1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election information
Legislative Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, India
1972 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections
← 1967
17 June 1972
1977 →
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
Party
INC
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.
^1972 J&K elections
^"Mir Qasim's burial today". 13 December 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^"Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?".
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