1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Haryana on 11 March 1972 to elect all 81 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.^[1]

1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

← 1968 11 March 1972 1977 →
All 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.46% (13.2%)
Majority party Minority party   Party INC(R) INC(O) Last election 48 seats New Party Seats won 52 12 Seat change 4 New Party Popular vote 1639405 377427 Percentage 46.91% 10.80% Swing 3.08% New Party
Chief Minister before election Bansi Lal INC Elected Chief Minister Bansi Lal INC

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,639,405	46.91	52
	Indian National Congress (Organization)	377,427	10.80	12
	Vishal Haryana Party	242,444	6.94	3
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	228,761	6.55	2
	Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha	77,234	2.21	1
	Communist Party of India	69,335	1.98	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12,617	0.36	0
	Socialist Party	8,333	0.24	0
	Republican Party of India	7,467	0.21	0
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	3,636	0.10	0
	Socialist Unity Center of India	2,640	0.08	0
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	1,486	0.04	0
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	400	0.01	0
	Independents	823,611	23.57	11
Total		3,494,796	100.00	81
Valid votes		3,494,796	79.12
Invalid/blank votes		922,520	20.88
Total votes		4,417,316	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,091,082	86.77
Source: ECI

Elected members

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Kalka	73.12%	Kishori Lal		INC	22,173	49.95%	Lachhman Singh		Independent	20,565	46.33%	1,608
2	Naraingarh	68.72%	Jagjit Singh		INC	21,818	51.23%	Sadhu Ram		Independent	14,556	34.18%	7,262
3	Chhachhrauli	61.11%	Parbhu Ram		INC	19,793	50.45%	Des Raj		CPI	16,313	41.58%	3,480
4	Jagadhri	75.52%	Om Prakash Sharma		Independent	16,618	40.75%	Sadhu Ram		INC	12,439	30.50%	4,179
5	Yamunanagar	70.47%	Garish Chander		INC	18,565	39.68%	Malik Chand		ABJS	16,147	34.51%	2,418
6	Mulana	63.18%	Phool Chand		INC	24,140	64.93%	Suraj Bhan		ABJS	13,041	35.07%	11,099
7	Naggal	72.11%	Harmohinder Singh Chatha		INC	23,125	59.95%	Mohinder Singh		Independent	13,015	33.74%	10,110
8	Ambala Cantt.	71.00%	Hans Raj Suri		INC	15,687	56.57%	Bhagwan Dass		ABJS	11,175	40.30%	4,512
9	Ambala City	69.39%	Lekh Wati Jain		INC	16,932	50.67%	Laxmi Narain		ABJS	16,170	48.39%	762
10	Shahbad	76.48%	Amir Chand		INC	14,735	38.42%	Harnam Singh		CPI	14,224	37.09%	511
11	Thanesar	75.91%	Om Parkash		INC	20,657	47.96%	Ram Saran Das		ABJS	18,454	42.85%	2,203
12	Babain	66.42%	Chand Ram		Independent	15,728	42.55%	Ulsi Ram		INC	15,584	42.16%	144
13	Nilokheri	77.09%	Shib Ram		ABJS	10,764	27.97%	Chanda Singh		INC	10,428	27.09%	336
14	Indri	77.63%	Parsani Devi		INC	22,174	47.37%	Des Raj		INC(O)	20,982	44.82%	1,192
15	Karnal	70.36%	Ram Lal		ABJS	17,719	44.34%	Shanti Devi		INC	16,857	42.18%	862
16	Jundla	61.08%	Ram Kishan		INC	14,665	43.37%	Banwari Ram		Independent	13,927	41.18%	738
17	Gharaunda	69.56%	Rulya Ram		INC(O)	16,746	36.87%	Zila Singh		INC	13,537	29.80%	3,209
18	Samalkha	68.67%	Hari Singh		INC	20,346	46.80%	Jai Singh		INC(O)	14,151	32.55%	6,195
19	Panipat	76.72%	Hakumat Rai		INC	27,513	58.38%	Fateh Chand		ABJS	17,523	37.18%	9,990
20	Naultha	73.73%	Mansa Ram		INC	20,760	52.21%	Amar Singh		Independent	17,042	42.86%	3,718
21	Rajound	65.22%	Jogi Ram		INC(O)	23,185	53.28%	Ran Singh		INC	12,080	27.76%	11,105
22	Pundri	74.83%	Ishwar Singh		INC	24,074	54.54%	Marcharan Singh		INC(O)	16,158	36.61%	7,916
23	Serhada	77.98%	Surjit Singh		INC	18,169	39.67%	Jagjit Singh Pohlu		Independent	16,293	35.57%	1,876
24	Kaithal	80.25%	Charan Dass		Independent	26,095	48.87%	Om Parbha		INC	22,673	42.46%	3,422
25	Pehowa	76.18%	Piara Singh		INC	21,224	43.38%	Khushvant Singh		Independent	15,391	31.45%	5,833
26	Kalayat	66.57%	Bhagat Ram S/O Hansa		INC(O)	17,032	44.22%	Bhagat Ram S/O Jamni		INC	15,812	41.06%	1,220
27	Narwana	79.92%	Gauri Shankar		INC(O)	17,482	36.16%	Tek Chand		Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha	15,733	32.54%	1,749
28	Jind	72.82%	Dal Singh		INC(O)	28,281	54.29%	Daya Krishan		INC	21,999	42.23%	6,282
29	Julana	76.76%	Fateh Singh		INC	30,033	65.54%	Ram Singh		INC(O)	15,788	34.46%	14,245
30	Safidon	75.03%	Dhajja Ram		INC	19,570	45.86%	Sat Narain		VHP	19,462	45.60%	108
31	Meham	72.07%	Umed		Independent	19,654	44.94%	Raj Singh		INC	19,042	43.54%	612
32	Baroda	68.78%	Shyam Chand		INC	24,081	57.65%	Ram Dhari		INC(O)	15,123	36.20%	8,958
33	Gohana	76.27%	Ram Dhari Gaur		INC	18,206	41.01%	Har Kishan		Independent	13,505	30.42%	4,701
34	Kailana	76.15%	Partap Singh Tyagi		Independent	22,353	49.99%	Rajinder Singh		INC	21,283	47.60%	1,070
35	Sonipat	69.86%	Chiaranji Lal		INC	25,183	56.74%	Vas Dev		ABJS	17,063	38.44%	8,120
36	Rai	74.99%	Rizaq Ram		INC(O)	19,631	47.30%	Jaswant Singh		INC	18,702	45.06%	929
37	Rohat	65.81%	Phool Chand		INC(O)	12,249	35.07%	Kanwar Singh		Independent	11,726	33.58%	523
38	Hassangarh	66.55%	Maru Singh		INC	12,185	33.09%	Raghbir Singh		Independent	10,069	27.34%	2,116
39	Kiloi	76.93%	Shreyo Nath		INC(O)	23,474	54.37%	Partap Singh		INC	19,704	45.63%	3,770
40	Rohtak	73.60%	Kishan Das		INC	24,879	52.86%	Mangal Sein		ABJS	21,057	44.74%	3,822
41	Kalanaur	68.41%	Satram Dass		INC	16,546	45.95%	Nasib Singh		ABJS	15,531	43.14%	1,015
42	Beri	61.32%	Partap Singh Doulta		Independent	20,782	50.36%	Nawa Singh		INC	17,112	41.46%	3,670
43	Salhawas	63.86%	Phul Singh		INC	22,455	50.03%	Shakuntla Devi		VHP	16,889	37.63%	5,566
44	Jhajjar	67.70%	Manphul Singh		INC(O)	24,060	50.28%	Sure Der Singh		INC	23,795	49.72%	265
45	Bahadurgarh	67.42%	Hardwari Lal		INC(O)	23,495	47.72%	Mehar Singh		INC	23,100	46.92%	395
46	Faridabad	59.94%	Kanwal Nath Gulati		Independent	26,498	46.09%	Kamadev Kapil		INC	19,895	34.60%	6,603
47	Ballabgarh	72.47%	Sharua Rani		INC	25,391	48.14%	Raji Der Singh		Independent	24,208	45.90%	1,183
48	Palwal	71.11%	Sham Lal		Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha	24,253	49.79%	Kalyan Singh		INC	19,919	40.89%	4,334
49	Hassanpur	56.69%	Bihari Lal		INC	16,716	46.56%	Gaya Lal		Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha	14,039	39.11%	2,677
50	Ferozepur Jhirka	68.91%	Abdul Razak		Independent	14,489	35.48%	Din Mohhamad		INC	10,631	26.03%	3,858
51	Nuh	75.67%	Chaudhary Rahim Khan		Independent	23,536	50.13%	Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed		INC	21,697	46.21%	1,839
52	Hathin	69.18%	Ramji Lal		Independent	17,173	39.58%	Hem Raj		INC	12,697	29.26%	4,476
53	Sohna	70.43%	Kanhaya Lal		INC	27,162	55.79%	Pratap Singh Thakran		VHP	19,386	39.82%	7,776
54	Gurgaon	65.23%	Mahabir Singh		INC	23,507	52.98%	Ram Chander Gulati		ABJS	17,873	40.28%	5,634
55	Pataudi	77.74%	Sisram		INC	29,273	55.91%	Ramjiwan Singh		VHP	20,313	38.79%	8,960
56	Rewari	70.73%	Abhai Singh		INC	17,389	45.79%	Shoe Raj Singh		VHP	16,696	43.97%	693
57	Bawal	66.72%	Ram Prashan		INC	23,259	59.66%	Kanhia Lal		VHP	15,727	40.34%	7,532
58	Jatusana	67.76%	Maha Singh		INC	25,028	54.97%	Sumitra Devi		VHP	19,847	43.59%	5,181
59	Ateli	63.06%	Banshi Singh		VHP	17,214	42.64%	Nari Der Singh		INC	12,578	31.16%	4,636
60	Narnaul	67.74%	Ram Saran Chand Mittal		INC	21,455	55.61%	Manoher Lal		VHP	17,126	44.39%	4,329
61	Mahendragarh	71.18%	Nehal Singh		INC	27,622	64.51%	Hari Singh		VHP	14,440	33.72%	13,182
62	Kanina	63.40%	Dalip Singh		VHP	20,261	54.18%	Onkar Singh		INC	17,134	45.82%	3,127
63	Badhra	66.00%	Lajja Rani		INC	21,591	47.48%	Attar Singh		INC(O)	15,313	33.68%	6,278
64	Dadri	58.50%	Ganpat Rai		INC(O)	17,922	48.10%	Harnam Singh		INC	15,303	41.07%	2,619
65	Loharu	68.01%	Chandrawati		INC	20,565	50.13%	Hira Nand		Independent	13,213	32.21%	7,352
66	Tosham	75.09%	Bansi Lal		INC	30,934	71.17%	Devi Lal		Independent	10,440	24.02%	20,494
67	Bhiwani	73.29%	Banarsi Das Gupta		INC	16,144	36.93%	Sagar Ram Gupta		Independent	13,650	31.22%	2,494
68	Mundhal Khurd	77.45%	Swaroop Singh		INC	14,610	35.14%	Jaswant Singh		VHP	12,172	29.28%	2,438
69	Narnaund	74.04%	Joginder Singh		INC	20,484	47.89%	Virender Singh		Akhil Bhartiya Arya Sabha	17,543	41.01%	2,941
70	Hansi	71.96%	Ishar Singh		Independent	14,896	36.90%	Hari Singh		INC	11,143	27.61%	3,753
71	Bawani Khera	70.75%	Amar Singh		VHP	23,180	60.22%	Parbhu Singh		INC	15,314	39.78%	7,866
72	Adampur	79.18%	Bhajan Lal		INC	28,928	60.54%	Devi Lal		Independent	17,967	37.60%	10,961
73	Hisar	69.62%	Gulab Singh Dhiman		INC	22,533	48.40%	Balwant Rai Tayal		INC(O)	20,869	44.83%	1,664
74	Barwala	70.74%	Pir Chand		INC(O)	20,659	46.72%	Neki Ram		INC	19,219	43.47%	1,440
75	Tohana	69.65%	Harpal Singh		INC	27,907	63.47%	Sampuran Singh		CPI	9,756	22.19%	18,151
76	Fatehabad	76.76%	Pokhar Ram		INC	30,925	55.88%	Gobind Rai		Independent	23,366	42.22%	7,559
77	Badopal	70.96%	Mehar Chand		INC	23,490	55.56%	Pirthi		Independent	12,245	28.96%	11,245
78	Sirsa	73.67%	Premsukh Dass		INC	22,205	50.16%	Lachhman Dass Arora		Independent	19,889	44.93%	2,316
79	Rori	73.49%	Harkishan Lal		INC	26,581	51.82%	Sahib Singh		Independent	11,774	22.95%	14,807
80	Dabwali	55.17%	Govardhan Dass Chauhan		INC	27,086	79.58%	Gurdial Singh		Independent	3,209	9.43%	23,877
81	Ellenabad	74.89%	Brij Lal		INC	27,266	55.76%	Birbal		Independent	15,160	31.01%	12,106

See also

• 1972 elections in India
• Elections in Haryana

References

1. "🗳️ Haryana Assembly Election 1972: LIVE Election Results, Election Dates, Schedule, Leading Candidates & Parties | Latest News Updates, Exit Polls, Analysis & Statistics on Assembly Election". LatestLY. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-28.