203 seats, 47.03% 19 seats, 7.80% 8,535,832 856,986 9.33% 2.14% | 222 7 56.36% 5.66% Start date 1972 | |
Winner Vasantrao Naik | ||
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1972, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Results
Indian National Congress won most number of seats and a clear majority. Vasantrao Naik, the incumbent Chief Minister was reelected for the post. S. K. Wankhede became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ramkrishna Vyankatesh Bet became Deputy Speaker. Dinkar Balu Patil was Leader of the Opposition.
References
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1972 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA