1972 Bihar legislative assembly election

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All 318 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly 160 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kedar Pandey Shrinath Mishra Party INC CPI Seats won 167 35
CM before election President's rule N/A Elected CM Kedar Pandey INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1972, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.^[1] After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Kedar Pandey was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Abdul Gafoor become the Chief Minister, from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, followed by Jagannath Mishra from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977.

Party-wise performance

S. No.	Abbreviation	Party	Party Flag	Seats contested	Seats won
1	BJS	Bharatiya Jan Sangh		-	25
2	CPI	Communist Party of India		-	35
3	INC	Indian National Congress		-	167
4	INC(NCO)	Indian National Congress (O)		-	30
5	(SOP)	Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party (SOP)		-	33
6	SWA	Swatantra Party		-	1
7	HJS	Progressive Hull Jharkhand Party (Shibu Group) (HJS)		-	1
8	HSD	Hindustani Shoshit Dal (HSD)		-	3
9	JKD	Jharkhand (Jkd)		-	1
10	JKP	All India Jharkhand Party (JKP)		-	3
11	PHJ	Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand (PHJ)		-	2
12	IND	Independent		-	17

Elected members