1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

The 1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Mysore (currently Karnataka) to elect 216 members to the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[1]

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

1972

All 216 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
109 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party INC INC (O)
Seats won 165 24
Popular vote 4,698,824 2,361,308
Percentage 52.17% 26.22%

Chief Minister of Mysore before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister of Mysore

D. Devaraj Urs
INC

Results

 Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1972
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Net change
Indian National Congress212165 394,698,82452.17% 3.74
Indian National Congress (Organisation)176242,361,30826.22%
Communist Party of India4388,9780.99%
Samyukta Socialist Party293 3152,5561.69% 0.78
Janata Paksha Party2114,3900.16%
Independents20 211,159,38312.87%
Total216'
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