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All 68 seats in theHimachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,805,448 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to theHimachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972 to elect members of the 68 constituencies inHimachal Pradesh, India. TheIndian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats andYashwant Singh Parmar was reappointed as theChief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of theDelimitation Commission of India.[2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 467,592 | 53.24 | 53 |  19 | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 68,032 | 7.75 | 5 | New | |
| Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh | 44,067 | 5.02 | 2 |  9 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9,654 | 1.10 | 1 | 3 | |
| Others | 40,590 | 4.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 248,310 | 28.27 | 7 | 9 | |
| Total | 878,245 | 100.00 | 68 | 8 | |
| Valid votes | 878,245 | 97.39 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 23,506 | 2.61 | |||
| Total votes | 901,751 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,805,448 | 49.95 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||
