| Election name | 1972 Bihar legislative assembly election |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous election | 1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous year | 1969 |
| Next election | 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
| Next year | 1977 |
| Election date | 5 March 1972 |
| Seats for election | All 318 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Majority seats | 160 |
| Party 1 | Indian National Congress (R) |
| Leader 1 | Kedar Pandey |
| Seats 1 | 167 |
| Popular vote 1 | 5,688,002 |
| Percentage 1 | 33.12 |
| Party 2 | Communist Party of India |
| Leader 2 | Shrinath Mishra |
| Seats 2 | 35 |
| Popular vote 2 | 1,192,746 |
| Percentage 2 | 6.94 |
| Before election | President's rule |
| Before party | N/A |
| After election | Kedar Pandey |
| After party | Indian National Congress |
Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1972, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[1] After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Kedar Pandey was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Abdul Gafoor become the Chief Minister, from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, followed by Jagannath Mishra from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977.
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanaha | None | Hardeo Prasad | ||
| Bagaha | SC | Narsingh Baitha | ||
| Ram Nagar | None | Narayan Vikram Shah | ||
| Shikarpur | SC | Sitaram Prasad | ||
| Sikta | None | Faiyajulazam | ||
| Lauria | None | Fulena Rao | ||
| Chanapatia | None | Umesh Prasad Verma | ||
| Bettiah | None | Kirshna Mohan Pandey | ||
| Nautan | None | Kedar Pandey | ||
| Raxaul | None | Saghir Ahmad | ||
| Sugauli | None | Azizul Haque | ||
| Motihari | None | Prabhawati Gupta | ||
| Adapur | None | Ramprit Rai | ||
| Ghorasahan | None | Rajendra Pratap Singh | ||
| Dhaka | None | Hafiz Idris Ansari | ||
| Patahi | None | Thakur Rama Pati Singh | ||
| Madhuban | None | Rajpati Devi | ||
| Kesaria | None | Pitambar Singh | ||
| Pipra | SC | Tulsi Ram | ||
| Harsidhi | None | Mahedayetulla Khan | ||
| Gobindganj | None | Ramashankar Pandey | ||
| Gopal Ganj | None | Ram Dulari Sinh | ||
| Kuchaikot | None | Nagina Rai | ||
| Katea | SC | Algu Ram | ||
| Bhore | None | Raj Mangal Mishra | ||
| Mirganj | None | Anant Pd. Singh | ||
| Siwan | None | Janardan Tiwary | ||
| Ziradei | None | Sankarnath Vidyarthi | ||
| Mairwa | SC | Ram Narain | ||
| Darauli | None | Krishna Pratap Singh | ||
| Raghunathpur | None | Shreenivas N. Singh | ||
| Maharajganj | None | Anusuya Devi | ||
| Barharia | None | Abdul Jalil | ||
| Goreakothi | None | Mahamaya Prasad | ||
| Baikunthpur | None | Sabhapati Singh | ||
| Barauli | None | Brajakishore Narain Singh | ||
| Manjhi | None | Ram Bahadur Singh | ||
| Baniapur | None | Uma Pandey | ||
| Masrakh | None | Ram Deo Singh | ||
| Taraiya | None | Prabhu Nath Singh | ||
| Marhaura | None | Bhishm Prasad Yadav | ||
| Jalalpur | None | Kumar Kalika Singh | ||
| Chapra | None | Janak Yadav | ||
| Garkha | SC | Raghunandan Majhi | ||
| Parsa | None | Daroga Prasad Roy | ||
| Sonepur | None | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | ||
| Hajipur | None | Motilal Sinha Kanan | ||
| Raghopur | None | Babu Lal Shastri | ||
| Mahnar | None | Munishwar Prasad Singh | ||
| Jandaha | None | Bhagdeo Singh | ||
| Patepur | SC | Righan Ram | ||
| Goraul | None | Samayelenabi | ||
| Vaishali | None | Laliteshwar Pd. Sahi | ||
| Lalganj | None | Dipnarain Singh | ||
| Paru | None | Birendra Kumar Singh | ||
| Sahebganj | None | Sheo Sharan Singh | ||
| Baruraj | None | Jamuna Singh | ||
| Kanti | None | Shambhu Sharan Thakur | ||
| Kurhani | None | Sadhu Saran Sahi | ||
| Sakra | SC | Hiralall Paswan | ||
| Muzaffarpur | None | Ramdeva Sharma | ||
| Bochaha | SC | Ramai Ram | ||
| Gaighatti | None | Niteshwar Prasad Sinha | ||
| Aurai | None | Ram Babu Singh | ||
| Minapur | None | Mahanth Ramkishore Das | ||
| Runisaidpur | None | Tribeni Prasad Singh | ||
| Sitamarhi | None | Ram Swarup Singh | ||
| Bathnaha | None | Paturi Singh | ||
| Belsand | None | Ram Surat Singh | ||
| Sheohar | None | Raghunath Jha | ||
| Majorganj | SC | Surendra Ram | ||
| Sonbarsa | None | Sita Ram Mahto | ||
| Sursand | None | Ram Charitra Rai Yadav | ||
| Pupri | None | Ram Briksh Choudhery | ||
| Benipatti | None | Tej Narayan Jha | ||
| Bisfi | None | Aziz Nuruddin | ||
| Harlakmi | None | Shakur Ahmad | ||
| Khajauli | None | Mahendra Narayan Jha | ||
| Jai Nagar | SC | Ramphal Paswan | ||
| Madhubani | None | Surya Narayan Singh | ||
| Jhanjharpur | None | Jagannath Mishra | ||
| Rajnagar | SC | Bilat Paswan | ||
| Phulparas | None | Uttam Lal Yadav | ||
| Laukaha | None | Dhaniklal Mandal | ||
| Madhepur | None | Radha Nandan Jha | ||
| Biraul | None | Anirudh Jha | ||
| Baheri | None | Tej Narayan Yadav | ||
| Manigachhi | None | Nagendra Jha | ||
| Benipur | None | Hari Nath Mishra | ||
| Darbhanga | None | Surendra Jha Suman | ||
| Keotiranway | None | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | ||
| Jale | None | Khadim Hussain | ||
| Hayagaht | SC | Baleshvar Ram | ||
| Kalyanpur | None | Ram Naresh Trivedi | ||
| Warisnagar | SC | Chulhai Ram | ||
| Samastipur | None | Sahdeo Mahato | ||
| Tajpur | None | Karpoori Thakur | ||
| Mohiuddinnagar | None | Kapildoo Narain Singh | ||
| Dalsinghsarai | None | Jagdish Pd. Choudhary | ||
| Sarairanjan | None | Chandreshwar Prasad | ||
| Bibhutpur | None | Bandhu Mahato | ||
| Rosera | None | Ramashrey Rai | ||
| Hassanpur | None | Gajendra Pd. Himanshu | ||
| Singhia | SC | Ramjatan Paswan | ||
| Raghopur | None | Amrenisa Mishra | ||
| Kishanpur | None | Vinayak Pd. Yadav | ||
| Supaul | None | Uma Shankar Singh | ||
| Tribeniganj | None | Anup Lal Yadab | ||
| Chhatarur | SC | Kumbh N. Sardar | ||
| Kumarkhand | None | Jai Kumar Singh | ||
| Simri Bakhtiarpor | None | Chaudhary Md. Salahuddin | ||
| Mahishi | None | Lahtan Chadhary | ||
| Saharsa | None | Ramesh Jha | ||
| Sonabarsa | SC | Jageshwar Hazra | ||
| Madmipura | None | Bindeshwari Pd. Mandal | ||
| Murliganj | None | Raj Nandau Prasad | ||
| Alamnagar | None | Vidyakar Kavi | ||
| Rupauli | None | Anandi Prasad Singh | ||
| Dhamdaha | None | Jai Narayan Mehta | ||
| Banmankhi | SC | Rasik Lal Rishideo | ||
| Kasba | None | Ram Naraian Mandal | ||
| Raniganj | SC | Bundel Paswan | ||
| Narpatganj | None | Satya Narayan Yadav | ||
| Forbesganj | None | Saryu Mishra | ||
| Araria | None | Azam | ||
| Palasi | None | Maya Nand Thakur | ||
| Bahadurganj | None | Najmuddin | ||
| Thakurganj | None | Mohammad Hussain Azad | ||
| Kishanganj | None | Rafique Alam | ||
| Jokihat | None | Taslinuddin | ||
| Amour | None | Hasibur Rahman | ||
| Purnea | None | Kamaldeo N. Sinha | ||
| Katihar | None | Rajkishor Prasad Singh | ||
| Barso | None | Beula Doza | ||
| Azamnagar | None | Mohmad Ayub | ||
| Korha | SC | Bhola Paswan Shastry | ||
| Barari | None | Muhamad Sakoor | ||
| Manihari | None | Yuvraj | ||
| Rajmahal | None | Nathmal Dokania | ||
| Borio | ST | Set Hemram | ||
| Barhait | ST | Masih Soren | ||
| Litipara | ST | Som Murmu | ||
| Pakpura | None | S. M. Jafar Ali | ||
| Maheshpur | ST | Kalidas Murmu | ||
| Shikaripara | ST | Shibu Murmu | ||
| Nala | None | Biseshwar Khan | ||
| Jamtara | None | Durga Prasad Singh | ||
| Sarath | None | Kamdeo Pro Singh | ||
| Madhupur | None | Ajit Kumar Banerjee | ||
| Deoghar | SC | Baidya Nath Das | ||
| Jarmundi | None | Srikant Jha | ||
| Dumka | ST | Paika Murmu | ||
| Jama | ST | Mauan Besra | ||
| Poraiyahat | ST | Prithwi Chand Kisku | ||
| Godda | None | Hemantkumar Jha | ||
| Mahagama | None | Awadh Bihari Singh | ||
| Pirpainti | None | Amvika Praasad | ||
| Colgong | None | Sadanand Singh | ||
| Nathnagar | None | Chunchun Prasad Yadav | ||
| Bhagalpur | None | Vijoy Kumar Mitra | ||
| Gopalpur | None | Madan Prasad Singh | ||
| Bimpur | None | Prabhu Narayan Roy | ||
| Sultanganj | None | Ram Raksha Pd. Yadav | ||
| Amarpur | None | Janar Dan Yadav | ||
| Dhuraiya | SC | Naresh Das | ||
| Banka | None | Thakur Kamakhya Pd. Singh | ||
| Belhar | None | Shakuntala Devi | ||
| Katoria | None | Jay Prakash Mishra | ||
| Chakai | None | Chaudra Shakar Singh | ||
| Jhajha | None | Shiva Nandan Jha | ||
| Jamui | None | Tripurari Prasad Singh | ||
| Sikandra | SC | Rameswar Paswan | ||
| Sheikhpura | SC | Loknath Azad | ||
| Barbigha | None | Rajo Singh | ||
| Barahiya | None | Kapil Deo Singh | ||
| Surajgarha | None | Sunaina Sharma | ||
| Jamalpur | None | Suresh Kumar Singh | ||
| Tarapur | None | Tarni Prasad Singh | ||
| Kharagpur | None | Rajendra Prasad Singh | ||
| Monghyr | None | Prafulla Kumar Mishra | ||
| Parbatta | None | Shivakant Mishra | ||
| Chautham | None | Ghanshyam Singh | ||
| Alauli | SC | Mishri Sada | ||
| Khagaria | None | Ram Sharan Yadav | ||
| Balia | None | Chandra Choor Deo | ||
| Begusarai | None | Bhola Singh | ||
| Bakhri | SC | Ram Chandra Paswan | ||
| Bariarpur | None | Ram Jiwan Singh | ||
| Barauni | None | Chandra Sekhar Singh | ||
| Bachhwara | None | Ramdeo Rai | ||
| Mokameh | None | Krishna Shahi | ||
| Barh | None | Dwarika Nath Singh | ||
| Bakhtiarpur | None | Bhola Prasad Singh | ||
| Fatwa | SC | Kameshwar Paswan | ||
| Bihar | None | Virendra Prasad | ||
| Asthawan | None | Ayodhya Prasad | ||
| Ekangar Sarai | None | Ram Swaroop Prasad | ||
| Rajgir | SC | Chandradeo Prasad Himansu | ||
| Islampur | None | Ramsharan Prasad Singh | ||
| Chandi | None | Ram Raj Prasad Singh | ||
| Milsa | None | Nawal Kishore Singh | ||
| Masaurhi | None | Bhuwaneshwar Sharma | ||
| Pun Pun | SC | Mahabir Paswan | ||
| Patna South | None | Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav | ||
| Patna East | None | Jamil Ahmad | ||
| Patna West | None | Sunil Mukherjee | ||
| Danapur | None | Budh Deo Singh | ||
| Maner | None | Ram Nagina Singh | ||
| Bikram | None | Khaderan Singh | ||
| Paliganj | None | Kanhai Singh | ||
| Sandesh | None | Ramjee Prasad Singh | ||
| Arrah | None | Sumitra Devi | ||
| Barhara | None | Ram Vilash Singh | ||
| Shahpur | None | Suraj Nath Choubey | ||
| Brahampur | None | Rishi Kesh Tewary | ||
| Dumraon | None | Harihar Prasad Singh | ||
| Nawanagar | SC | Lal Behari Prasad | ||
| Buxar | None | Jag Narain Trivedi | ||
| Ramgarh | None | Sachchida Nand Singh | ||
| Mohania | SC | Suresh Kumar | ||
| Chainpur | None | Lal Muni Chaubey | ||
| Dhabua | None | Shyam Narain Pandey | ||
| Chenari | SC | Ram Bachan Paswan | ||
| Sasaram | None | Ramsevak Singh | ||
| Dehri | None | Abdul Quayom Ansari | ||
| Karakat | None | Manorma Pandey | ||
| Nokha | None | Jagdish Ojha | ||
| Dinara | None | Ram Narain Sah | ||
| Bikramganj | None | Sant Prasad Singh | ||
| Jagdismpur | None | Shiv Pujan Varma | ||
| Piro | None | Jay Narayan | ||
| Sahar | SC | Rajdeo Ram | ||
| Arwal | None | Rang Bahadur Singh | ||
| Kurtha | None | Ramashray Pd. Singh | ||
| Makhdumpur | SC | Ram Sawroop Ram | ||
| Jehanabad | None | Hari Lal Prasad Sinha | ||
| Ghosi | None | Ramashraya Prasad Singh | ||
| Belaganj | None | Jitendra Pd. Singh | ||
| Gom | None | Muneshwer Nath Singh | ||
| Daudnagar | None | Ram Vilas Singh | ||
| Obra | None | Narain Singh | ||
| Nabinagar | None | Yugal Singh | ||
| Aurangabad | None | Brij Mohan Singh | ||
| Rafiganj | SC | Faguni Ram | ||
| Imamganj | SC | Awadheshewar Ram | ||
| Sherghati | None | Jairam Giri | ||
| Barachatti | SC | Mohan Ram | ||
| Bodh Gaya | SC | Balik Ram | ||
| Konch | None | Nand Kumar Singh | ||
| Gaya | None | Yugal Kishore Prasad | ||
| Gaya Muffasil | None | Surajdeo Singh | ||
| Atri | None | Maheshwari Prasad Singh | ||
| Hisua | None | Shatruhan Sharan Singh | ||
| Nawada | None | Gayatri Devi | ||
| Rajauli | SC | Banwari Ram | ||
| Warsaliganj | None | Shyam Sunder Pd. Singh | ||
| Gobindpur | None | Amarit Prasad | ||
| Kodarma | None | Rajendranath Dan | ||
| Dhanwar | None | Punit Rai | ||
| Gawan | SC | Taneshwar Azad | ||
| Jamua | None | Ritlal Prasad Verma | ||
| Giridih | None | Chaturanan Mishra | ||
| Dumri | None | Murli Bhagat | ||
| Bermo | None | Vindeshwari Dubey | ||
| Bagodar | None | K. Basant Narain Singh | ||
| Barhi | None | Rameshwar Prasad Mahtha | ||
| Hazaribagh | None | Raghunandan Prasad | ||
| Chauparan | None | Nand Kishore Singh | ||
| Chatra | None | Tapeshwar Deo | ||
| Barkagaon | SC | Mahesh Ram | ||
| Ramgarh | None | Manzurul Hassan Khan, Shahdun Nisha | ||
| Mandu | None | Birendra Kumar Pandey | ||
| Jaridih | None | Chhatru Ram Mahton | ||
| Chandankiyari | SC | Durga Charan Das | ||
| Topchanchi | None | Shankar Dayal Singh | ||
| Baghmara | None | Imamul Hai Khan | ||
| Dhanbad | None | Chinmoy Mukherjee | ||
| Tundi | None | Satya Narayan Singh | ||
| Nirsa | None | Nirmalendu Bhattacharya | ||
| Sindri | None | A. K. Roy | ||
| Jharia | None | Sheo Kumar Rai | ||
| Baharagora | None | Shibu Ranjan Khan | ||
| Ghatsila | ST | Tika Ram Majhi | ||
| Patamda | None | Ghana Shyam Mahato | ||
| Jamshedpur East | None | Kedar Das | ||
| Jamshedpur West | None | Ramavatar Singh | ||
| Jugsalia | ST | Sanatan Majhi | ||
| Sakaikella | None | Shatbhanu Singhdeo | ||
| Chaibassa | ST | Bagun Sumbrui | ||
| Majhgaon | ST | Debendra Nath Champia | ||
| Manoharpur | ST | Durga Prasad Jamuda | ||
| Jaganathpur | ST | Sidiu Hembrom | ||
| Chakradharpur | ST | Theodore Bodra | ||
| Ichagarh | None | Shatrughan Aditya Deo | ||
| Kharsawan | ST | Gulab Singh Munda | ||
| Tamar | ST | Banmali Singh Munda | ||
| Tokpa | ST | Virsing Munda | ||
| Khunti | ST | Tiru Muchi Rai Munda | ||
| Silli | SC | Ram Ratan Ram | ||
| Khijri | ST | Umrao Sadho Kujur | ||
| Ranchi | None | Deopat Sahu | ||
| Kanke | None | Ram Tahal Chaudhary | ||
| Kolebira | ST | S. K. Bage | ||
| Simdega | ST | Simon Tigga | ||
| Chainpur | ST | Jairam Oraon | ||
| Gumla | ST | Bairagi Oraon | ||
| Sisai | ST | Sukru Bhagat | ||
| Bero | ST | Karam Chand Bhagat | ||
| Mandar | ST | Srikrishna Bhagat | ||
| Lohardaga | ST | Bihari Lakba | ||
| Latehar | ST | Vijoy Virendra Kumar | ||
| Panki | SC | Nal Deo Ram | ||
| Daltongaj | None | Puran Chand | ||
| Garhwa | None | Awadh Kishore Tiwari | ||
| Bhawanathpur | None | Shanker Pratap Deo | ||
| Leslieganj | None | Bhisma Narayan Singh | ||
| Bishrampur | SC | Ramdeni Ram | ||
| Hussainabad | None | Awadhesh Kumar Singh | ||
References
- ^ "1972 Election Result". www.elections.in