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 151–200 of 296
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHARAGPUR | INCBAIJU AHIRWAR | SOPNATHU RAM AHIRWAR | 7,54525.48% | 41.9% |
| KHARGONE | INCCHANDRAKANTA R. KHODE | BJSBHALCHANDRA S BAGDARE | 5,87216.20% | 57.7% |
| KHATEGAON | INCMANJULABAI VAGLE | BJSHINDUSINGH NIHALSINGH | 3,62911.03% | 48.7% |
| KHILCHIPUR | INCPRABHU DAYAL CHOUBE | BJSNARAIN SINGH PAWAR | 3,76111.56% | 44.4% |
| KHUJJI | INCBALDEV PRASAD MISHRA | SOPTHAKUR PRASAD ARYA | 12,49145.34% | 40.9% |
| KHURAI | INCLILADHAR | BJSKUNJILAL CHOUDHARY | 11,17031.09% | 52.7% |
| KIRNAPUR | INCJHANKARSINGH | RPKYOGESHCHANDRA | 12,02436.63% | 52.1% |
| KOLARAS | BJSJAGADISH PRASAD VERMA | INCCHINTAMANI | 11,07324.88% | 60.6% |
| KONDAGAON | INCMANKURAM SODI | BJSSUKHMANRAM MALSAIRAM | 13,72143.09% | 53.0% |
| KONTA | BJSBETI HARMA | INCJOGAYA MUKA | 1,2625.06% | 37.5% |
| KOTA | INCMATHURAPRASAD DUBE | BJSMADAN BHAIYA | 1,7435.25% | 50.1% |
| KOTGHORA | INDBODHRAM | INCJYOTIBHUSHAN PRATAP SINGH | 1,0792.66% | 52.8% |
| KOTMA | INCMRIGENDRA SINGH | INDSHANKAR SINGH | 12,32842.90% | 41.8% |
| KUKSHI | INCPRATAPSINGH BAGHEL | BJSGOVIND VESTA | 8,84728.07% | 47.0% |
| KURUD | BJSYESHWANT RAO MEGHAWALE | INCBALGOVIND SAHU | 1,2752.75% | 66.5% |
| KURWAI | BJSAWADH NARAYAN | INCTAM SINGH | 6,51512.63% | 64.5% |
| LAHAR | INCRAGHAVRAM CHAUDHARY | BJSPRABHU DAYAL TRIPATHI | 4151.03% | 63.6% |
| LAKHANPUR | INCSATYANARAYAN | BJSDEVESHWAR SINGH | 9,63931.84% | 48.9% |
| LAKHNADON | INCBASANTRAO UIKEY | BJSLALVIRSINGH | 13,58858.22% | 40.5% |
| LANJI | INDNARBADA PD. SHRIVASTAVA | INCSUSHILA | 8912.12% | 67.8% |
| LASHKAR | BJSSITILA SAHAI | INCANAND SWAROOP MISHRA | 7,98618.26% | 67.3% |
| LAUNDI | INCBABOO RAM CHATURVEDI | SOPRAGHUNATH SINGH | 5,92213.79% | 49.8% |
| LORMI | INCRAJENDRA PRASAD SHUKLA | BJSMAHANT R. LAL SAHAB C. | 2,0124.68% | 62.5% |
| LUNDRA | INCCHAMRU RAM | BJSBHAWARSAI | 2,1229.05% | 35.6% |
| MAHARAJPUR | BJSNATHOO RAM | INCLACHHMAN DAS | 3,24811.45% | 35.6% |
| MAHASAMUND | SOPPURUSHOTTAMLAL K. DHALURAM | INCNEMICHAND SHRI SHRIMAL | 10,94925.18% | 59.4% |
| MAHESHWAR | INCSITARAM SADHURAM | BJSBHANWARLAL GOKHALE | 10,88026.52% | 56.3% |
| MAHIDPUR | INCNARAYAN PRASAD SHARMA | BJSMANAKLAL MUNAT | 2,0645.03% | 59.3% |
| MAIHAR | INCLALJI PATEL | INDNARAYAN SINGH | 2,8846.48% | 59.9% |
| MALEHRA | INCDASHRATH | INDBASANT LAL | 13,12431.49% | 52.8% |
| MALKHARODA | BJSPOORANLAL JANGADE | INCVEDRAM PANCHARAM | 1,3114.68% | 41.8% |
| MANASA | INCSURAJBHAI TUGNAWAT | BJSSUNDERLAL PATWA | 5,51012.22% | 72.3% |
| MANAWAR | INCSHIVBHANU SOLANKI | BJSJAGMOHANSING BAPUSINGH | 13,85541.31% | 56.8% |
| MANDLA | INCNARAYANI DEVI | INDKISHNRILAL | 2,5358.22% | 43.5% |
| MANDSAUR | INCSHYAM SUNDER PATIDAR | BJSKISHORESINGH | 8,51717.00% | 68.4% |
| MANENDRAGARH | INCDHARAM PAL | BJSPAHADI RAM | 4,53618.74% | 39.6% |
| MANGAWAN | SOPSHRINIWAS TIWARI | INCR. RAMAN PRATAP SINGH | 2,6965.50% | 63.9% |
| MARO | INCKISHAN | BJSREKHALAL | 11,33342.04% | 36.5% |
| MARWAHI | INCBHAVAR SINGH PORTE | INDRAMPRASAD | 9,98049.90% | 31.2% |
| MASOD | INDRAMJI CHHITRAIYA MAHAJAN | INCSURENDRA KUMAR BIHARILAL | 5,92617.47% | 49.1% |
| MASTURI | INCGODIL PRASAD | BJSBABU LAL | 7,23132.15% | 32.3% |
| MAUGANJ | INDRAMDHANI MISHRA | INCJAGDISH TIWARI | 2,9168.15% | 53.0% |
| MEHGAON | SOPRAMESHWAR DAYAL DANTRE | INCRAI SINGH BHADORIYA | 3,5357.28% | 71.4% |
| MHOW | INCPRAKASH CHAND SETHI | BJSKRISHNA GOPAL MAHESHWARI | 15,22539.13% | 56.9% |
| MORAR | INCRAJENDRA SINGH | BJSNARESH JOHRI | 5,26410.97% | 64.5% |
| MORENA | BJSMAHARAJ SINGH | CPISUDHA BANSAL | 2,1034.66% | 57.0% |
| MULTAI | INDRADHAKRISHNA GARG VAKEEL | INCBALKRISHNA DEVRAO | 1,4284.52% | 43.8% |
| MUNGAOLI | BJSGAJRA SINGH | INCCHANDRA BHAN SINGH | 6,78713.03% | 61.7% |
| MUNGELI | INCGANESHRAM ANANT | BJSSHIVNARAYAN GOLE | 6,93818.34% | 56.6% |
| MURWARA | INCLAKHAN SINGH SOLANKI | SOPNARASHNATH CHOUBE | 10,24129.12% | 51.8% |
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.
