| Election Name: | 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1974 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
| Image1: | File:Thomas P. Salmon (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Thomas P. Salmon |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 104,533 |
| Percentage1: | 55.3% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Luther F. Hackett |
| Popular Vote2: | 82,491 |
| Percentage2: | 43.6% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Deane C. Davis |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas P. Salmon |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. The incumbent Republican Gov. Deane C. Davis was not a candidate for re-election to another term as Governor of Vermont. The Democratic nominee, Thomas P. Salmon, defeated the Republican nominee, Luther F. Hackett, to become his successor. Future U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran as a member of the Liberty Union Party.