1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 34 · R 16
Races27
Changed party0
Unopposed44%12 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 34 · R 16
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | J. J. Harrington · Phil Goodwin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | D. Livingston Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | William D. Mills (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | George Rountree III (R) | 20.3 | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Julian R. Allsbrook · Vernon E. White (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Dallas Alford · J. Russell Kirby (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Thomas E. Strickland (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Willard J. Blanchard (R) | 4.5 | |
| SD-10 | John T. Henley · Joe B. Raynor Jr. (D) | 19.2 | |
| SD-11 | Arthur W. Williamson (D) | 13.1 | |
| SD-12 | Luther Johnson Britt Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · Gordon P. Allen (D) | 15.8 | |
| SD-14 | Bobby Barker · William W. Staton · Robert J. Barker (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| SD-15 | Fred Folger Jr. · Wesley D. Webster (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | A. B. Coleman Jr. · William P. Saunders (D) | 2.2 | |
| SD-17 | Charles B. Deane Jr. · James B. Garrison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Ralph H. Scott (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-19 | C. Coolidge Murrow · William B. Penny · Lynwood Smith (REP) | 2.2 | |
| SD-20 | Harry Bagnal · Hamilton C. Horton Jr. (R) | 7.6 | |
| SD-21 | Phillip J. Kirk Jr. · Robert Vance Somers (R) | 10.8 | |
| SD-22 | Eddie Knox · Michael P. Mullins · Cy N. Bahakel · Herman A. Moore (DEM) | 1.0 | |
| SD-23 | J. Reid Poovey · Kennedy H. Sharpe (R) | 4.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Donald R. Kincaid · James F. Hughes (R) | 12.1 | |
| SD-25 | Marshall A. Rauch · Jack L. Rhyne · William K. Mauney Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Lamar Gudger · I. C. Crawford (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | Charles H. Taylor · Elizabeth Wilkie (R) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
North Carolina 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