The 1972 elections in India were a set of sub-national elections held from March to June 1972 across several Indian states and territories, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Mysore, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal, Goa, Daman and Diu, and Jammu and Kashmir. In most of these contests the faction of the formerly-united Indian National Congress associated with Indira Ghandi, the Requisitionists formed the respective governments, representing a defeat for the Syndicate Congress.
|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br /> |- | |align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||23||18||116,855||38.30%|| 2 |- | |align="left"|United Goans Party (Superia Group)||26||10||99,156||32.50%|| 2 |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress||19||1||41,612||13.64%|| 1 |- | |align="left"|Independents||36||1||28,874||9.64%|| 1 |- | |align="left"|Total||138||30||305,077|| |-
!colspan=10| |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change in <br />vote % |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress||271||222|| 19||8,535,832||56.36%|| 9.33% |- | |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||58||7|| 12||856,986||5.66%|| 2.14% |- | |align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh||122||5|| 1||947,266||6.25%|| 1.92% |- | |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party||52||3|| 1||693,797||4.58%|| 0.03% |- | |align="left"|Republican Party of India||118||2|| 3||570,533||3.77%|| 2.89% |- | |align="left"|Communist Party of India||44||2|| 8||412,857||2.73%|| 2.14% |- | |align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||26||2|| 2||363,547||2.40%|| 2.40% (New Party) |- | |align="left"|Shiv Sena||26||1|| 1||279,210||1.84%|| 1.84% (New Party) |- | |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||20||1||||117,134||0.77%|| 0.31% |- | |align="left"|Bharatiya Kranti Dal||2||1|| 1||31,508||0.21%|| 0.21% (New Party) |- | |align="left"|Indian Union Muslim League||1||1|| 1||27,138||0.18%|| 0.18% (New Party) |- | | align="left"|Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 56 | 0 | (New Party) | 202,935 | 1.34% | 1.34% (New Party) |- | | align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 49 | 0 | (Split in INC) | 162,433 | 1.07% | (Split in INC) |- | | 5 | 0 | | 14,269 | 0.09% | 1.03% |- | |align="left"|Independents||343||23|| 7||1,920,667||12.68%|| 1.89% |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |align="left"|Total||1196||270||||15,146,171||60.63%|| 4.21% |-
!colspan=10| |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share<br> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change |-style="background: #90EE90;" | |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)||212||165|| 39||4,698,824||52.17%|| 3.74% |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress (Organisation)||176||24||||2,361,308||26.22%|| 26.22% |- | |align="left"|Communist Party of India||4||3||||88,978||0.99%|| |- | |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||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|||||||| |-