1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Prakash Chandra Sethi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.

After the 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Results Source: # Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed %Votes 1 Indian National Congress 289 220 53 47.93% 1 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 260 48 30 28.64% 3 Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party 172 7 N/A 6.24% 4 Communist Party of India 30 3 2 1.02% 7 Independent 296 18 4 14.73% Total 296

Elected members ConstituencyReserved forMemberParty Sheopur None Lokendra Singh Bijeypur None Jagmohan Singh Sabalgarh None Raghubar Dayal Rasoiya Joura None Ramcharan Lal Mishra Morena None Maharaj Singh Dimni SC Chhawi Ram Ambah SC Raja Ram Singh Gohad SC Bhure Lal Mehgaon None Rameshwar Dayal Dantre Attair None Rameshwar Dayal Arele Bhind None Navin Chandra Bhoota Ron None Rasal Singh Lahar None Raghavram Chaudhary Gwalior None Srrvate Ramchandra Lashkar None Sitila Sahai Morar None Rajendra Singh Gird None Vijayaraje Scindhia Dabra None Pahadsingh Bhander SC Chaturbhuj Morya Seondha None Shiv Charan Datia None Gulab Chand Kannoolal Karera None Hardas Gupta Pohri SC Babu Lal Shivpuri None Sushil B. Ashathana Pichhore None Bhanu Pratap Singh Kolaras None Jagadish Prasad Verma Guna None Shivpratap Singh Chachaura None Krishnvallabh Gupta Raghogarh SC Harlal Shakyawar Ashoknagar None Mahendra Singh Mungaoli None Gajra Singh Niwari None Luxmi Narayan Nayak Jatara None Ram Krishna Mishra Kharagpur SC Baiju Ahirwar Tikamgarh None Sardar Singh Malehra None Dashrath Bijawar None Yadvendra Singh Chhatarpur None Mahendra Kumar Maharajpur SC Nathoo Ram Laundi None Baboo Ram Chaturvedi Panna None Het Ram Dube Amanganj SC Tatu Lal Pawai None Jagdish Singh Maihar None Lalji Patel Nagod SC Bala Prasad Satna None Kanta Chitrakoot None Ram Chandra Bajpayee Ranpur Baghelan None Toshan Singh Amarpatan None Gulsher Ahmed Rewa None Muni Prasad Shukla Sirmaur None Rajmani Patel Teonthar None Triveni Prasad Mangawan None Shriniwas Tiwari Gurh None Rampal Singh Deotalab SC Ramkhelavan Mauganj None Ramdhani Mishra Churahat None Chandra Pratap Sidhi None Arjun Singh Deosar ST Balraj Singrauli None Shyamkartik Ram Gopadbanas ST Jagwa Beohari None Ramgopal Gupta Umaria None Ranvijaya Pratap Singh Naorozabad ST Jagan Nath Singh Jaisingnagar ST Kamala Prasad Sohagpur None Krishnapal Singh Pushparajgarh ST Dalbir Singh Kotma None Mrigendra Singh Jaitpur ST Bhagwandin Manendragarh ST Dharam Pal Baikunthpur None Ramchandra Singh Deo Premnagar ST Bhuvneshwar Surajpur None Dhirendranath Pal ST Deosai Samri ST Larangsai Lundra ST Chamru Ram Ambikapur None Devendra Khumari Lakhanpur None Satyanarayan Sitapur ST Sukhi Ram Bagicha ST Narhari Prasad Sai Jashpur ST Luis Bega Tapkara ST Dineshwar Sai Pathalgaon ST Laljit Singh Dharamjaigarh None Vaidya Begraj Sharma Gharghoda ST Surendra Singh Raigarh None Ramkumar Agrawal Pussour None Kamla Kumari Sarangarh SC Sheo Prasad Gotia Rampur ST Pyarelal Sheoprasad Kotghora None Bodhram Tanakhar ST Lal Kirtikumar Singh Marwahi ST Bhavar Singh Porte Kota None Mathuraprasad Dube Lormi None Rajendra Prasad Shukla Mungeli SC Ganeshram Anant Jarhagaon None Mohammad Bashir Khan Takhatpur None Rohani Kumar Bilaspur None Shridhar Mishra Bilha None Chitrakant Jaiswal Masturi SC Godil Prasad Pamgarh SC Kulpatsingh Kupitram Akaltara None Rajendra Kumar Singh Baloda None Radheshyam Shukla Champa None Bisahudas Mahant Sakti None Pushpendranath Singh Malkharoda SC Pooranlal Jangade Chandrapur None Bhawanilal Verma Abhanpur None Chetram Parshottam Raipur None Sudhirmukherji Arang SC Kanhaiyalal Kosariya Dharsiwan None Munnalal Shukla Baloda Bazar None Dolatram Ramdayal Bhatapara None Shivlal Mehta Palari SC Phoolsingh Kasdol None Kanhaiyalal Sharma Bhatgaon SC Reshamlal Tikaram Saraipali None V. B. Singh Basna None Laxman Jaideo Pithora None Thamkur Bhanupratap Singh Mahasamund None Purushottamlal K. Dhaluram Rajim None Shyamcharan Shukla Bindranawagarh ST Parwati K. P. Shah Sihawa ST Pusauram Dhamtari None Keshrimal Kurud None Yeshwant Rao Meghawale Bhanupratappur ST Satyanarain Singh Kanker ST Vishram Dhongai Keskai ST Ganga Ram Rana Kondagaon ST Mankuram Sodi Bakawand ST Jhitruram Jagdalpur ST Baliram Kashyap Mahadev Chitrakote ST Ramakonda Konta ST Beti Harma Dantewara ST Lakshman Karma Bijapur ST Kistaiya Papaiya Narayanpur ST Ratiram Maro SC Kishan Bemetara None Laxman Prasad Vaidya Dhamdha SC Tumanlal Bhilai None Phoolchand Bafna Durg None Motilal Vora Bhathagaon None Kejouram Gunderdehi None Ghanaram Sahu Balod None Hiralal Sonboir Dondi Lohara ST Jhumuklal Bhendia Chowki ST Gobardhan Khujji None Baldev Prasad Mishra Rajnandgaon None Kishorilal Dongargaon None S. Jairam Ayyar Dongargarh None Hiraram Ramsewak Khairagarh None Vijayalal Oswal Bireudranagar None Deviprasad Choube Kawardha None Kumar Yashwant Raj Singh Baihar ST Sudhanwasingh Lanji None Narbada Pd. Shrivastava Kirnapur None Jhankarsingh Waraseoni None Thansingh Khairalanjee None Madhusudan Katangi None Chittor Singh Balaghat None Nandkishor Paraswada None Tejlal Tembhre Mandla None Narayani Devi Bichhiya ST Darbari Singh Ghughri ST Shyamlal Ujiyar Bajag ST Mohansingh Daulatsingh Dindori ST Sunderlal Ureti Niwas ST Anoopsingh Harisingh Bargi None Nathusingh Panagar None Girwar Singh Patel Jabalpur Cantonment None Manmohandas Jabalpur West None Sawaimal Jabalpur East None Krishnaawatar Bhanot Patan SC Motilal Shenkar Katangi None Satendraprasad Mishra Sihora None Parmanandbhai Bahoriband None Kunjbihari Lal Murwara None Lakhan Singh Solanki Badwara None N. V. Raman Vijairaghogarh None Ramrani Johar Nohata None Thakur Neknarayan Singh Damoh None Anand Kumar Hatta None Kunjbiharilal Manmohanlal Patharia SC Gopal Das Munnilal Banda None Shri Krishna Selat Bina None Dalchand Bhagwandas Khurai SC Liladhar Sagar None Jwalaprasad Jyotishi Surkhi SC Gaya Prasad Kabirpanthi Rehli None Gourishankar Pathak Deori None Dwarika Prasad Katare Gadarwara None Hari Shanker Sthapak Bohani None Agarwal L. N. Khajanchi Nasimhapur None S. S. Narayan Mushram Gotegaon None Narsingdas Lakhnadon ST Basantrao Uikey Chhapara ST Satendrasingh Thakur Keolari None Vimla K. P. Verma Barghat None Jageshwarnath Bisen Seoni None Nityendra Nath Sheel Chhindwara None Jagdish Prasad Chandrakar Parasia SC Barikrao Amrutrao Damua ST Rajkumari Gyanda Amarwara ST Udayabhanshah Chaurai None Laxminarayan Lalji Prasad Sausar None Manikrao Narayanrao Pandhurna None Madhavlal Dube Mikulal Multai None Radhakrishna Garg Vakeel Masod None Ramji Chhitraiya Mahajan Bhainsdehi ST Kalyasingh Balaji Betul None Maruti Narayanrao Ghoradongri ST Bishram Gurdi Piparia None Ratan Kumari Devi Denwa None Vinay Kumar Diwan Hoshangabad None Sushila Dixit Itarsi None Hari Prasad Chaturvedi Timarni SC Kheeprasad Bastabad Harda None Nanhelal Patel Sanchi SC Dulichand Udaipura None Goutam Sharma Bereli None Jaswant Singh Ghojpur None Gulabchand Budhni None Saligram Vakil Ashta SC Umrao Singh Dariya Singh Sehore None Aziz Qureshi Bhopal None Khan Shakir Ali Khan Govindpura None Mohanlal Asthana Bairagarh None Laxmi Narain Sharma Berasia None Gauri Shankar Kaushal Kurwai None Awadh Narayan Vidisha None Surya Prakash Basoda SC Sita Ram Sironj None I. Khan Tarzi Mashriqul Biaora None Ram Karan Ugra Narsingarh None Mangi Lal Bhandari Sarangpur SC Sajjan Singh Vishnar Rajgarh None Gulab Singh Khilchipur None Prabhu Dayal Choube Shujalpur None Rameshwar Dayal Sharma Gulana None Ramesh Dube Shajapur None Tara P. Chandra Sharma Susner None Haribhau Joshi Agar SC Madhukar Marmat Tarana None Lakshminarayan Jain Mahidpur None Narayan Prasad Sharma Ujjain North None Prakash Chand Sethi Ujjain South SC Durgadas Suryavansi Khacharod None Kunwar Veerendra Singh Barnagar None Abhyasingh Depalpur None Ramchandra Agrawal Mhow None Prakash Chand Sethi Indore 1 None Mahesh Joshi Indore 2 None Homi Daji Indore 3 None Chandra Prabhash Shekhar Indore 4 None Narayan Prasad Shukla Sawer SC Radhakrishan Malviya Dewas None Dhirajsingh Mohansingh Sonkatch SC Bapulal Kishanlal Bagli None Kailashchandra Umashankar Khategaon None Manjulabai Vagle Harsud None Kalicharan Sakargaye Nimarkhedi None Raghunath Rao Mandloi Pandhana SC Sakharam Deokaran Khandwa None Gangacharan Mishra Shahpur None Shivkumarsingh Nawalsingh Burhanpur None Brijmohan D. Mishra Bhikangaon None Rana Balbahadur Singh Barwaha None Amolakchand Chajed Maheshwar SC Sitaram Sadhuram Khargone None Chandrakanta R. Khode Dhulkot ST Sobhagsingh Dhyansingh Sendhwa ST Shobharam Patel Rajpur ST Barku Mahadu Chouhan Anjad None Babu G. Solanki Barwani ST Umraosingh Parwatsingh Manawar ST Shivbhanu Solanki Dharampuri ST Fatebhansingh Ramsingh Dhar None Surendrasingh Gangasingh Badnawar None Chiranjilal Alawa Sardarpur SC Babusingh Alawa Kukshi ST Pratapsingh Baghel Alirajpur ST Magan Singh Patel Jobat ST Ajmersingh Jhabua ST Gangabai Thandla ST Manna Petlawad ST Dileep Singh Sailana ST Prabhudayal Gehiote Ratlam None Akbarali Arif Jaora None Bankatelal Todi Alot SC Lila Devi Choudhary Manasa None Surajbhai Tugnawat Garoth None Kasturchand Chaudhary Suwasara SC Ramgopal Bhartiya Sitamau None Dhansukhlal Bhachawat Mandsaur None Shyam Sunder Patidar Neemuch None Raghunandan Prasad Jawad None Kanhiyalal Nagauri

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