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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]
