1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 South Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every South 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 · 46 seats
After the electionD 42 · R 4
Races16
Changed party0
Unopposed44%7 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 42 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | William Howard Ballenger · T. Garrison · M. E. McDonald · Harris P. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Charles G. Garrett · Richard W. Riley · Harry A. Chapman · J. Verne Smith · David S. Taylor (D) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 | John W. Drummond (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Paul M. Moore · Horace Smith · James B. Stephen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | John D. Long III · Robert C. Lake Jr. (D) | 24.4 | |
| SD-6 | Frank L. Roddey · Samuel B. Mendenhall · Donald H. Holland (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Hyman Rubin · John Martin · T. Travis Medlock · Isadore Lourie · J. L. Cromer (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-8 | Gilbert E. McMillan · Albert Dooley · Jimmy Martin · Michael Laughlin (REP) | -0.4 | |
| SD-9 | John C. Lindsay · C. Anthony Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Edward E. Saleeby (D) | 6.8 | |
| SD-11 | Lanue Floyd · Thomas E. Smith Jr. · James P. Stevens · J. Ralph Gasque (D) | 12.4 | |
| SD-12 | James M. Morris · T. D. Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Marshall Williams · L. Marion Gressette (D) | 29.7 | |
| SD-14 | Rembert C. Dennis (D) | 30.7 | |
| SD-15 | James Waddell Jr. · James P. Harrelson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | William W. Doar Jr. · Thomas Dewey Wise · Thomas F. Hartnett · James B. Edwards · Allen Carter (DEM) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
South 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