1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1972 Bihar legislative assembly election

← 1969 5 March 1972 1977 →
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.^[1] 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.