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 101–150 of 270
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAGAL | INDMANDLIK SADASHIV DADOBA | INCNIKAM DAULATRAO APPAJI | 1,6242.30% | 72.6% |
| KAIJ | INCBABURAO ADASKAR | SOPBAPU KALDATE | 19,99935.19% | 61.0% |
| KALAMNURI | CPMMASKE V RAO CHAMPATRAO | INCKALMKAR B RAO G RAO | 2,0415.21% | 39.6% |
| KALLAM | INCS. SANGRAM GANPATRAO | PWPNAMDEORAO PATIL | 7,65814.21% | 57.7% |
| KALMESHWAR | INCSHESHRAO K. WANKHADE | FBLJAMBUWANT BAPURAO DHOTE | 5,0788.15% | 66.0% |
| KALYAN | INCNAKUL PUNDLIK PATIL | BJSKAPSE RAMCHANDRA GANESH | 19,87725.48% | 60.1% |
| KAMPTEE | INCS. KHAN A. KGAN PATHAN | RPKRAMDAS VITHOBA MESHRAM | 15,59431.80% | 48.9% |
| KANDHAR | PWPDHONDGE K SHANKARRAO | INCMADHAVRAO V JADHAV | 12,55521.26% | 51.6% |
| KANKAVLI | INCK. VYANKATESHRAO RANE | PWPSITARAM SAKHARAM SAWANT | 14,89234.99% | 59.7% |
| KANNAD | INCNARAYAN GIRMAJI PATIL | SOPTILA SAJAN | 5,22911.29% | 48.3% |
| KARAD NORTH | INCKOTWAL BABURAO RAMCHANDRA | CPID. M. PATIL | 45,19565.97% | 70.3% |
| KARAD SOUTH | INCYASHWANTRAO MOHITE | PWPSHANKARRAO P. MOHITE | 4,4176.86% | 68.9% |
| KARJAT | INCNIMBALKAR RAO SAHEB | BJSZARAKAR RAJARAM MURLIDHAR | 26,64461.04% | 49.9% |
| KARMALA | INCTAYAPPA HARI SONAVANE | RPKKAMBLE RAMCHANDRA MARUTI | 14,68746.60% | 41.9% |
| KARVIR | INCSHRIPATRAO S. BONDRE | PWPHINDURAO K. SALOKHE | 35,72648.86% | 73.3% |
| KASA | INCSUMADA RAJARAM VITHAL | CPMSUTAR DHAKAT POSHA | 6,95716.92% | 48.8% |
| KASBA PETH | INCLILABA MERCHANT | SOPRAMBHAU WADKE | 14,59930.96% | 69.7% |
| KATOL | INCGEUAM S. DAULATRAO | INDMOTILRAM GULABRAOJI PAWADE | 8,32512.56% | 75.0% |
| KELAPUR | INCABASAHEB P DESHMUKH | FBLKONGHAREKAR B G SING | 19,49329.15% | 75.1% |
| KHALAPUR | INCBALKRISHNA LIMBAJI PATIL | PWPVISHNU NARAYAN THANAGE | 13,74528.55% | 51.9% |
| KHAMGAON | INCGAWANDE MANIKRAO PRALHAD | BJSNARAAN NATHU BHISE | 34,18258.79% | 63.8% |
| KHANAPUR | INCMANE SAMPATRAO SITARAM | PWPPAWAR SAMPATRAO GOVINDRAO | 12,19118.89% | 68.0% |
| KHATAV | INDKESHAVARAO S. PATIL | INCCHANDRAHAR PATIL | 9,79914.55% | 74.7% |
| KHED ALANDI | INCSAHEBRAO B. PATIL | INDSHIVALE MANIKRAO UDHAVRAO | 4,0086.71% | 62.6% |
| KHED BUNDAR | INCDALAWAI HUSEN MISRIKHAN | BJSPALANE MADHAO RAMAJEE | 24,88556.65% | 52.9% |
| KHETWADI | INCANANT NAMJOSHI | BJSLAKH NI JIVANLAL MULCHAND | 19,90440.87% | 60.2% |
| KINWAT | INCPACHPUTE K C | INDMUDHOLKAR R MUKUKDA | 12,98319.09% | 66.9% |
| KOLHAPUR | PWPKARKHANIS T. RAO SITARAM | INCPOPATRAO B. JAGANALE | 8,92512.45% | 72.1% |
| KOREGAON | INDDATTAJIRAO B. BARGE | INCPHALKE VASANTRAO JYOTIRAO | 19,90333.99% | 69.4% |
| KUMBHARWADA | INDBUKHARI Z. BURHANUDDIN | INCCHAGLA SHAUKAT CURRIMBHOY | 2,0874.32% | 61.6% |
| KURLA | INCPRABHAKAR KASHINATH KUNTE | SHSLEELADHAR BALAJI DAKE | 39,37845.22% | 58.9% |
| LANJA | INCSHIWAJIRAO SAWANT | SOPJAGANNATHRAO JADHAO | 10,63129.24% | 53.8% |
| LATUR | INCSHIVRAJ VISHWANATH PATIL | SOPVASANT SHANKAR PATIL | 20,52634.30% | 61.0% |
| LONAR | INCJAGARAO RAOJI CHAVAN | INDSAHEBRAO BHAURAO MAPARI | 5,0469.50% | 55.3% |
| LOVEGROVE | INCRAMCHANDER A. KHAIRE | SHSNARENDRA DEVDAS JADHAV | 35,41250.86% | 63.6% |
| MADHA | INCVITHALRAO SHINDE | PWPPATIL SAMPATRAO MARUTI | 12,79920.99% | 65.2% |
| MAHAD | SOPDIGAMBAR VINAYAK | INCKAMAL VICHARE | 5,33610.64% | 58.0% |
| MAHIM | INCP. F. MICHAEL PETER | SHSHEMCHANDRA GUPTE | 18,34129.53% | 69.3% |
| MALAD | SOPMRINAL KESHAV GORE | INCM. V. PARANJAPE | 3,1353.10% | 64.8% |
| MALEGAON | INCASISHA CHIRAGH HAKIM | SOPNIHAL AH MAULVI MD. USMAN | 6,1198.23% | 69.2% |
| MALKAPUR | BJSARJUN AWADHUT WANKHADE | INCJ. RAO M. RAO JADHAV | 1,1771.92% | 65.9% |
| MALSHIRAS | INCDESHMUKH C. ABASAHEB | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| MALWAN | INCVIJAY SINGH G. PRABHUGAOKAR | SOPSHYAM G. KOCHAREKAR | 10,22026.50% | 61.3% |
| MAN | INCPRABHAWATI G SHINDE | INDBHOSALE BAPURAO SHIWARAM | 24,74358.74% | 38.8% |
| MANGALWEDHA | INCMARDA KISANLAL RAMCHANDRA | INDSHAHA RATANCHAND SHIVLAL | 5,2719.45% | 67.0% |
| MANGAON | INCMAHALUNGE RAM VITHAL | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| MANGRULPIR | INCGAJADHAR RAMSING RATHOD | INDBHIMRAO LAXMANRAO GADHAVE | 13,68220.65% | 64.8% |
| MANJLEGAON | INCSANKERAN NATHU TRIBHUWAN | CPMCHAKRE BABU SADASHIV | 11,25733.82% | 34.0% |
| MATUNGA | INCKAMLA RAMAN | SWANARAYAN DANDEKAR | 14,18126.46% | 64.9% |
| MAVAL | BJSKRISHNARAO D. BHEGADE | INCSATKAR RAGHUNATH SHANKAR | 3,6366.48% | 67.1% |
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.
