1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Delaware State Senate election results, district by district
Every Delaware State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 21 seats
After the electionD 10 · R 11
Races21
Changed party0
Unopposed10%2 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 10 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Michael N. Castle (R) | 20.7 | |
| SD-2 | Herman M. Holloway Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | George F. Schlor (D) | 33.6 | |
| SD-4 | Robert J. Berndt (R) | 20.9 | |
| SD-5 | Charles E. Hughes (R) | 17.2 | |
| SD-6 | Dean C. Steele (R) | 23.9 | |
| SD-7 | Reynolds Dupont (R) | 40.9 | |
| SD-8 | Margaret R. Manning (R) | 15.0 | |
| SD-9 | George Jarvis (R) | 13.7 | |
| SD-10 | Everette Hale (R) | 29.1 | |
| SD-11 | Anthony J. Cicione (R) | 19.6 | |
| SD-12 | Calvin R. McCullough (D) | 24.0 | |
| SD-13 | Francis Kearns (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Roger Martin (D) | 6.3 | |
| SD-15 | J. Donald Isaacs (R) | 16.8 | |
| SD-16 | Allen J. Cook (D) | 34.7 | |
| SD-17 | Jacob Zimmerman (D) | 19.7 | |
| SD-18 | William M. Murphy Jr. (D) | 10.8 | |
| SD-19 | Thurman Adams Jr. (D) | 25.2 | |
| SD-20 | Richard Cordrey (D) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | David H. Elliott (R) | 39.1 |
Delaware State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner