH | INCKRUSHANAVADAN DHANSUKHLAL | NCOPOPATLAL MULSHANKER VYAS | 3,3089.36% | 49.4% |
| SURAT CITY WEST | INCJASHVANT SINH D CHAUHAN | NCOG MDHUSEN ABDULSAMAD | 6,72015.23% | 50.0% |
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.
