1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 296 assembly constituencies 149 seats needed for a majority
Registered	20,859,747
Turnout	49.83%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Prakash Chandra Sethi undeclared Party INC ABJS Leader since 1980 Last election 167 78 Seats won 220 48 Seat change 53 30 Popular vote 52,19,823 31,18,832 Percentage 47.93% 28.64%
Chief Minister before election Shyama Charan Shukla INC Elected Chief Minister Prakash Chandra Sethi INC

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]

Results

Source:^[4]

#	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
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

Elected Members

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