1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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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

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]

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 Congress	212	165	39	4,698,824	52.17%	3.74
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	176	24		2,361,308	26.22%
	Communist Party of India	4	3		88,978	0.99%
	Samyukta Socialist Party	29	3	3	152,556	1.69%	0.78
		2	1		14,390	0.16%
	Independents		20	21	1,159,383	12.87%
	Total		216		'

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