| Election Name: | 1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election |
| Swing2: | 26.22% |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress (Organisation) |
| Last Election2: | Party did not exist |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 24 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,361,308 |
| Percentage2: | 26.22% |
| Chief Minister of Mysore | |
| Before Election: | Vacant |
| Before Party: | President's rule |
| Posttitle: | Chief Minister of Mysore |
| After Election: | D. Devaraj Urs |
| Country: | India |
| Seats For Election: | All 216 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Majority Seats: | 109 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,698,824 |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress (R) |
| Last Election1: | 126 |
| Seats1: | 165 |
| Seat Change1: | 39 |
| Percentage1: | 52.17% |
| Swing1: | 3.74% |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
The 1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Mysore (currently Karnataka) to elect 216 members to the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[1] Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) allied with Communist Party of India. D. Devaraj Urs of INC(R) and M. S. Krishnan of CPI came together and forged a pre-pol alliance.[2]
!colspan=10||- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change|-style="background: #90EE90;"| |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)||212||165|| 39||4,698,824||52.17%|| 3.74%|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation)||176||24||||2,361,308||26.22%|| 26.22%|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||4||3||||88,978||0.99%|||-| |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||29||3|| 3||152,556||1.69%|| 0.78%|-| |align="left"|Janata Paksha Party||2||1||||14,390||0.16%|||-| |align="left"|Independents||||20|| 21||1,159,383||12.87%|||-|align="left" colspan=2|Total||||216|||||||||-|}
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurad | None | Bapu Rao Patil | ||
| 2 | Bhalki | None | Subhash Asture | ||
| 3 | Hulsur | SC | Mahendra Kumar Kallappa | ||
| 4 | Bidar | None | Manikrao R. Phuleker | ||
| 5 | Humnabad | None | V. N. Patil Neelappa | ||
| 6 | Basavakalyan | None | Bapurao Anand Rao | ||
| 7 | Chincholi | None | Devendrappa Ghalappa | ||
| 8 | Kamalapur | None | Subhash Shankershetty | ||
| 9 | Aland | None | Anna Rao Veerbhadrappa | ||
| 10 | Gulbarga | None | Mohammed Ali Mehtab Ali | ||
| 11 | Afzalpur | None | Digambar Rao Balwantrao | ||
| 12 | Kalgi | None | Prabhaker Telker | ||
| 13 | Chitapur | None | Vijay Desai | ||
| 14 | Sedam | SC | Jamadanda Papiah Sarwesh | ||
| 15 | Jevargi | None | Dharam Singh | ||
| 16 | Gurmitkal | SC | Mallikarjun Kharge | ||
| 17 | Yadgir | None | Vishwanath Reddy | ||
| 18 | Shahapur | None | Bapuguda Rayappa | ||
| 19 | Shorapur | None | Raja Pid Naik | ||
| 20 | Devadurga | None | Sharanappa | ||
| 21 | Raichur | None | Nazeer Ahmed Siddirui | ||
| 22 | Kalmala | SC | Shivanna Bheemappa | ||
| 23 | Manvi | None | Bhimanna Narsappa | ||
| 24 | Lingsugur | None | Chandrasekar N. Patil | ||
| 25 | Sindhanoor | None | Basavantha Rao Basangouda | ||
| 26 | Kushtagi | None | Kantha Rao Bhim Rao Desai | ||
| 27 | Yelaburga | None | Prabhuraj L. Patil | ||
| 28 | Gangavati | None | H. R. Sriramulu | ||
| 29 | Koppal | None | M. Virupakshappa Shivappa | ||
| 30 | Siruguppa | None | B. E. Ramaiah | ||
| 31 | Kurugodu | None | H Linga Reddy | ||
| 32 | Bellary | None | V Nagappa | ||
| 33 | Hospet | None | B Satyanarayana Singh | ||
| 34 | Sandur | None | M. Y. Ghorpade | ||
| 35 | Kudligi | None | B. S. Veerabhadrappa | ||
| 36 | Hoovina Hadagali | None | Andaneppa C | ||
| 37 | Harpanahalli | SC | Dinarayanada | ||
| 38 | Harihar | None | H. Siddaveerappa | ||
| 39 | Davangere | None | C. Nagamma Keshavamurthy | ||
| 40 | Bharmasagara | SC | H. B. Lakshmana | ||
| 41 | Chitradurga | None | C. R. Mohammad Saifuddin | ||
| 42 | Jagalur | None | G. H. Aswatha Reddy | ||
| 43 | Molakalmuru | None | Patel Papanaik | ||
| 44 | Challakere | None | V. Masiyappa | ||
| 45 | Hiriyur | SC | K. H. Ranganath | ||
| 46 | Holalkere | None | B. Paramesharappa | ||
| 47 | Hosadurga | None | M. V. Rudrappa | ||
| 48 | Pavagada | SC | K. R. Thimmarayappa | ||
| 49 | Sira | None | B. Puttakamaiah | ||
| 50 | Kallamballa | None | T. Taregowda | ||
| 51 | Gubbi | None | Gatti Chandra Shekar | ||
| 52 | Chiknayakanahalli | None | N. Basavaiah | ||
| 53 | Tiptur | None | T. M. Manjunath | ||
| 54 | Turuvekere | None | B. Bhyrappaji | ||
| 55 | Kunigal | None | Andanaiah | ||
| 56 | Huliyurdurga | None | N. Huchamasthy Gowda | ||
| 57 | Gulur | SC | Doddathimmaiah | ||
| 58 | Tumkur | None | K. Abdul Subhan | ||
| 59 | Koratagere | None | Muddaramaiah | ||
| 60 | Madhugiri | None | Chikkaiah R. | ||
| 61 | Gowribidanur | None | V. Krishna Rao | ||
| 62 | Chikballapur | None | C. V. Venkatarayappa | ||
| 63 | Sidlaghatta | None | J. Venkatappa | ||
| 64 | Bagepalli | SC | Renuka Rajendran | ||
| 65 | Chintamani | None | Chowda Reddy | ||
| 66 | None | S. Bachi Reddy | |||
| 67 | SC | P. Muniyappa | |||
| 68 | SC | C. M. Arumugam | |||
| 69 | None | K. M. Doreswamy Naidu | |||
| 70 | None | D. Venkataramiah | |||
| 71 | None | C. Byre Gowda | |||
| 72 | None | A. V. Munisami | |||
| 73 | None | M. S. Krishnan | |||
| 74 | None | K. Sreeramulu | |||
| 75 | None | K. M. Naganna | |||
| 76 | None | Yatal Nagaraj | |||
| 77 | Fort | None | T. R. Shamanna | ||
| 78 | None | Amir Rahamathulla Khan | |||
| 79 | None | S. Hamed Sha | |||
| 80 | None | D. Poosalingam | |||
| 81 | None | K. R. Sreenivasulu Nayudu | |||
| 82 | None | A. M. Suryanarayana Gowda | |||
| 83 | SC | B. Basavalingappa | |||
| 84 | SC | K. Prabhakar | |||
| 85 | None | S. Kariyappa | |||
| 86 | SC | H. Puttadasa | |||
| 87 | None | T. V. Krishnappa | |||
| 88 | None | B. Puttaswamaiah | |||
| 89 | None | H. G. Channappa | |||
| 90 | Kudur | None | Bettaswamy Gowda | ||
| 91 | None | M. Mare Gowda | |||
| 92 | None | G. Ramegowda | |||
| 93 | None | M. R. Jayaram | |||
| 94 | None | N. Chikkegowda | |||
| 95 | SC | M. B. Ramaswamy | |||
| 96 | None | T. N. Madappagowda | |||
| 97 | None | A. D. Bili Gowda | |||
| 98 | None | G. Madegowda | |||
| 99 | SC | M. Mallikarjunaswamy | |||
| 100 | None | M .h. Borauiah | |||
| 101 | None | Damayanthi Bore Gowda | |||
| 102 | Pandavapura | None | D. Halage Gowda | ||
| 103 | None | S. M. Lnigappa | |||
| 104 | None | R. Rache Gowda | |||
| 105 | SC | M. Siddamadaiah | |||
| 106 | Bannur | None | K. Made Gowda | ||
| 107 | T Narsipur | None | M. Rajasekara Murthy | ||
| 108 | Krishnaraja | None | D. Suryanarayana | ||
| 109 | Narasimharaja | None | Azeez Sait | ||
| 110 | Chamundeshwari | None | K. Puttaswamy | ||
| 111 | Nanjangud | None | K. B. Shiviah | ||
| 112 | Biligere | None | N. S. Gurusiddappa | ||
| 113 | Santhemarahalli | SC | K. Siddiah | ||
| 114 | Chamarajanagar | None | S. Puttaswamy | ||
| 115 | Gundlupet | None | K. S. Nagarathanamma | ||
| 116 | Heggadadevanakote | SC | R. Peeranna | ||
| 117 | Hunsur | None | U. Kariyappa Gowda | ||
| 118 | Krishnarajanagar | None | H. B. Kenchegowda | ||
| 119 | Periyapatna | None | H. M. Channabasappa | ||
| 120 | Virajpet | ST | G. K. Subbaiah | ||
| 121 | Madikeri | None | A. M. Bellaippa | ||
| 122 | Somwarpet | None | R. Gundu Rao | ||
| 123 | Belur | SC | S. H. Puttaranganath | ||
| 124 | Arsikere | None | H. S. Siddappa | ||
| 125 | Gandasi | None | M. Nanjegowda | ||
| 126 | Shravanabelagola | None | H. C. Srikantaiah | ||
| 127 | Holenarasipur | None | H. D. Devegowda | ||
| 128 | Arkalgud | None | H. N. Nanjegowda | ||
| 129 | Hassan | None | K. H. Hanumegowda | ||
| 130 | Sakleshpur | None | K. M. Rudrappa | ||
| 131 | Sullia | SC | P. D. Bangera | ||
| 132 | Puttur | None | |||
| 133 | Belthangady | None | K. Subramanya Gowda | ||
| 134 | Bantwal | None | B. V. Kakkilaya | ||
| 135 | Mangalore I | None | Addy Saldanha | ||
| 136 | Mangalore II | None | Fareed U. T. | ||
| 137 | Surathkal | None | B. Subbayya Shetty | ||
| 138 | Kaup | None | B. Bhasker Shetty | ||
| 139 | Udupi | None | Manorama Madhvarai | ||
| 140 | Brahamavar | None | Jayaprakash S Kolkebail | ||
| 141 | Kundapura | None | Winnifged E. Fernandes | ||
| 142 | Baindur | None | A. G. Kodgi | ||
| 143 | Karkala | None | M. Veerappa Moily | ||
| 144 | Moodabidri | None | Damodar Moolki | ||
| 145 | Sringeri | None | K. N. Veerappa Gowda | ||
| 146 | Mudigere | SC | G. Puttuswamy | ||
| 147 | Chikmagalur | None | E. E. Vaz | ||
| 148 | Birur | None | M. Mallappa | ||
| 149 | Kadur | None | K. R. Honnappa | ||
| 150 | Tarikere | None | Hanji Shivanna | ||
| 151 | Channagiri | None | N. G. Malappa | ||
| 152 | Bhadravathi | None | Abdul Khuddus Anwar | ||
| 153 | Honnali | None | H. B. Kadasiddappa | ||
| 154 | Shimoga | None | A. B. B. Narayanaiyengar | ||
| 155 | Thirthahalli | None | Konandurlingappa | ||
| 156 | Hosanagar | None | Sheernaly Chandrashekar | ||
| 157 | Sagar | None | Kagodu Thimmappa | ||
| 158 | Soraba | None | S. Bangarappa | ||
| 159 | Shikaripura | SC | K. Yenkatappa | ||
| 160 | Sirsi | SC | M. H. Jayaprakash Narayan | ||
| 161 | Bhatkal | None | S. M. Yahya Siddika Umar | ||
| 162 | Kumta | None | Sitaram Vasudev Naik | ||
| 163 | Ankola | None | R. K. Mahabaleshwar | ||
| 164 | Karwar | None | Kadam B. P. | ||
| 165 | Haliyal | None | Ghadi Virupaksha Mallappa | ||
| 166 | Dharwar Rural | None | M. Sumatibalachandra | ||
| 167 | Dharwar | None | Naikar Dyamappa Kallappa | ||
| 168 | Hubli | None | Sanadi Imam Goususaheb | ||
| 169 | Hubli Rural | None | G. Rangaswamy Sandra | ||
| 170 | Kalghatgi | None | P. G. Channappagouda | ||
| 171 | Kundgol | None | R. V. Rangangowda | ||
| 172 | Shiggaon | None | N. N. Mardansab | ||
| 173 | Hangal | None | S. P. Chandrashekharappa | ||
| 174 | Hirekerur | None | B. B. Gadlappa | ||
| 175 | Ranibennur | None | K. R. Bheemappa | ||
| 176 | Byadgi | None | K. F. Patil | ||
| 177 | Haveri | None | T. F. Siddappa | ||
| 178 | Shirhatti | None | W. V. Vadirajcharya | ||
| 179 | Mundargi | None | K. K. Hanamantappa | ||
| 180 | Gadag | None | P. K. Hanamantappa | ||
| 181 | Ron | None | A. V. Patil | ||
| 182 | Nargund | SC | J. Y. Venkappa | ||
| 183 | Navalgund | None | K. M. Karaveerappa | ||
| 184 | Ramdurg | None | R. S. Patil | ||
| 185 | Parasgad | None | P. S. Bindurao | ||
| 186 | Bailhongal | None | P. B. Arvbali Patil | ||
| 187 | Kittur | None | I. B. A. Danappagouda | ||
| 188 | Khanapur | None | S.n. Bhagvantrao | ||
| 189 | Belgaum | None | Sw. B. Annappa | ||
| 190 | Uchagaon | None | P. P. Annappa | ||
| 191 | Bagewadi | None | S. A. Patil | ||
| 192 | Gokak | ST | G. C. Tammanna | ||
| 193 | Arbhavi | None | K. V. Shivalingappa | ||
| 194 | Hukeri | None | Nooli Virupazappa Basappa | ||
| 195 | Sankeshwar | None | Lalagouda Balagouda Patil | ||
| 196 | Nipani | None | K. R. Vithalrao | ||
| 197 | Sadalga | None | A. J. Sripal | ||
| 198 | Chikkodi | SC | P. Padmanna Hegre | ||
| 199 | Raibag | None | V. Lakhagouda Patil | ||
| 200 | Kagwad | SC | Kittur Ragunath Dhulappa | ||
| 201 | Athani | None | Anandrao Appasaheb Desai | ||
| 202 | Jamkhandi | None | Bangi Pavadeppa Mallappa | ||
| 203 | Bilgi | None | G. K. Maritammappa | ||
| 204 | Mudhol | None | N. K. Pandappa | ||
| 205 | Bagalkot | None | Muranal Basappa Tammanna | ||
| 206 | Badami | None | Raosaheb Desai | ||
| 207 | Guledguu | None | G. P. Nanjayyanamath | ||
| 208 | Hungund | None | Nagaral Sangappa Balappa | ||
| 209 | Muddebihal | None | S. M. Murigeppa | ||
| 210 | Huvinahipparagi | None | K. D. Patil | ||
| 211 | Basavana Bagevadi | None | B. S. Patil | ||
| 212 | Tikota | None | G. N. Patil | ||
| 213 | Bijapur | None | K. T. Rathod | ||
| 214 | Ballolli | SC | Kabade Jatteppa Laxman | ||
| 215 | Indi | None | S. Mallappa Karbasappa | ||
| 216 | Sindgi | None | S. Y. Patil | ||