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 51–100 of 270
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUSALA | INCKASHIRSAGAR SONAJI | CPIDARADE VISHWANATHRAO ANNA | 19,08235.71% | 46.2% |
| CHEMBUR | INCVISHWANATH KRISHNA TEMBE | BJSHASHU PARASARAM ADVANI | 36,23734.13% | 62.9% |
| CHIKHLI | INCBHARAT RAJABHAU BONDRE | BJSKESHAORAO BAHEKAR | 14,61822.96% | 65.0% |
| CHIMUR | INCBIRAJE G MOTIRAMBAPU | INDSONAWANE ADAKU SHIWAJI | 2450.39% | 71.1% |
| CHIPLUN | INCPARSHURAM K. RAO SAWANT | BJSRAJARAM GANGARAM GHAG | 28,61271.27% | 49.1% |
| CHOPDA | INCSHARADCHANDRIKABAI | BJSBHIMRAO SAHEBRAO PATIL | 35,74367.37% | 57.9% |
| COLABA | INCALOO JAL CHIBBER | NCOJAMITRAM KASHIRAM JOSHI | 19,06651.55% | 51.8% |
| DADAR | INCMATKAR WAMAN SHANKAR | SHSSUDHIR GAJANAN JOSHI | 16,56823.47% | 71.1% |
| DAHANU | INCMAHADEO GOPAL KADU | CPMKOM LAHANU SHIDWA | 2,6935.38% | 53.9% |
| DAPOLI | INCBELOSE RAMCHANDRA VITHAL | INDSAKPAL GANGARAM DAULAT | 4,5848.21% | 65.7% |
| DARWHA | INCALIHASAN MAMDANI | FBLHARISH RAMESHWAR MANDHANA | 3,7495.93% | 73.4% |
| DARYAPUR | INCKOKILA JAGANNATH PATIL | RPIGAJANAN DEWAJI NANNAWARE | 31,76445.87% | 73.5% |
| DAUHADI | INCHIRY BALIRAM VAMAN | SOPSHIVAJI NAMDEO PATIL | 10,93721.50% | 57.9% |
| DEGLOOR | INCSABNE PEERAJI SATWAJI | SOPK R SAYAJIRAO | 15,67637.32% | 41.5% |
| DEOGAD | INCMIRASHI RAJABHAU GOVIND | BJSSATAM VASANT SADASHIV | 20,63952.60% | 61.2% |
| DEOLALI | INDNIVRUTTIRAO B. GAIDHANI | INCSHANKARRAO N. DESHMUKH | 2,5015.81% | 59.9% |
| DHOBITALAD | INCPOPAT MOHANLAL BHAVANBHAI | BJSVINOD CHHAJURAM GUPTA | 16,40639.82% | 56.5% |
| DHOND | INCJAGDALE USHADEVI KRISHRAO | INDTAKAWANE RAJARAM BAJIRAO | 11,43727.39% | 50.3% |
| DHULIA SOUTH | INCKAMALABAI CHHAGANLAL | INDCHAUDHARI | 6,96012.58% | 58.5% |
| DIGRAS | INCPATIL UTTAMRAO DEORAO | FBLNANABHAU PATIL N NARAYAN | 3,4844.78% | 70.8% |
| DINDORI | INCBHAU RAUT KACHRU | INDRAMCHANDRA MAKUNDA BHOYE | 16,06839.74% | 41.4% |
| EDLABAD | INCPRATIBHATAI PATIL | RPIYASHVANT DHANA MEDHE | 38,39380.73% | 55.6% |
| ERANDOL | INCDIGAMBAR SHANKAR PATIL | SOPM. DATTATRAYA DANDAWATE | 16,96033.42% | 55.1% |
| GADCHIROLI | INDA. RAJE V. RAO DHRMARAO | INCMADA I. DEVAJI TANU | 7,13016.50% | 56.0% |
| GANGAKHED | INCSAWANT TRIMBAK MAROTI | RPIMORE DAULAT NIMBAJI | 6,36621.22% | 26.9% |
| GANGAPUR | INCBALASAHEB RAMRAO PAWAR | CPIVISHWANATH BANDU BHOSALE | 20,28748.15% | 46.1% |
| GAUHINGLAJ | INCPATIL BABURAO SATGAUDA | INDBATAKADALI N. GURLINGAPPA | 6,87310.26% | 76.2% |
| GEORAI | INCSOLANKE SUNDERAO ABASAHEB | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| GHATKOPAR | INCR. VISHNUNARAYAN TRIPATHI | BJSRAJANIKANT C. THAKAR | 50,00648.05% | 59.9% |
| GIRGAON | SHSPRAMOD NAVALKAR | INCKHADIKAR Y. VINAYAK | 7691.52% | 66.1% |
| GONDIA | INCGOPALNARAYAN BAJPAI | CPIBHOJRAJ SAKHARAM RAMTEKE | 16,89230.67% | 54.3% |
| GOREGAON | INCR. TULSIRAMJI HARINKHEDE | RPIRAJARAM GHUSAJI DHAMGAYE | 9,58917.56% | 56.5% |
| GUHAGAR | BJSNATU SHRIDHAR DATTATRAY | INCRAMCHANDRA S. BENDAL | 2,2794.96% | 57.2% |
| HADGAON | INCPALKAR GANPATRAO RANGRAO | CPISHINDE VIRENDRA GOVINDARO | 13,03825.63% | 48.4% |
| HATKANANGALE | INCB. BHAUSAHEB KAHANJIRE | CPMPATIL SHIVGONDA PIRGONDA | 28,74038.09% | 72.1% |
| HAVELI | INCMAGAR MARTAND DHONDIBA | SOPMARUTRAO KALE | 50,85667.43% | 57.2% |
| HINGANGMAT | INCKESHAORAO MOTIRAMJI ZADE | RPKDEORAOJI ZHOLBAJI KOLHE | 14,29019.39% | 69.0% |
| HINGOLI | INCTALE ASHATAI MAROTIAPPA | SOPRAMKRI SHNA PATIL | 3,7318.58% | 41.1% |
| IGATPURI | INCGHARE VITHAL GANPAT | BKDWAGH BHAU SAKRU | 12,20129.27% | 43.1% |
| INDAPUR | INCPATIL SHANKARRAO BAJIRAO | SOPAWATE GANPAT ABAJI | 20,45231.46% | 68.8% |
| JALGAON | INCMADHUKAR ATMARAM PATIL | CPIBHALERAO SADASHIV NARAYAN | 3,1936.19% | 53.6% |
| JALNA NORTH | INDCHAVAN BAJIRAO SHESHRAO | INCGAMBHIRRAO GADHE | 8192.32% | 40.1% |
| JALNA SOUTH | INCR S RAO RAGHUNATH | INDGOPICHAND DUKHI | 12,34326.72% | 47.6% |
| JAMGAON | INCSWARUPCHAND AJMERA | BJSLAXMAN RAO BISANJI MANKAR | 10,58218.72% | 60.4% |
| JAMNER | INDNARAYAN KISAN PATIL | INCKAK TARALI K. TAFAZULALI | 1,3502.63% | 56.8% |
| JAOLI | INCLALSINGRAO B. SHINDE | INDBHILARE MARUTI RAYAJI | 14,39329.42% | 64.0% |
| JATH | INCSHIVRUDRA T. BAMANE | RPIKAMBLE ANNA KRASHNA | 35,85681.19% | 41.3% |
| JAWHAR | INCRAMCHANDRA GOPAL BHOYE | BJSSOMNATH RAMAWANI | 6,08917.70% | 41.2% |
| JINTUR | PWPDESHMUKH SHESHRAO APPARAO | INCANANDRAO DESHMUKH | 15,74737.17% | 45.2% |
| JUNNAR | INCTAMBESHRIKISHNA RAMJI | SOPPHULE JAGDISH SITARAM | 6,10213.32% | 57.6% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Maharashtra assembly election, Mar 1972?
Indian National Congress won 222 of 270 seats in Maharashtra, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Maharashtra assembly election, Mar 1972?
Turnout was 58.55% — 1.51 cr of 2.59 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Maharashtra have?
Maharashtra has 270 assembly seats.
