1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election


The 1972 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held in March 1972 for the fourth term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 270 seats were contested.
The Indian National Congress won the largest number of seats and a majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil became the leader of the opposition.

Results

Party results

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Winning candidates

The following is a partial list of winning candidates.
Constituency NameMember of Legislative AssemblyPolitical partyVotes polled
TeosaSharad TasreIndian National Congress
AchalpurN S DeshmukhIndian National Congress
AmgaonSwarupchand AjmeraIndian National Congress
Dhobi TalavMohanlal PopatIndian National Congress
GirgaonPramod NavalkarShiv Sena, w Indian National Congress support
GuhagarShridhar NatuBharatiya Jana Sangh
KhetwadiAnant NamjoshiIndian National Congress
MaladMrinal GoreSocialist Party (India)
MalkapurArjun WankhedeBharatiya Jana Sangh
MavalKrishnarao BhegadeBharatiya Jana Sangh
Nagpur CentralNavalchand ToksiyaIndian National Congress
Nagpur WestSushila BalrajIndian National Congress
PusadVasantrao NaikIndian National Congress
SakoliMartand KapgateIndian National Congress
ShrivardhanA R AntulayIndian National Congress
Shukrawar PethRambhau MhalgiBharatiya Jana Sangh
TalodeDilwar Singh PadawiBharatiya Jana Sangh
WalvaRajaram-bapu PatilIndian National Congress
UmarkhadiGulam Mehmood BanatwallaIndian Union Muslim League