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1972Final results

1972 election for Pennsylvania House District 181

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Ulysses Shelton (D) won with 86.5% of the vote, defeating Willie Mae Dyches (R) by 73.1 points.

Ulysses SheltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
86.5%10,186
13.5%1,586
11,772 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+73.11972D+72.81974D+81.61976D+76.41978D+89.31980D+77.31982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET