1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 North Dakota State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Dakota 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 · 51 seats
After the electionD 11 · R 40
Races25
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
D 5 · R 20
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-2 | George Rait (D) | 97.2 | |
| LD-3 | L. D. Christensen (D) | 22.0 | |
| LD-4 | Stanley Wright (R) | 18.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Chester Reiten (R) | 7.1 | |
| LD-6 | Walter Erdman (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-7 | Ernest M. Sands (R) | 10.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Shirley Lee (R) | 12.5 | |
| LD-10 | Frank Shablow (D) | 18.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | S. F. Hoffner (D) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-14 | Clarence Schultz (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-16 | Elton Ringsak (R) | 17.1 | |
| LD-18 | George Longmire (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-20 | Gilman A. Strand (R) | 8.9 | |
| LD-21 | Curtis Peterson (R) | 11.0 | |
| LD-22 | Ernest G. Pyle (R) | 20.7 | |
| LD-24 | Theron L. Strinden (R) | 25.7 | |
| LD-26 | James Smykowski (R) | 0.8 | |
| LD-27 | Kenneth Morgan (R) | 20.8 | |
| LD-28 | Claire Sandness (R) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | L. L. Naaden (R) | 46.2 | |
| LD-31 | Harry Iszler (R) | 17.3 | |
| LD-32 | Evan Lips (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-34 | Emil E. Kautzman (R) | 10.3 | |
| LD-36 | J. Garvin Jacobson (R) | 18.0 | |
| LD-38 | Robert Nasset (R) | 13.1 |
North Dakota 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