| 1972 Canadian federal election: Joliette (federal electoral district) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Roch Lasalle | 18,074 | 46.73 | +3.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Livernoche | 12,819 | 33.14 | -9.58 | ||||
| Social Credit | Louis Comtois | 5,652 | 14.61 | +6.30 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sylvio Ricard | 1,770 | 4.58 | |||||
| New Democratic | Constance Riverin | 361 | 0.93 | -4.70 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,676 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election. Note: percentage change for Roch LaSalle compares his vote as an independent candidate in 1972 to his vote as a PC candidate in 1968.