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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1972

184 seats · 93 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1972 · 7 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 145 seatsIndependent — 11 seatsSwatantra Party — 11 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 8 seatsSOP — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 4 seatsNCO — 1 seat93184of 184 seats
  • INC145
  • IND11
  • SWA11
  • BJS8
  • SOP4
  • CPI4
  • NCO1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress14579%39,76,15751.1%178
INDIndependent116%13,50,01217.4%355
SWASwatantra Party116%9,58,09712.3%119
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh84%9,48,92812.2%119
SOPSOP42%1,89,8512.4%36
CPICommunist Party of India42%1,21,5911.6%5
NCONCO11%1,04,3981.3%37

+ 3 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 93

1972 · selected
Majority 93
INC145IND11SWA11BJS8SOP4CPI4NCO1
1967 · previous
Majority 93

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1972

1967 1972· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
41.4
51.1
16.3
17.4
22.1
12.3
11.7
12.2
4.8
0.0
INCINDSWABJSSSP

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
89 → 145
+56
IND
16 → 11
−5
SWA
48 → 11
−37
BJS
22 → 8
−14
SOP
0 → 4
+4
CPI
1 → 4
+3
NCO
0 → 1
+1
SSP
8 → 0
−8

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1972

share lostshare gained
INC
41.4% → 51.1%
+9.7%
SOP
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
NCO
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
IND
16.3% → 17.4%
+1.1%
VHP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CPI
1.0% → 1.6%
+0.6%
BJS
11.7% → 12.2%
+0.5%
JTP
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
PSP
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
SSP
4.8% → 0.0%
−4.8%

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
Mavli
−110.3%
Mandalgarh
+94.0%
Sardarshahar
+85.9%
Khanpur
+79.8%
Chohtan
+70.7%
Bairath
−66.4%
Jhalrapatan
+60.6%
Gudamalani
+60.1%
Mahuwa
−59.7%
Gudha
−59.6%
Bansur
+58.2%
Dungarpur
−54.5%

Closest races · 1972

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

All constituencies · 1972

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