Election history

Mysore Assembly Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1962 to 1972.

Lok Sabha3 Vidhan Sabha3

1972 1967 1962

Current seats

243

in the present Mysore assembly

Elections contested

Leading party, 1972

INC

165 of 216 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Vidhan Sabha elections in Mysore.

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Mysore

Party	1972	1967	1962
INC	165	126	138
IND	20	41	27
PSP	0	20	20
SWA	0	16	9
Others	31	13	14
Total seats	216	216	208

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Mysore

Constituency performance

From the 216 results in Mysore, 1972

Best performance

MUDIGERE

G. PUTTUSWAMY, 86.92% share

Closest contest

MANDYA

won by 147 (0.25%)

Biggest victory

MUDIGERE

won by 20,749 (73.84%)

Lowest turnout

HULSUR

29.68%

Seat change & vote share

Mysore, 1972

Retained94 (44%)
Changed hands95 (44%)
New seat27 (13%)

94 constituencies were won by the same party as 1967; 95 changed hands; 27 did not exist then.

Vote share by party

INC52.17%

NCO26.22%

IND12.87%

BJS4.30%

SOP1.69%

CPM1.03%

CPI0.99%

SWA0.57%

Result by election

1972Full result →216 seats

INC165
NCO24
IND20
SOP3
CPI3
JPP1

1967Full result →216 seats

INC126
IND41
PSP20
SWA16
SSP6
BJS4
CPI1
CPM1
RPI1

1962Full result →208 seats

INC138
IND27
PSP20
SWA9
MES6
LSS4
CPI3
SOC1

Assembly constituencies

243 current, 208 under former boundaries · showing 451–451 of 451

No.	Assembly seat	Reservation	Elections	Last contested
208	MERCARAformer boundary	GEN	1	1962

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.