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Legislative Assembly election in Rajasthan, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972, to elect members of the 184 constituencies in Rajasthan, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and its leader, Barkatullah Khan was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.[1]
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All 184 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 93 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 13,910,553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 57.76% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961, Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly was assigned 176 constituencies.[2] This was increased to 184 constituencies by 1967.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Indian National Congress | 3,976,157 | 51.13 | 145 | +56 | |
Swatantra Party | 958,097 | 12.32 | 11 | –37 | |
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 948,928 | 12.20 | 8 | –14 | |
Socialist Party | 189,851 | 2.44 | 4 | New | |
Communist Party of India | 121,591 | 1.56 | 4 | +3 | |
Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 104,398 | 1.34 | 1 | New | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 74,514 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | |
Vishal Haryana Party | 50,229 | 0.65 | 0 | New | |
Republican Party of India | 2,137 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 1,350,012 | 17.36 | 11 | –5 | |
Total | 7,775,914 | 100.00 | 184 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 7,775,914 | 96.77 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 259,313 | 3.23 | |||
Total votes | 8,035,227 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,910,553 | 57.76 | |||
Source: ECI[3] |
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