1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Indiana House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Indiana House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 27 · R 73
Races73
Changed party0
Unopposed1%1 races
Incumbents defeated11
Every district
D 27 · R 73
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | John F. Mahoney · Paul John Hric (D) | 5.4 | |
| HD-2 | Phillip E. Bainbridge · Tony Zaleski Jr. (D) | 5.5 | |
| HD-3 | Chester E. Dobis · Marion J. Bushemi (D) | 0.5 | |
| HD-4 | Jerome Reppa · Elwood Fifield (R) | 15.4 | |
| HD-5 | Robert Freeland · Jewell Harris (D) | 38.3 | |
| HD-6 | John R. Larson · Steve Collins (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-7 | Clifford D. Arnold · Richard D. Bell (D) | 2.0 | |
| HD-8 | B. Patrick Bauer · Richard Doyle (D) | 11.4 | |
| HD-9 | Robert J. Ducomb Jr. · Richard Lindsey (R) | 4.5 | |
| HD-10 | Richard Mangus (R) | 13.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 | Richard E. Shank · Philip T. Warner (R) | 17.1 | |
| HD-12 | Ellsworth C. Peterson (R) | 14.9 | |
| HD-13 | Floyd B. Coleman (R) | 22.0 | |
| HD-14 | Elmer Macdonald · Richard Worman · William S. Latz (R) | 2.7 | |
| HD-15 | Thomas E. Fruechtenicht · John R. Sinks · Jack K. Dunifon (R) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-16 | Ralph R. Heine (R) | 8.7 | |
| HD-17 | Thames L. Mauzy (R) | 44.6 | |
| HD-18 | James L. Drews (R) | 11.5 | |
| HD-19 | Walter J. Roorda (R) | 36.4 | |
| HD-20 | John M. Guy (R) | 34.9 | |
| HD-21 | Nelson J. Becker (R) | 19.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-22 | Kermit O. Burrous (R) | 10.2 | |
| HD-23 | Robert Beauchamp (R) | 21.9 | |
| HD-24 | Jeffrey K. Espich (R) | 12.7 | |
| HD-25 | Janiece Crimmins · Mac E. Love (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-26 | Herbert E. Williams (R) | 10.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-27 | Harry V. Foreman (R) | 24.8 | |
| HD-28 | Lucille Wooffendale (R) | 3.6 | |
| HD-29 | William Long (R) | 25.8 | |
| HD-30 | Frances Gaylord (R) | 4.1 | |
| HD-31 | Lee Clingan (D) | 17.9 | |
| HD-32 | Donald R. Lash (R) | 32.7 | |
| HD-33 | John W. Donaldson (R) | 20.9 | |
| HD-34 | Richard Dellinger (R) | 28.7 | |
| HD-35 | John Morrison Blevins (R) | 21.4 | |
| HD-36 | Craig B. Campbell (D) | 3.0 | |
| HD-37 | Samuel L. Reed (R) | 30.6 | |
| HD-38 | Leo A. Voisard (D) | 15.6 | |
| HD-39 | William Edward Lapar (R) | 14.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-40 | Robert L. Omaley (R) | 30.0 | |
| HD-41 | Thomas D. Coleman (R) | 29.5 | |
| HD-42 | Paul E. Burkley · Ray Crowe · Donald T. Nelson (R) | 10.2 | |
| HD-43 | John C. Hart · Robert Lambert Jones Jr. · E. Henry Lamkin Jr. (R) | 7.8 | |
| HD-44 | Dan E. Huff · Stanley C. Boyer · George B. Loy (R) | 11.3 | |
| HD-45 | Julia Carson · William Crawford · William L. Alexander (D) | 15.2 | |
| HD-46 | Byron Fowler · Howard R. Keeler · Doris Dorbecker (R) | 11.2 | |
| HD-47 | Robert H. Bales (R) | 41.1 | |
| HD-48 | John J. Thomas (R) | 23.5 | |
| HD-49 | R. Jerome Kearns (D) | 23.6 | |
| HD-50 | John D. Ennis (R) | 3.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-51 | Marilyn F. Schultz (D) | 13.6 | |
| HD-52 | Jack Smitherman (R) | 37.9 | |
| HD-53 | H. Jack Mullendore (R) | 36.3 | |
| HD-54 | Stephen C. Moberly (R) | 27.8 | |
| HD-55 | Ray Richardson (R) | 33.7 | |
| HD-56 | John W. King (R) | 11.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-57 | Gary L. Butler (D) | 5.2 | |
| HD-58 | Edward Goble (D) | 7.4 | |
| HD-59 | Frank M. Runge (R) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-60 | Stephen L. Ferguson (R) | 32.5 | |
| HD-61 | Jack W. McIntyre (R) | 18.8 | |
| HD-62 | Kenneth C. Snider (D) | 11.2 | |
| HD-63 | Wilford C. Edwards (R) | 4.2 | |
| HD-64 | Ralph E. Anderson (R) | 11.7 | |
| HD-65 | Thomas W. Hall (D) | 4.6 | |
| HD-66 | Spencer J. Schnaitter (D) | 12.6 | |
| HD-67 | Richard B. Wathen (R) | 7.6 | |
| HD-68 | Maurice McDaniel (R) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-69 | Nelson D. Kennedy (D) | 5.5 | |
| HD-70 | Dennis Heeke (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | James R. Harris · Frank E. Schuetz (R) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-72 | Greg Server · Robert L. Rickard Jr. (R) | 10.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-73 | H. Joel Deckard (R) | 17.3 |
Indiana House of Representatives
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