1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

1972 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections

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all 75 seats in Legislative Assembly 38 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,297,951
Turnout	62.17%
Majority party Minority party Third party   INC (R) Party INC(R) JIJK ABJS Leader since 1971 Last election 61 New 3 Seats won 58 5 3 Seat change 3 New 0 Percentage 55.44% 7.18% 9.85%
CM before election Syed Mir Qasim INC Elected CM Syed Mir Qasim INC

Elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly were held in January 1972 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, India. ^[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Syed Mir Qasim was appointed as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. ^[2] After this election, women entered the Jammu and Kashmir assembly for the first time. Ten women had filed their nominations, six of them contested and four won their seats. ^[3] This made the percentage of women legislators 5.33% in the Jammu Kashmir assembly.

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	764,492	55.44	58	3
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	135,778	9.85	3	0
	Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir	98,985	7.18	5	New
	Others	10,689	0.78	0	0
	Independents	369,062	26.76	9	6
Total		1,379,006	100.00	75	0
Valid votes		1,379,006	96.52
Invalid/blank votes		49,689	3.48
Total votes		1,428,695	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,297,951	62.17
Source: ECI [4]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency ^[5]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Karnah	74.92%	Mohammed Yaseen Shah		Independent	10,310	42.91%	Mohammed Yunis Khan		INC	9,652	40.17%	658
2	Kupwara	60.74%	Ghulam Mohammed Shah		INC	10,988	74.79%	Mohammed Sultan Tantrey		Independent	2,331	15.87%	8,657
3	Lolab	65.38%	Saif Ullah Bhat		INC	9,424	53.28%	Nabi Shah		Independent	5,638	31.87%	3,786
4	Bandipora	65.64%	M. A. Khan		INC	14,148	60.46%	Mohammed Sultan Shah		JI	6,774	28.95%	7,374
5	Handwara	86.1%	Abdul Ghani Lone		INC	24,291	88.41%	Sharif Ud Din		Independent	3,183	11.59%	21,108
6	Harl	65.27%	Abdul Gani Mir		INC	12,474	57.51%	Syed Alishah Jeelani		JI	4,511	20.8%	7,963
7	Rafiabad	66.45%	Mohammed Yosuf Dar		INC	12,971	61.62%	Abdul Ahmad Mir		Independent	8,079	38.38%	4,892
8	Baramulla	50.6%	Mohammed Maqbool Mahjoo		INC	7,809	45.37%	Abdul Hamid Khan		Independent	5,517	32.06%	2,292
9	Sopore	65.22%	Syed Ali Shah Geelani		JI	11,396	60.35%	Ghulam Nabi Mircha		INC	7,486	39.65%	3,910
10	Pattan	67.38%	Ghulam Qadir Bhdar		INC	15,002	76.77%	Yousuf Shah		Independent	2,508	12.83%	12,494
11	Sonawari	76.51%	Abdul Aziz Parray		INC	25,121	85.17%	Abdul Khaliq Parray		JI	2,819	9.56%	22,302
12	Gulmarg	60.31%	Surinder Singh		INC	8,987	50.91%	Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Beg		Independent	3,502	19.84%	5,485
13	Uri	62.78%	Mohammad Shafi		Independent	9,543	62.73%	Mohammed Mazaffar Khan		INC	4,916	32.31%	4,627
14	Kangan	76.75%	Mian Bashir Ahmed		INC	16,593	79.66%	Ahad Bhat		JI	3,974	19.08%	12,619
15	Ganderbal	62.43%	Mohammed Maqbool Bhat		INC	11,891	66.81%	Ghulam Mohammed Ganai		JI	3,554	19.97%	8,337
16	Amira Kadal	59.85%	Zainab Begum		INC	7,446	38.12%	Mohammed Farooq		JI	7,374	37.76%	72
17	Habba Kadal	54.93%	Ghulam Mohammed Butt		Independent	5,069	35.29%	Tikalal		ABJS	3,443	23.97%	1,626
18	Tankipora	59.15%	Ghulam Nabi Nowsheshri		JI	5,121	33.77%	Mohan Kishen Tikoo		Independent	3,942	25.99%	1,179
19	Khanyar	62.02%	Saif Ud Din Qari		JI	9,530	60.97%	Gazy Abdul Rahman		Independent	2,176	13.92%	7,354
20	Safa Kadal	63.72%	Abdul Rashid Kabli		Independent	8,050	39.53%	Mir Mukhtar Kanth		Independent	5,970	29.31%	2,080
21	Zadibal	60.53%	Salim Anwar		Independent	6,173	33.02%	Aga Syed Afzil Jalali		Independent	3,491	18.68%	2,682
22	Hazratbal	63.5%	Sofi Ghulam Ahamad		Independent	8,069	38.67%	Mohammed Yehya Siddiqi		INC	7,777	37.27%	292
23	Beerwah	-	Abdul Khaliq Mir		INC	Elected Unopposed
24	Khan Sahib	62.31%	Ghulam Qadir War		INC	15,998	85.85%	Ghulam Ahamad Parry		Independent	2,094	11.24%	13,904
25	Budgam	62.26%	Ali Mohammed Mir		INC	8,448	48.87%	Aga Sayed Ali Shah Safvi		Independent	5,918	34.24%	2,530
26	Charari Sharief	84.14%	Abdul Qayoom		INC	16,788	77.57%	Abdul Rahim Rather		Independent	2,744	12.68%	14,044
27	Chadoora	87.57%	Mir Mustafa		INC	20,774	88.43%	Samad Dar		Independent	1,783	7.59%	18,991
28	Rajpora	72.39%	Bashir Ahmed Magrey		INC	9,079	43.21%	Ghulam Qadir Mir		Independent	8,248	39.26%	831
29	Pulwama	72.55%	Sona Ullah Dar		INC	10,002	51.09%	Ghulam Hassan Mir		Independent	4,978	25.43%	5,024
30	Pampore	71.%	Ghulam Hassan Mansooda		INC	9,269	53.34%	Peerzada Ghulam Jeelani		Independent	5,868	33.77%	3,401
31	Tral	75.09%	Ali Muhammad Naik		Independent	11,594	64.1%	Ghulam Hassan Beg		INC	4,195	23.19%	7,399
32	Shopian	68.85%	Abdul Majid Bandey		Independent	8,401	42.11%	Haki Ghulam Nabi Shah		JI	6,388	32.02%	2,013
33	Noorabad	79.4%	Abdul Aziz Zargar		INC	23,815	93.96%	Abdul Aziz Sheikh		Independent	1,454	5.74%	22,361
34	Devsar	66.78%	Ghulam Hassan Parry		Independent	9,406	49.94%	Manohar Nath Kaul		INC	8,055	42.76%	1,351
35	Kulgam	68.63%	Abdul Razak Mir		JI	8,137	38.66%	Habibulla Lawi		Independent	7,094	33.71%	1,043
36	Nandi	65.44%	Ali Mohammed Dar		JI	7,201	39.28%	Ghulam Hassan Rathir		INC	4,773	26.04%	2,428
37	Pahalgam	80.47%	Makhan Lal Fotedar		INC	16,628	78.63%	Hami Ullah		Independent	4,520	21.37%	12,108
38	Srigufwara–Bijbehara	69.81%	Saif Ud Din Dar		INC	14,300	73.02%	Mohammed Sultan		JI	5,285	26.98%	9,015
39	Anantnag	85.59%	Shamsuddin		INC	7,401	33.71%	Piary Lal Handoo		Independent	5,383	24.52%	2,018
40	Kothar	80.51%	Mohammed Ashraf Khan		INC	14,901	70.6%	Mohammed Maqubool Dar		Independent	6,205	29.4%	8,696
41	Verinag	-	Syed Mir Qasim		INC	Elected Unopposed
42	Naubug	-	Pir Husan Qasim		INC	Elected Unopposed
43	Leh	75.75%	Sonam Wangyal		INC	11,041	49.44%	Koushok Tokdan		Independent	10,670	47.78%	371
44	Kargil	-	Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan		INC	Elected Unopposed
45	Kishtwar	54.91%	Pir Nizam Ud Din		INC	9,283	60.51%	Ghulam Hussain Arman		Independent	3,796	24.74%	5,487
46	Inderwal	43.73%	Khan Abdul Gani Goni		INC	9,721	80.29%	Abdul Rashid		JI	1,412	11.66%	8,309
47	Bhaderwah	34.82%	Bodh Raj		INC	6,114	65.28%	Narain Dass		ABJS	2,885	30.8%	3,229
48	Doda	46.5%	Hans Raj Dogra		INC	4,833	39.87%	Ghulam Qadir Wani		Independent	3,857	31.82%	976
49	Ramban	50.61%	Mohammed Akhtar Nizami		INC	7,870	60.31%	Labhu Ram		ABJS	2,692	20.63%	5,178
50	Banihal	-	Hajra Begum		INC	Elected Unopposed
51	Gulabgarh	71.4%	Mohammed Ayub Khan		INC	22,638	90.26%	Abdul Ghani		Independent	2,213	8.82%	20,425
52	Reasi	70.83%	Rishi Kumar Kaushal		ABJS	10,480	54.74%	L. D. Thakar		INC	8,050	42.05%	2,430
53	Tikri	60.%	Nirmal Devi		INC	11,929	63.37%	Shiv Charan		ABJS	5,488	29.16%	6,441
54	Udhampur	63.04%	Dev Datt		INC	12,111	59.45%	Paras Ram		ABJS	7,107	34.89%	5,004
55	Ramnagar	51.05%	Chandhu Lal		INC	10,963	64.08%	Amar Nath		ABJS	5,442	31.81%	5,521
56	Basohli	58.32%	Mangat Ram Sharma		INC	9,482	56.43%	Baldev Singh		ABJS	5,871	34.94%	3,611
57	Billawar	65.28%	Randhir Singh		INC	9,575	48.25%	Dhian Singh		ABJS	8,554	43.1%	1,021
58	Kathua	68.32%	Panjaboo Ram Alias Singh		INC	11,539	55.76%	Ved Prakash		Independent	9,155	44.24%	2,384
59	Jasmergarh	73.14%	Girdhari Lal Dogra		INC	14,581	52.6%	Baldev Singh		ABJS	10,248	36.97%	4,333
60	Samba	60.07%	Gouri Shankar		INC	9,700	54.91%	Gian Chand		ABJS	5,882	33.3%	3,818
61	Ramgarh	65.75%	Baldev Sharma		INC	11,849	60.39%	Jagdish Rai		ABJS	6,091	31.04%	5,758
62	Bishnah	75.42%	Parma Nand		INC	14,971	64.%	Shiv Ram		ABJS	6,489	27.74%	8,482
63	Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South	80.84%	Rangil Singh		INC	13,577	60.46%	Sain Dass		Independent	5,206	23.18%	8,371
64	Jandrah Gharota	67.04%	Shanta Bharti		INC	10,172	62.9%	Rajinder Singh		ABJS	3,903	24.14%	6,269
65	Marh	68.01%	Sushil Kumar		INC	7,406	51.44%	Tulsi Ram		ABJS	4,201	29.18%	3,205
66	Jammu Cantonment	69.17%	Trilochan Dutta		INC	11,905	55.1%	Ram Lal		Independent	2,905	13.44%	9,000
67	Jammu South	69.27%	Chaman Lal Gupta		ABJS	10,892	51.44%	Amrit Kumar Malhotra		INC	7,873	37.18%	3,019
68	Jammu North	65.59%	Sheikh Abdul Rehman		ABJS	12,439	60.23%	Nilam Ber Dev Sharma		INC	7,590	36.75%	4,849
69	Akhnoor	78.45%	Dharam Pal		INC	16,364	75.01%	Bakshi Thakur Das		ABJS	3,577	16.4%	12,787
70	Chhamb	77.87%	Diwakar Singh		INC	12,495	55.75%	Ram Nath		ABJS	5,558	24.8%	6,937
71	Nowshera	63.53%	Beli Ram		INC	8,563	44.04%	Nand Kumar		Independent	8,512	43.77%	51
72	Darhal	66.66%	Abdul Rashid Mirza		INC	16,848	64.08%	Gulzar Ahmed		Independent	8,073	30.71%	8,775
73	Rajouri	53.88%	Talid Hussain		INC	14,159	84.99%	Roop Lal		ABJS	1,835	11.02%	12,324
74	Mendhar	66.6%	Choudhry Mohammed Aslam		INC	22,094	67.47%	Mohammed Sayeed Beig		Independent	10,654	32.53%	11,440
75	Poonch Haveli	46.59%	Ghulam Mohammad Mir		INC	10,706	63.28%	Ghulam Ahmed		Independent	3,117	18.42%	7,589

See also

• List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
• 1972 elections in India

References

1. 1972 J&K elections
2. "Mir Qasim's burial today". 13 December 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
3. "Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?".
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 16 February 2022.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.