Maharashtra assembly election, Mar 1972
270 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, 58.55% turnout.
Seats
270
Candidates
1,196
0 women, 0 elected
Turnout
58.55%
1.51 cr of 2.59 cr
Leading party
INC
222 of 270 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Maharashtra
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 222 | +19 | 271 | 85,35,832 | 56.36% | +9.33 |
| INDIndependent | 23 | +7 | 343 | 19,20,667 | 12.68% | -1.89 |
| PWPPWP | 7 | -12 | 58 | 8,56,986 | 5.66% | -2.14 |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 5 | +1 | 122 | 9,47,266 | 6.25% | -1.92 |
| SOPSOP | 3 | +3 | 52 | 6,93,797 | 4.58% | — |
| RPIRPI | 2 | -3 | 118 | 5,70,533 | 3.77% | -2.89 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | -8 | 44 | 4,12,857 | 2.73% | -2.14 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 2 | +2 | 26 | 3,63,547 | 2.40% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 1 | +1 | 26 | 2,79,210 | 1.84% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1,17,134 | 0.77% | -0.31 |
| BKDBKD | 1 | +1 | 2 | 31,508 | 0.21% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27,138 | 0.18% | — |
| RPKRPK | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2,02,935 | 1.34% | — |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1,62,433 | 1.07% | — |
| SWASwatantra Party | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14,269 | 0.09% | -1.03 |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10,059 | 0.07% | — |
- INC222 (82%)
- IND23 (9%)
- PWP7 (3%)
- BJS5 (2%)
- SOP3 (1%)
- RPI2 (1%)
- Others8 (3%)
- INC222
- IND23
- PWP7
- BJS5
- SOP3
- RPI2
- Others8
- INC222
- IND23
- PWP7
- BJS5
- SOP3
- RPI2
- CPI2
- FBL2
- Others4
Constituency performance
From the 270 results in Maharashtra
Closest contest
ADYAR
won by 90 (0.14%)
Biggest victory
MALSHIRAS
won by 0 (—)
Highest turnout
PUSAD
80.99%
Lowest turnout
MALSHIRAS
0.00%
Seat change
Against Maharashtra's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained155 (57%)
- Changed hands88 (33%)
- New seat27 (10%)
155 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 88 changed hands. 27 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
Maharashtra, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- IND
- PWP
- BJS
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 270 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 270
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHALPUR | INCNARSING SHESHRAO DESHMUKH | RPIKISAN BAJIRAO WANKHADE | 36,70557.01% | 64.0% |
| ADYAR | INCM. MAHADEORAO DHOTE | FBLR. ZIBALAJI KATEKHAYE | 900.14% | 71.3% |
| AHMEDNAGAR NORTH | INCMHASKE KISANRAV BALAJI | CPIMHASKE BANSHI REVJI | 15,39931.98% | 51.0% |
| AHMEDNAGAR SOUTH | INDBARSHIKAR NARAYANDAS | INCRANADE KALABAI SHRIRAM | 15,12030.11% | 60.7% |
| AHMEDPUR | PWPKISHANRAO DESHMUKH | INCRADDY SUSHILABHAI MADHAV | 1,5502.72% | 55.9% |
| AKKALKOT | INCMANE BABURAO TULSIRAM | RPIMULLA RAJEBHAI DADESAHEB | 23,92640.36% | 64.8% |
| AKOLA | INCJAMANLAL SHRIRAMJI GEONKA | RPIMESHRAM TOKARAM MAROTI | 24,99345.04% | 56.5% |
| AKOT | INCMANOHAR BHIKAJI TAYADE | INDBHIMRAO BHAURAO WANKHADE | 8,24812.72% | 66.9% |
| ALIBAG | INCNARAYAN KANHOBA BHAGAT | PWPVASANT RAJARAM RAUT | 3,5946.23% | 67.9% |
| AMALNER | INCJAGATRAO VYANKATRAO PAWAR | BJSNAMDEO MAHARU PATIL | 35,18975.24% | 55.1% |
| AMBAD | INCANKUSHRAO RAOSAHEB TOPE | INDANNASAHEB U A RAO | 8191.61% | 53.0% |
| AMBEGAON | INDBANKHELE KISANRAO BABURAO | INCDATTATRAYA V. PATIL | 26,84352.31% | 61.1% |
| AMRAVATI | INCDATTATRAYA NAGORAO METKAR | BJSKOLHE SATAPPA SHIOAPPA | 36,65275.79% | 51.1% |
| ANDHERI | INCRAMANATH MAHAVIR PANDEY | SHSRAGINWAR RAJESWAR WAMAN | 30,28332.04% | 60.4% |
| ARJUNI MORGAON | INCPAULZAGADE ADKU SONU | BJSNAMDEO HARBAJI DIWATHE | 13,39620.40% | 66.9% |
| ARMORI | INCBABURAO NARAYAN MADAVI | SOPSUKHDEOBABU WUYEEKE | 22,74751.51% | 45.9% |
| ARVI | INDDHAIRYASHILRAO VINAYAKRAO | INCB. M. DESHMUKH | 9,71312.78% | 71.1% |
| ASHTI | INCSRIPATRAO KADAM | INDAJBE VISHWANATH DAGDUJI | 12,94825.20% | 50.4% |
| ATPADI KAWATHE MAHANKAL | INCENGARE ANNASAHEB UDHAV | SOPKHUJAT HARIBHAU NANA | 46,18780.19% | 55.0% |
| AURANGABAD WEST | INCV RAO SUKYABHAN JADHAV | BJSRAMBHAUEKNATH GAWANDE | 1,7443.81% | 47.1% |
| AURANGABAD WEST | INCZAKARIA RAFIQ BALIMY | RPIPRADHAN S T | 20,12034.26% | 56.9% |
| AUSA | INCSONWANE KESHAV SITARAM | CPIDINKARRAO FATEPURKAR | 29,93749.36% | 61.8% |
| BADNERA | INCPURUSHOTTAM K. DESHMUKH | RPIKRISHN RAO B. SHRUNNGARE | 29,63044.18% | 68.7% |
| BAGLAN | INCMOTHABHAU GORAKH BHAMRE | CPIUDARAM TULSHIRAM DEORE | 27,55545.39% | 63.3% |
| BALAPUR | INCGOVINDRAO S. SARNAYAK | INDANANDRAO S. BHUSKUTE | 26,97351.08% | 56.3% |
| BANDRA | INCJORGE D. SOUZA | SOPSADANAND SHANKAR VARDE | 21,11825.28% | 62.3% |
| BARAMATI | INCSHARADCHANDRA PAWAR | SOPMORE VIJAYRAO HANMANTRAO | 37,47356.73% | 69.2% |
| BARSI | INCSHAILAJA SHITOLE | PWPPATIL DNYANESHWAR TATYABA | 3,8176.42% | 68.0% |
| BASMATH | INCS. IQBAL HUSSAIN | PWPV. KATNESHWARKAR | 4,09711.13% | 36.4% |
| BASSEIN | INCBHAUSAHEB VARTAK | SOPPANDHARI NATH R. CHOUDHARI | 11,97217.30% | 66.5% |
| BHADRAWATI | INCDADASAHEB DEOTALE | INDSHRIMARI BALIRAM JIOTODE | 22,41338.64% | 64.6% |
| BHANDARA | INDGOVIND RAMJI SHENDE | INCTIRPUDE N. KHANTADU | 17,28724.70% | 75.6% |
| BHAWANI PETH | INCMEMJADE TIKAMDAS DADURAM | SOPKESHAVKANTJI JANJOT | 20,55233.56% | 57.0% |
| BHIR | INCDESHMUKH S. SYED ALI | INDDHEPE M. RUDRAPPA | 8,05218.90% | 39.9% |
| BHIWANDI | INCHARIS RIDWAN BURHAN SAHEB | BJSBHAGWAN P. VYAS | 18,86825.75% | 60.8% |
| BHOKAR | INCCHAVAN SHANKARRO BHANRAO | RPIATNOD T.D. | 32,63251.59% | 65.8% |
| BHOKARDAN | INCB RAO NARSINGRAO GAWANDE | BJSPUNDLIK HARI | 16,00835.09% | 46.0% |
| BHOR | INDTHOPATE ANANTRAO NARAYAN | INCCHAUDHARI USHA SHAMKANT | 11,97626.72% | 58.5% |
| BHUSAWAL | INCPRABHAKAR SENU MAHAJAN | BJSKANJI PREMJI JOSHI | 27,98455.72% | 49.5% |
| BILLOLI | INCAMBEKAR JAIRAM GANGARAM | SOPP GANGADHARRAO MAHALAPPA | 5,83510.34% | 51.6% |
| BORGAON MANJU | INCNILKANTH SHRIDHAR SAPKAL | RPIKASHINATH SHAMRAO TIDKE | 36,19264.97% | 54.3% |
| BORIVLI | INCDWARKANATH GOVIND PALKAR | BJSTHAKARSHI MULJI TANNA | 22,11927.75% | 57.8% |
| BRAHMAPURI | INCGURPUDE BALIRAM MAROTRAO | INDMORANDE NILKANTH GOPALRAO | 16,65123.87% | 68.0% |
| BULDANA | INCRAMSINGH DEOSINGH BHONDE | INDMURLIDHAR CHANGO PATIL | 9,66216.62% | 61.7% |
| BYCULLA | INCHOSHING VASANT RANGNATH | CPIGANACHARYA G. BHAURAO | 2,8905.30% | 60.3% |
| CHALISGAON | INCDINKAR DIWAN CHAVAN | RPIZALTE DHANJI RAGHO | 25,73364.88% | 42.0% |
| CHANDA | INCEKNATH SALWE | INDM KRUSHNAJI KOTPALLIWAR | 25,73539.86% | 60.3% |
| CHANDGAD | INCDESAI VASANTRAO ABASAHEB | INDCHAVAN PATIL VK | 5,7649.16% | 74.2% |
| CHANDOR | INDJANARDAN KEDU AHER | INCMADHUKARRAO S. SONAWANE | 1350.25% | 58.4% |
| CHANDUR | INCSHARAD MOTIRAO TASARE | BJSGANPAT BALAJI POLE | 42,41062.68% | 65.7% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Maharashtra alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.