Shyama Charan Shukla

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972.

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.

[1] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Prakash Chandra Sethi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister.

[2] After the 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.