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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

68 seats · vs 1967 (60-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 53 seatsIndependent — 7 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 5 seatsLok Raksha Party — 2 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 1 seat3568of 68 seats
  • INC53
  • IND7
  • BJS5
  • LRP2
  • CPM1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress5378%4,67,59253.2%68
INDIndependent710%2,48,31028.3%148
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh57%68,0327.7%31
LRPLok Raksha Party23%44,0675.0%16
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)11%9,6541.1%4
CPICommunist Party of India00%21,4992.4%10
NCONCO00%18,5052.1%18

+ 1 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

68 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 35

1972 · selected
Majority 35
INC53IND7BJS5LRP2CPM1
1967 · previous
Majority 31

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1972

1967 1972· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
42.2
53.2
38.1
28.3
13.9
7.7
0.0
5.0
INCINDBJSLRP

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
34 → 53
+19
IND
16 → 7
−9
BJS
7 → 5
−2
LRP
0 → 2
+2
CPM
0 → 1
+1
CPI
2 → 0
−2
SWA
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1972

share lostshare gained
INC
42.2% → 53.2%
+11.0%
LRP
0.0% → 5.0%
+5.0%
NCO
0.0% → 2.1%
+2.1%
CPM
0.4% → 1.1%
+0.7%
CPI
2.9% → 2.4%
−0.4%
RPI
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
SWA
1.9% → 0.0%
−1.9%
BJS
13.9% → 7.7%
−6.1%
IND
38.1% → 28.3%
−9.8%

Biggest INC–IND swings

Seats where the INC-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward INC
Kinnaur
+105.2%
Kutlehar
+82.2%
Chopal
+76.8%
Rampur
+75.9%
Kasumpti
+72.7%
Arki
+71.3%
Bharmour
+69.2%
Baijnath
+66.6%
Nahan
+66.1%
Karsog
+60.4%
Jawali
+57.9%
Theog
+57.7%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

68 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967