1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

6 March 1972
All 184 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 93 seats needed for a majority
Registered	13,910,553
Turnout	57.76%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Barkatullah Khan Party INC(R) SWA CPI Leader's seat Tijara Seats before 89 48 Seats won 145 11 4 Seat change 56 37 3 Popular vote 51.13% 12.32% 1.56%
CM before election Barkatullah Khan INC Elected CM Barkatullah Khan INC

Elections to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972, to elect members of the 184 constituencies in Rajasthan, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and its leader, Barkatullah Khan was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.^[1]

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961, Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly was assigned 176 constituencies.^[2] This was increased to 184 constituencies by 1967.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	3,976,157	51.13	145	56
	Swatantra Party	958,097	12.32	11	37
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	948,928	12.20	8	14
	Socialist Party	189,851	2.44	4	New
	Communist Party of India	121,591	1.56	4	3
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	104,398	1.34	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	74,514	0.96	0	0
	Vishal Haryana Party	50,229	0.65	0	New
	Republican Party of India	2,137	0.03	0	0
	Independents	1,350,012	17.36	11	5
Total		7,775,914	100.00	184	0
Valid votes		7,775,914	96.77
Invalid/blank votes		259,313	3.23
Total votes		8,035,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,910,553	57.76
Source: ECI[3]

• List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• 1972 elections in India