The 1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the

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n state of

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

(currently

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) to elect 216 members to the

Mysore Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the Karnataka Legislature, bicameral legislature of the South India, southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in ...

. Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) allied with

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D. Devaraj Urs Devaraj Devaraj Arasu (20 August 1915 – 6 June 1982) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of Karnataka (1972–77, 1978–80). He is also the longest serving List of chief ministers of Karnataka, Chief Minister ...

of INC(R) and M. S. Krishnan of CPI came together and forged a pre-pol alliance.

Results

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Indian National Congress (Organisation) The Indian National Congress (Organisation) also known as Congress (O) or Syndicate/Old Congress was a political party in India formed when the Congress party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi. On 12 November 1969, the Prime Minist ...

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, , 4, , 3, , , , 88,978, , 0.99%, , , - , , align="left",

Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1974. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and conteste ...

, , 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, , , , , , , , , -

Elected members

References

{{Karnataka elections

State Assembly elections in Karnataka Government of Mysore