1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1972 Bihar legislative assembly election
5 March 1972
All 318 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
160 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
CPI
Leader Kedar Pandey Shrinath Mishra
Party INC(R) CPI
Seats won 167 35
Popular vote 5,688,002 1,192,746
Percentage 33.12 6.94
CM before election

President's rule
N/A

 Elected CM

Kedar Pandey
INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1972, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. 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.

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