1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries
January 24 to June 20, 1972
3,014 delegates to the Democratic National Convention
1,508 (majority) votes needed to win
 
Candidate George McGovern George Wallace Hubert Humphrey
Home state South Dakota Alabama Minnesota
Delegate count 1,319.55 371 345.85
Contests won 16 7 5
Popular vote 4,053,451 3,755,424 4,121,372
Percentage 25.00% 23.17% 25.42%
 
Candidate Edmund Muskie Henry M. Jackson Terry Sanford
Home state Maine Washington North Carolina
Delegate count 172.5 52 28
Contests won 5 1 0
Popular vote 1,840,217 505,198 331,415
Percentage 11.34% 3.11% 2.04%
 
Candidate Wilbur Mills Shirley Chisholm John Lindsay
Home state Arkansas New York New York
Delegate count 28 22 6
Contests won 1 1 0
Popular vote 37,401 430,703 196,406
Percentage 0.23% 2.66% 1.21%
     McGovern      Humphrey      Wallace      Muskie
     Jackson      Mills      Chisholm      Uncommitted
Previous Democratic nominee

Hubert Humphrey

 Democratic nominee

George McGovern

From January 24 to June 20, 1972, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1972 United States presidential election. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections, caucuses, and state party conventions, culminating in the 1972 Democratic National Convention held from July 10 to July 13, 1972, in Miami, Florida.

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