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All 296 assembly constituencies 149 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 20,859,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 49.83% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Prakash Chandra Sethi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.[2]
After the 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]
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# | Party | Seats Contested |
Seats won |
Seats Changed |
% Votes | ||||
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1 | Indian National Congress | 289 | 220 | 53 | 47.93% | ||||
1 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 260 | 48 | 30 | 28.64% | ||||
3 | Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party | 172 | 7 | N/A | 6.24% | ||||
4 | Communist Party of India | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1.02% | ||||
7 | Independent | 296 | 18 | 4 | 14.73% | ||||
Total | 296 |