Madhya Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972
296 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, 52.21% turnout.
Seats
296
Candidates
1,417
0 women, 0 elected
Turnout
52.21%
1.09 cr of 2.09 cr
Leading party
INC
220 of 296 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Madhya Pradesh
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 220 | +53 | 289 | 52,19,823 | 47.93% | +7.33 |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 48 | -30 | 260 | 31,18,832 | 28.64% | +0.35 |
| INDIndependent | 18 | -4 | 641 | 16,04,096 | 14.73% | -0.18 |
| SOPSOP | 7 | +7 | 149 | 6,79,484 | 6.24% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 3 | +2 | 5 | 1,11,497 | 1.02% | -0.09 |
| SWASwatantra Party | 0 | -7 | 23 | 59,969 | 0.55% | -2.00 |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 32,126 | 0.29% | — |
| RPKRPK | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29,591 | 0.27% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12,785 | 0.12% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8,857 | 0.08% | -0.76 |
| BKDBKD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5,475 | 0.05% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,447 | 0.04% | -0.19 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,531 | 0.03% | — |
- INC220 (74%)
- BJS48 (16%)
- IND18 (6%)
- SOP7 (2%)
- CPI3 (1%)
- INC220
- BJS48
- IND18
- SOP7
- CPI3
- INC220
- BJS48
- IND18
- SOP7
- CPI3
Constituency performance
From the 296 results in Madhya Pradesh
Closest contest
DABRA
won by 122 (0.24%)
Biggest victory
SIDHI
won by 31,802 (75.03%)
Highest turnout
DHAMTARI
73.23%
Lowest turnout
PAMGARH
17.44%
Seat change
Against Madhya Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained155 (52%)
- Changed hands118 (40%)
- New seat23 (8%)
155 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 118 changed hands. 23 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
Madhya Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- BJS
- IND
- SOP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 296 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 296
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHIND | INCNAVIN CHANDRA BHOOTA | SOPRAGH BIR SINGH KUSHAWAH | 8,78816.98% | 62.0% |
| BHOPAL | CPIS. ALI KHAN N. ALI KHAN | BJSS. A. SOBHANI ASUMAL | 7,79716.41% | 58.0% |
| BIAORA | INCRAM KARAN UGRA | INDHAZARI LAL | 9,36032.11% | 46.9% |
| BICHHIYA | INCDARBARI SINGH | BJSBHANGILAL SUKHAI | 4421.90% | 32.4% |
| BIJAPUR | INCKISTAIYA PAPAIYA | INDDRIGPALSHAH KESHRI SHAH | 4172.02% | 38.8% |
| BIJAWAR | BJSYADVENDRA SINGH | INCDEVSHARMA | 7,20817.27% | 54.3% |
| BIJEYPUR | BJSJAGMOHAN SINGH | INCNAVAL KISHORE | 6,56514.19% | 64.0% |
| BILASPUR | INCSHRIDHAR MISHRA | BJSBABA RAO | 10,82527.67% | 54.3% |
| BILHA | INCCHITRAKANT JAISWAL | INDBHUVNESHWAR PRASAD GORHA | 6,51522.79% | 45.3% |
| BINA | INCDALCHAND BHAGWANDAS | BJSBHAGIRATH BILGAIYA | 2,0703.94% | 68.7% |
| BINDRANAWAGARH | INDPARWATI K. P. SHAH | INCKHAMSINGH KOMARRA | 1,8145.74% | 46.8% |
| BIREUDRANAGAR | INCDEVIPRASAD CHOUBE | INDMAHANI TIKAMDAS SHASTRI | 23,35863.47% | 49.3% |
| BOHANI | INCAGARWAL L. N. KHAJANCHI | BJSDIWAN BHAGWAN SHAH | 6,72722.66% | 49.4% |
| BUDHNI | INDSALIGRAM VAKIL | INCBANSHIDHAR KALURAM | 2,6536.95% | 53.6% |
| BURHANPUR | BJSBRIJMOHAN D. MISHRA | INCNOOR ALI | 4,87411.53% | 58.8% |
| CHACHAURA | BJSKRISHNVALLABH GUPTA | INCMANNA SINGH | 11,49227.48% | 56.1% |
| CHAMPA | INCBISAHUDAS MAHANT | BJSMANMOHAN SINGH | 8,50626.24% | 45.4% |
| CHANDRAPUR | INCBHAWANILAL VERMA | BJSLAKHIRAM | 12,42334.12% | 54.0% |
| CHAURAI | INCLAXMINARAYAN LALJI PRASAD | BJSCHOUDHARY KUBERSINGH | 8,17635.03% | 37.3% |
| CHHAPARA | INCSATENDRASINGH THAKUR | INDTHAKUR HIMMATSINGH | 2,80013.25% | 34.5% |
| CHHATARPUR | INCMAHENDRA KUMAR | SOPJAGDAMBA PRASAD | 4,87912.96% | 49.7% |
| CHHINDWARA | INCJAGDISH PRASAD CHANDRAKAR | BJSROOP CHANDRARAI N RAI | 14,27948.33% | 39.4% |
| CHITRA KOOT | INCRAM CHANDRA BAJPAYEE | SOPRAM NAND SINGH | 17,07333.72% | 63.6% |
| CHITRAKOTE | INCRAMAKONDA | BJSSUDARSHAN BODA | 10,55443.85% | 38.0% |
| CHOWKI | INCGOBARDHAN | SOPLAKHANSHAH KUNJAM | 8,30226.31% | 43.5% |
| CHURAHAT | INCCHANDRA PRATAP | INDSHYAM LAL | 5,89012.53% | 58.6% |
| DABRA | INCPAHADSINGH | BJSJAGA NATH SINGH RAWAT | 1220.24% | 64.9% |
| DAMOH | INDANAND KUMAR | INCPRABHUNARAIN RAMDHAN | 9,06318.33% | 66.2% |
| DAMUA | INCRAJKUMARI GYANDA | BJSS. MADHOOBHAN SHAH | 3,39216.94% | 29.4% |
| DANTEWARA | INCLAKSHMAN KARMA | SOPLACHHU SOMA | 5,28418.91% | 43.3% |
| DATIA | BJSGULAB CHAND KANNOOLAL | INCSHYAM SUNDAR | 3,8009.63% | 59.7% |
| DENWA | INCVINAY KUMAR DIWAN | INDUMESH KUMAR PALIWAL | 14,48144.51% | 53.9% |
| DEORI | INCDWARIKA PRASAD KATARE | BJSPARASU RAM SAHU | 14,86136.26% | 59.6% |
| DEOSAR | INCBALRAJ | BJSSHEOLAL | 1,1074.58% | 31.1% |
| DEOTALAB | SOPRAMKHELAVAN | INCRAMA SHARAYA PRASAD | 1,5967.20% | 31.3% |
| DEPALPUR | INCRAMCHANDRA AGRAWAL | SOPBAPUSINGH MANDLOI | 2170.52% | 65.1% |
| DEWAS | INCDHIRAJSINGH MOHANSINGH | BJSM. SINGH RAGHUNATHSINGH | 4,5759.96% | 58.4% |
| DHAMDHA | INCTUMANLAL | SOPDEVDAS | 15,07462.01% | 34.2% |
| DHAMTARI | INCKESHRIMAL | BJSHANUMAN PRASAD SHOBHARAM | 1,5782.81% | 73.2% |
| DHAR | INCSURENDRASINGH GANGASINGH | BJSKESRIMAL SENAPATI | 8,66524.19% | 50.4% |
| DHARAMJAIGARH | INCVAIDYA BEGRAJ SHARMA | BJSVIJAI SINGH | 4,39912.56% | 46.3% |
| DHARAMPURI | INCFATEBHANSINGH RAMSINGH | BJSMOHA SINGH MUTRIYE | 2,4957.75% | 55.3% |
| DHARSIWAN | INCMUNNALAL SHUKLA | INDRAMADHAR CHANDRAVANSHI | 18,08139.27% | 58.9% |
| DHULKOT | INCSOBHAGSINGH DHYANSINGH | BJSSAWAI SINGH MONDOLI | 10,71132.54% | 49.4% |
| DIMNI | BJSCHHAWI RAM | INCAMRAIYA SUMER SINGH | 5,58621.59% | 36.0% |
| DINDORI | INCSUNDERLAL URETI | BJSGANPATISINGH GHUNDOO SINGH | 4,21918.41% | 34.8% |
| DONDI LOHARA | INCJHUMUKLAL BHENDIA | INDKUNJILAL BHANDARI | 1,6264.94% | 47.9% |
| DONGARGAON | INCS. JAIRAM AYYAR | SOPMADAN TIWARI | 4,96117.45% | 42.5% |
| DONGARGARH | INCHIRARAM RAMSEWAK | SOPMANGI LAL JAIN | 18,95053.79% | 46.0% |
| DURG | INCMOTILAL VORA | INDVISHNOO PRASAD SHUKLA | 21,53560.74% | 49.2% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Madhya Pradesh 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 Madhya Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972?
Indian National Congress won 220 of 296 seats in Madhya Pradesh, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972?
Turnout was 52.21% — 1.09 cr of 2.09 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Madhya Pradesh have?
Madhya Pradesh has 296 assembly seats.
