1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election
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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] Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) allied with Communist Party of India. D. Devaraj Urs of INC(R) and M. S. Krishnan of CPI came together and forged a pre-pol alliance.[2]
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All 216 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly 109 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editPolitical Party |
Contestants |
Seats won |
Seat change |
Votes |
Vote share |
Net change | |||
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Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) | 212 | 165 | 39 | 4,698,824 | 52.17% | 3.74% | |||
Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 176 | 24 | 2,361,308 | 26.22% | 26.22% | ||||
Communist Party of India | 4 | 3 | 88,978 | 0.99% | |||||
Samyukta Socialist Party | 29 | 3 | 3 | 152,556 | 1.69% | 0.78% | |||
Janata Paksha Party | 2 | 1 | 14,390 | 0.16% | |||||
Independents | 20 | 21 | 1,159,383 | 12.87% | |||||
Total | 216 |
Elected members
editReferences
edit- ^ "Karnataka 1972". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
- ^ "The journal of Parliamentary information 1972" (PDF). Government of India.