The Delhi Legislative Assembly witnessed its 2nd elections in 1972. A total of 6,81,324 votes were polled. The total numberof valid votes was 14,03,764. The most number of voters were in the Ramakrishnapuram constituency. The participating political parties were either national, state, registered unrecognized parties or independent candidates and a total of 56 MLAs from 56 constituencies were elected. Out of these, 49 were general constituencies and 7 were from the Scheduled Castes.
The INC bagged 44 seats, again being in the majority. The SOP and SWA did not manage getting a single seat in the 1972 elections. 3 women candidates were elected as MLAs. However, since in this period,
Delhi ceased to exist as a state and was under President's rule, it had no Chief Minister. Delhi became a union territory which was being centrally administered. Delhi witnessed considerable growth and development during this period.
See Also: Delhi Assembly Election Results 2013
Delhi Legislative Assembly Election in 1972 Party Wise
| Party | Seats |
|---|
| All India Bhartiya Jan Sangh (BJS) | 5 |
| Indian National Congress (Organisation) (NCO) | 2 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 44 |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 3 |
| Independent (IND) | 2 |
| Total | 56 |
List of Successful Candidates in Delhi Assembly Election in 1972
| A. C. No. | Assembly Constituency Name | Category | Winner Candidates Name | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner-UP | Gender | Party | Votes |
|---|
| 1 | Sarojini Nagar | GEN | P. N. Singh | M | INC | 10441 | Ram Bhaj | M | BJS | 9325 |
| 2 | Laxmibai Nagar | GEN | Arjun Das | M | INC | 10878 | Kidar Nath Sachdeva | M | BJS | 6726 |
| 3 | Gole Market | GEN | Asoke Chatterjee | M | INC | 7909 | Mohinder Pal Chawla | M | BJS | 4743 |
| 4 | Prithvi Raj Road | GEN | Pushpa Devi Gupta | F | INC | 9105 | Raj Wadhwa | M | BJS | 5982 |
| 5 | Barakhamba | GEN | A. L. Ralia Ram | M | INC | 10271 | Om Prakash Sharma | M | BJS | 4460 |
| 6 | Minto Road | GEN | Surinder Saini | M | INC | 7536 | Vinod Bhushan Srivastva | M | BJS | 3082 |
| 7 | Jangpura | GEN | Jag Parvesh Chandra | M | INC | 10507 | Inder Mohan Sehgal | M | BJS | 7338 |
| 8 | Kasturba Nagar | (SC) | C. L. Balmiki | M | INC | 12578 | Sanwal Das | M | BJS | 8183 |
| 9 | Lajpat Nagar | GEN | Archna | F | INC | 17908 | Ram Lal Verma | M | BJS | 16781 |
| 10 | Kalkaji | GEN | V. P. Singh | M | INC | 24570 | S. P. Bannerji | M | BJS | 14887 |
| 11 | R.K. Puram | GEN | Jagdish Chander | M | INC | 31395 | Onkar Singh | M | BJS | 22469 |
| 12 | Delhi Cantt | GEN | Brij Lal Dua | M | INC | 11316 | Dev Raj Sood | M | BJS | 3807 |
| 13 | Rajinder Nagar | GEN | Thakur Das | M | INC | 16968 | Ram Nath Vij | M | BJS | 16073 |
| 14 | Ashok Nagar | GEN | Rajander Kumar Tanwar | M | INC | 16948 | Lok Vir Singh | M | BJS | 12405 |
| 15 | Subhash Nagar | GEN | Manmohan Singh | M | INC | 23283 | Devki Nandan Shastri | M | BJS | 19195 |
| 16 | Moti Nagar | GEN | K. C. Malik | M | INC | 19410 | Tilak Raj Verma | M | BJS | 17532 |
| 17 | Shakur Basti | GEN | Sri Chand | M | CPI | 27630 | Banarsi Das | M | BJS | 18343 |
| 18 | Badli | (SC) | Mool Chand | M | INC | 17194 | Roshan Lal | M | BJS | 8817 |
| 19 | Narela | GEN | Heera Singh | M | INC | 12744 | Babu Ram Tyagi | M | BJS | 8405 |
| 20 | Bawana | GEN | Tek Chand | M | IND | 11828 | Ram Singh | M | INC | 6870 |
| 21 | Nangloi | GEN | Bharat Singh | M | INC | 18633 | Sunder Singh | M | BJS | 8917 |
| 22 | Najafgarh | GEN | Mukam Singh | M | INC | 7318 | Suraj Bhan | M | IND | 7266 |
| 23 | Palam | GEN | Mange Ram | M | INC | 13007 | Ram Dhan | M | BJS | 4906 |
| 24 | Tughlakabad | (SC) | Prem Singh | M | INC | 16407 | Kalka Dass | M | BJS | 15268 |
| 25 | Geeta Colony | GEN | Brij Lal Goswami | M | INC | 15418 | Amar Chand Shnbh | M | BJS | 13137 |
| 26 | Gandhi Nagar | GEN | Inder Singh Azad | M | INC | 21646 | Som Nath | M | BJS | 17569 |
| 27 | Shahdara | GEN | Ram Narain | M | INC | 17373 | Parmeshwari Dass | M | BJS | 12474 |
| 28 | Ghonda | GEN | Hargain Singh | M | INC | 28315 | Devki Nandan Sharma | M | BJS | 17534 |
| 29 | Vijay Nagar | GEN | B.D. Wadhwa | M | INC | 20532 | Sikander Lal | M | BJS | 12386 |
| 30 | Kamla Nagar | GEN | Purushotam Lal Goel | M | INC | 10457 | Prem Chand Gupta | M | BJS | 8734 |
| 31 | Timarpur | GEN | Amar Nath Malhotra | M | INC | 14456 | Uttam Prakash Bansal | M | BJS | 11165 |
| 32 | Kashmere Gate | GEN | Om Prakash Behl | M | INC | 9791 | Bhagwant Kishore | M | BJS | 4618 |
| 33 | Chandni Chowk | GEN | Rama Shanker | M | INC | 10055 | Janardhan Gupta | M | BJS | 8651 |
| 34 | Darya Ganj | GEN | Dalit Kumar Tandan | M | BJS | 8063 | Du Choudhary | M | INC | 7951 |
| 35 | Dariba | GEN | Mehtab Chand Jain | M | INC | 9603 | Kishan Lal | M | BJS | 8849 |
| 36 | Matia Mahal | GEN | Sikander Bakht | M | NCO | 6495 | Mohammed Zafar Ali | M | IND | 5924 |
| 37 | Chawri Bazar | GEN | Anwar Ali Dhehlvi | M | BJS | 10625 | Chander Bhan Khandelwal | M | INC | 9782 |
| 38 | Ballimaran | GEN | Mohd. Ahmed | M | IND | 6207 | Sarla Sharma | M | CPI | 5755 |
| 39 | Ajmeri Gate | GEN | Mirza Siddiq Ali | M | INC | 6361 | Shagiqur Rahmanan | M | IND | 5629 |
| 40 | Kalan Masjid | GEN | Rajesh Sharma | M | NCO | 4140 | Devkinandna Sharma | M | INC | 3911 |
| 41 | Pahar Ganj | GEN | Madan Lal Khurana | M | BJS | 11692 | Amar Nath | M | INC | 10881 |
| 42 | Ram Nagar | GEN | Satya Prakash | M | INC | 13387 | Govind Ram Verma | M | BJS | 9961 |
| 43 | Basti Julahan | (SC) | Prabhu Dayal | M | INC | 9642 | Prabhati Lal | M | BJS | 8646 |
| 44 | Qasabpura | GEN | Roshan Lal | M | INC | 8042 | Ram Narain Jain | M | BJS | 7312 |
| 45 | Deputy Ganj | GEN | Shyam Chanran Gupta | M | BJS | 12381 | Bhiku Ram Jain | M | INC | 9923 |
| 46 | Pratap Nagar | GEN | Ved Parkash | M | INC | 10304 | Ram Kishan Bhardwaj | M | BJS | 7818 |
| 47 | Arya Pura | GEN | Ram Chander Sharma | M | CPI | 10697 | Hem Raj Malhotra | M | BJS | 8172 |
| 48 | Shakti Nagar | GEN | Radhey Lal | M | INC | 10629 | Satya Pal Chug | M | BJS | 9071 |
| 49 | Sarai Rohilla | GEN | Iqbal Krishna Trehan | M | INC | 21693 | Shyam Sunder Dhingra | M | BJS | 9437 |
| 50 | Kishan Ganj | GEN | B.D. Joshit | M | CPI | 10101 | Jawahar Lal Mehra | M | BJS | 8472 |
| 51 | Motia Khan | GEN | Bansilal Chauhan | M | INC | 7636 | Banarsi Dass | M | BJS | 7406 |
| 52 | Tibbia College | GEN | R. P. Mittal | M | INC | 8623 | Jitendra Gupta | M | BJS | 7841 |
| 53 | Rehgarpura | (SC) | Sunder Wati N Parbhaker | F | INC | 10283 | Shiv Narain Sarunia | M | BJS | 8457 |
| 54 | Dev Nagar | (SC) | Moti Lal Bokalia | M | INC | 8513 | Babu Lal | M | RPI | 5636 |
| 55 | Patel Nagar | GEN | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | M | BJS | 12827 | Savita Behan | F | INC | 10928 |
| 56 | Anand Parbat | (SC) | Krishan Swarup | M | INC | 19397 | Kharak Singh | M | BJS | 7485 |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021