# 1972 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly were held in January 1972 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, India. 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. 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. This made the percentage of women legislators 5.33% in the Jammu Kashmir assembly.

## Result

| | Indian National Congress | 764,492 | 55.44 | 58 | 3 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 135,778 | 9.85 | 3 | 0 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir | 98,985 | 7.18 | 5 | New |
| | Others | 10,689 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 369,062 | 26.76 | 9 | 6 |
| Total | Total | 1,379,006 | 100.00 | 75 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,379,006 | 96.52 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 49,689 | 3.48 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,428,695 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,297,951 | 62.17 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

## Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Karnah | 74.92% | Mohammed Yaseen Shah | | Independent | 10,310 | 42.91% | Mohammed Yunis Khan | | INC | 9,652 | 40.17% | 658 |
| 2 | Kupwara | 60.74% | Ghulam Mohammed Shah | | INC | 10,988 | 74.79% | Mohammed Sultan Tantrey | | Independent | 2,331 | 15.87% | 8,657 |
| 3 | Lolab | 65.38% | Saif Ullah Bhat | | INC | 9,424 | 53.28% | Nabi Shah | | Independent | 5,638 | 31.87% | 3,786 |
| 4 | Bandipora | 65.64% | M. A. Khan | | INC | 14,148 | 60.46% | Mohammed Sultan Shah | | JI | 6,774 | 28.95% | 7,374 |
| 5 | Handwara | 86.1% | Abdul Ghani Lone | | INC | 24,291 | 88.41% | Sharif Ud Din | | Independent | 3,183 | 11.59% | 21,108 |
| 6 | Harl | 65.27% | Abdul Gani Mir | | INC | 12,474 | 57.51% | Syed Alishah Jeelani | | JI | 4,511 | 20.8% | 7,963 |
| 7 | Rafiabad | 66.45% | Mohammed Yosuf Dar | | INC | 12,971 | 61.62% | Abdul Ahmad Mir | | Independent | 8,079 | 38.38% | 4,892 |
| 8 | Baramulla | 50.6% | Mohammed Maqbool Mahjoo | | INC | 7,809 | 45.37% | Abdul Hamid Khan | | Independent | 5,517 | 32.06% | 2,292 |
| 9 | Sopore | 65.22% | Syed Ali Shah Geelani | | JI | 11,396 | 60.35% | Ghulam Nabi Mircha | | INC | 7,486 | 39.65% | 3,910 |
| 10 | Pattan | 67.38% | Ghulam Qadir Bhdar | | INC | 15,002 | 76.77% | Yousuf Shah | | Independent | 2,508 | 12.83% | 12,494 |
| 11 | Sonawari | 76.51% | Abdul Aziz Parray | | INC | 25,121 | 85.17% | Abdul Khaliq Parray | | JI | 2,819 | 9.56% | 22,302 |
| 12 | Gulmarg | 60.31% | Surinder Singh | | INC | 8,987 | 50.91% | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Beg | | Independent | 3,502 | 19.84% | 5,485 |
| 13 | Uri | 62.78% | Mohammad Shafi | | Independent | 9,543 | 62.73% | Mohammed Mazaffar Khan | | INC | 4,916 | 32.31% | 4,627 |
| 14 | Kangan | 76.75% | Mian Bashir Ahmed | | INC | 16,593 | 79.66% | Ahad Bhat | | JI | 3,974 | 19.08% | 12,619 |
| 15 | Ganderbal | 62.43% | Mohammed Maqbool Bhat | | INC | 11,891 | 66.81% | Ghulam Mohammed Ganai | | JI | 3,554 | 19.97% | 8,337 |
| 16 | Amira Kadal | 59.85% | Zainab Begum | | INC | 7,446 | 38.12% | Mohammed Farooq | | JI | 7,374 | 37.76% | 72 |
| 17 | Habba Kadal | 54.93% | Ghulam Mohammed Butt | | Independent | 5,069 | 35.29% | Tikalal | | ABJS | 3,443 | 23.97% | 1,626 |
| 18 | Tankipora | 59.15% | Ghulam Nabi Nowsheshri | | JI | 5,121 | 33.77% | Mohan Kishen Tikoo | | Independent | 3,942 | 25.99% | 1,179 |
| 19 | Khanyar | 62.02% | Saif Ud Din Qari | | JI | 9,530 | 60.97% | Gazy Abdul Rahman | | Independent | 2,176 | 13.92% | 7,354 |
| 20 | Safa Kadal | 63.72% | Abdul Rashid Kabli | | Independent | 8,050 | 39.53% | Mir Mukhtar Kanth | | Independent | 5,970 | 29.31% | 2,080 |
| 21 | Zadibal | 60.53% | Salim Anwar | | Independent | 6,173 | 33.02% | Aga Syed Afzil Jalali | | Independent | 3,491 | 18.68% | 2,682 |
| 22 | Hazratbal | 63.5% | Sofi Ghulam Ahamad | | Independent | 8,069 | 38.67% | Mohammed Yehya Siddiqi | | INC | 7,777 | 37.27% | 292 |
| 23 | Beerwah | - | Abdul Khaliq Mir | | INC | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 24 | Khan Sahib | 62.31% | Ghulam Qadir War | | INC | 15,998 | 85.85% | Ghulam Ahamad Parry | | Independent | 2,094 | 11.24% | 13,904 |
| 25 | Budgam | 62.26% | Ali Mohammed Mir | | INC | 8,448 | 48.87% | Aga Sayed Ali Shah Safvi | | Independent | 5,918 | 34.24% | 2,530 |
| 26 | Charari Sharief | 84.14% | Abdul Qayoom | | INC | 16,788 | 77.57% | Abdul Rahim Rather | | Independent | 2,744 | 12.68% | 14,044 |
| 27 | Chadoora | 87.57% | Mir Mustafa | | INC | 20,774 | 88.43% | Samad Dar | | Independent | 1,783 | 7.59% | 18,991 |
| 28 | Rajpora | 72.39% | Bashir Ahmed Magrey | | INC | 9,079 | 43.21% | Ghulam Qadir Mir | | Independent | 8,248 | 39.26% | 831 |
| 29 | Pulwama | 72.55% | Sona Ullah Dar | | INC | 10,002 | 51.09% | Ghulam Hassan Mir | | Independent | 4,978 | 25.43% | 5,024 |
| 30 | Pampore | 71.% | Ghulam Hassan Mansooda | | INC | 9,269 | 53.34% | Peerzada Ghulam Jeelani | | Independent | 5,868 | 33.77% | 3,401 |
| 31 | Tral | 75.09% | Ali Muhammad Naik | | Independent | 11,594 | 64.1% | Ghulam Hassan Beg | | INC | 4,195 | 23.19% | 7,399 |
| 32 | Shopian | 68.85% | Abdul Majid Bandey | | Independent | 8,401 | 42.11% | Haki Ghulam Nabi Shah | | JI | 6,388 | 32.02% | 2,013 |
| 33 | Noorabad | 79.4% | Abdul Aziz Zargar | | INC | 23,815 | 93.96% | Abdul Aziz Sheikh | | Independent | 1,454 | 5.74% | 22,361 |
| 34 | Devsar | 66.78% | Ghulam Hassan Parry | | Independent | 9,406 | 49.94% | Manohar Nath Kaul | | INC | 8,055 | 42.76% | 1,351 |
| 35 | Kulgam | 68.63% | Abdul Razak Mir | | JI | 8,137 | 38.66% | Habibulla Lawi | | Independent | 7,094 | 33.71% | 1,043 |
| 36 | Nandi | 65.44% | Ali Mohammed Dar | | JI | 7,201 | 39.28% | Ghulam Hassan Rathir | | INC | 4,773 | 26.04% | 2,428 |
| 37 | Pahalgam | 80.47% | Makhan Lal Fotedar | | INC | 16,628 | 78.63% | Hami Ullah | | Independent | 4,520 | 21.37% | 12,108 |
| 38 | Srigufwara–Bijbehara | 69.81% | Saif Ud Din Dar | | INC | 14,300 | 73.02% | Mohammed Sultan | | JI | 5,285 | 26.98% | 9,015 |
| 39 | Anantnag | 85.59% | Shamsuddin | | INC | 7,401 | 33.71% | Piary Lal Handoo | | Independent | 5,383 | 24.52% | 2,018 |
| 40 | Kothar | 80.51% | Mohammed Ashraf Khan | | INC | 14,901 | 70.6% | Mohammed Maqubool Dar | | Independent | 6,205 | 29.4% | 8,696 |
| 41 | Verinag | - | Syed Mir Qasim | | INC | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 42 | Naubug | - | Pir Husan Qasim | | INC | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 43 | Leh | 75.75% | Sonam Wangyal | | INC | 11,041 | 49.44% | Koushok Tokdan | | Independent | 10,670 | 47.78% | 371 |
| 44 | Kargil | - | Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan | | INC | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 45 | Kishtwar | 54.91% | Pir Nizam Ud Din | | INC | 9,283 | 60.51% | Ghulam Hussain Arman | | Independent | 3,796 | 24.74% | 5,487 |
| 46 | Inderwal | 43.73% | Khan Abdul Gani Goni | | INC | 9,721 | 80.29% | Abdul Rashid | | JI | 1,412 | 11.66% | 8,309 |
| 47 | Bhaderwah | 34.82% | Bodh Raj | | INC | 6,114 | 65.28% | Narain Dass | | ABJS | 2,885 | 30.8% | 3,229 |
| 48 | Doda | 46.5% | Hans Raj Dogra | | INC | 4,833 | 39.87% | Ghulam Qadir Wani | | Independent | 3,857 | 31.82% | 976 |
| 49 | Ramban | 50.61% | Mohammed Akhtar Nizami | | INC | 7,870 | 60.31% | Labhu Ram | | ABJS | 2,692 | 20.63% | 5,178 |
| 50 | Banihal | - | Hajra Begum | | INC | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed | Elected Unopposed |
| 51 | Gulabgarh | 71.4% | Mohammed Ayub Khan | | INC | 22,638 | 90.26% | Abdul Ghani | | Independent | 2,213 | 8.82% | 20,425 |
| 52 | Reasi | 70.83% | Rishi Kumar Kaushal | | ABJS | 10,480 | 54.74% | L. D. Thakar | | INC | 8,050 | 42.05% | 2,430 |
| 53 | Tikri | 60.% | Nirmal Devi | | INC | 11,929 | 63.37% | Shiv Charan | | ABJS | 5,488 | 29.16% | 6,441 |
| 54 | Udhampur | 63.04% | Dev Datt | | INC | 12,111 | 59.45% | Paras Ram | | ABJS | 7,107 | 34.89% | 5,004 |
| 55 | Ramnagar | 51.05% | Chandhu Lal | | INC | 10,963 | 64.08% | Amar Nath | | ABJS | 5,442 | 31.81% | 5,521 |
| 56 | Basohli | 58.32% | Mangat Ram Sharma | | INC | 9,482 | 56.43% | Baldev Singh | | ABJS | 5,871 | 34.94% | 3,611 |
| 57 | Billawar | 65.28% | Randhir Singh | | INC | 9,575 | 48.25% | Dhian Singh | | ABJS | 8,554 | 43.1% | 1,021 |
| 58 | Kathua | 68.32% | Panjaboo Ram Alias Singh | | INC | 11,539 | 55.76% | Ved Prakash | | Independent | 9,155 | 44.24% | 2,384 |
| 59 | Jasmergarh | 73.14% | Girdhari Lal Dogra | | INC | 14,581 | 52.6% | Baldev Singh | | ABJS | 10,248 | 36.97% | 4,333 |
| 60 | Samba | 60.07% | Gouri Shankar | | INC | 9,700 | 54.91% | Gian Chand | | ABJS | 5,882 | 33.3% | 3,818 |
| 61 | Ramgarh | 65.75% | Baldev Sharma | | INC | 11,849 | 60.39% | Jagdish Rai | | ABJS | 6,091 | 31.04% | 5,758 |
| 62 | Bishnah | 75.42% | Parma Nand | | INC | 14,971 | 64.% | Shiv Ram | | ABJS | 6,489 | 27.74% | 8,482 |
| 63 | Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South | 80.84% | Rangil Singh | | INC | 13,577 | 60.46% | Sain Dass | | Independent | 5,206 | 23.18% | 8,371 |
| 64 | Jandrah Gharota | 67.04% | Shanta Bharti | | INC | 10,172 | 62.9% | Rajinder Singh | | ABJS | 3,903 | 24.14% | 6,269 |
| 65 | Marh | 68.01% | Sushil Kumar | | INC | 7,406 | 51.44% | Tulsi Ram | | ABJS | 4,201 | 29.18% | 3,205 |
| 66 | Jammu Cantonment | 69.17% | Trilochan Dutta | | INC | 11,905 | 55.1% | Ram Lal | | Independent | 2,905 | 13.44% | 9,000 |
| 67 | Jammu South | 69.27% | Chaman Lal Gupta | | ABJS | 10,892 | 51.44% | Amrit Kumar Malhotra | | INC | 7,873 | 37.18% | 3,019 |
| 68 | Jammu North | 65.59% | Sheikh Abdul Rehman | | ABJS | 12,439 | 60.23% | Nilam Ber Dev Sharma | | INC | 7,590 | 36.75% | 4,849 |
| 69 | Akhnoor | 78.45% | Dharam Pal | | INC | 16,364 | 75.01% | Bakshi Thakur Das | | ABJS | 3,577 | 16.4% | 12,787 |
| 70 | Chhamb | 77.87% | Diwakar Singh | | INC | 12,495 | 55.75% | Ram Nath | | ABJS | 5,558 | 24.8% | 6,937 |
| 71 | Nowshera | 63.53% | Beli Ram | | INC | 8,563 | 44.04% | Nand Kumar | | Independent | 8,512 | 43.77% | 51 |
| 72 | Darhal | 66.66% | Abdul Rashid Mirza | | INC | 16,848 | 64.08% | Gulzar Ahmed | | Independent | 8,073 | 30.71% | 8,775 |
| 73 | Rajouri | 53.88% | Talid Hussain | | INC | 14,159 | 84.99% | Roop Lal | | ABJS | 1,835 | 11.02% | 12,324 |
| 74 | Mendhar | 66.6% | Choudhry Mohammed Aslam | | INC | 22,094 | 67.47% | Mohammed Sayeed Beig | | Independent | 10,654 | 32.53% | 11,440 |
| 75 | Poonch Haveli | 46.59% | Ghulam Mohammad Mir | | INC | 10,706 | 63.28% | Ghulam Ahmed | | Independent | 3,117 | 18.42% | 7,589 |