1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 South Dakota election results
Every race on South Dakota's ballot in the 1972 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races56
Changed party0
Unopposed7%4 races
Incumbents defeated12
South Dakota State Senate
D 15 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Curtis Jones (D) | 23.5 | |
| LD-2 | E. C. Pieplow (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | Arlo Leddy (D) | 10.9 | |
| LD-4 | Jake Krull (D) | 18.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Harvey Wollman (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-6 | Paul Brown (R) | 3.4 | |
| LD-7 | Henry A. Poppen (R) | 4.7 | |
| LD-8 | Jack Jackson (D) | 5.4 | |
| LD-9 | Rodney Hall (D) | 8.3 | |
| LD-10 | Harold Schreier (D) | 6.7 | |
| LD-11 | Michael Oconnor (D) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | Harold Anderson (R) | 10.2 | |
| LD-13 | Eugene R. Mahan (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-14 | William R. Ripp (R) | 67.6 | |
| LD-15 | Don Bierle (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-16 | Frank Novotny (D) | 26.5 | |
| LD-17 | A. A. Quintal (R) | 10.5 | |
| LD-18 | Robert Miller (R) | 1.4 | |
| LD-19 | Theodore Lerew (D) | 3.9 | |
| LD-20 | A. W. Spiry (R) | 37.6 | |
| LD-21 | William L. Grams (R) | 0.3 | |
| LD-22 | G. Homer Harding (R) | 18.9 | |
| LD-23 | Clint Roberts (R) | 9.2 | |
| LD-24 | Billie H. Sutton (D) | 11.5 | |
| LD-25 | Kenneth A. Trask (R) | 12.3 | |
| LD-26 | James B. Dunn (R) | 18.9 | |
| LD-27 | Charles E. Donnelly Jr. (D) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | John R. Riedy (D) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
South Dakota House of Representatives
D 26 · R 32
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Bertrum E. Ellingson · Henry I. Knudsen (D) | 7.9 | |
| LD-2 | Joseph Barnett · Bernie Kopecky · Royal J. Wood · Richard Kolker (REP) | 1.1 | |
| LD-3 | Robert Weber · Ingeman Jensen (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-4 | Jack Kolbo · James Endres (D) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Willis Danekas · Maurice A. Olson (D) | 3.9 | |
| LD-6 | John Bibby · Wayne Hauschild (REP) | 9.1 | |
| LD-7 | Lawrence L. Stalheim · Merle C. Pommer (R) | 4.8 | |
| LD-8 | Kenneth Kauth · Menno Tschetter (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-9 | Merwyn H. Walter · Duaine Swenson (D) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-10 | Roy M. Johnson · Andrew Wiese (D) | 8.5 | |
| LD-11 | Larry Piersol · Dennis C. McFarland (D) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | O. L. Anderson · Joe M. Groseth (R) | 4.3 | |
| LD-13 | Mary B. Edelen · Michael Curran (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-14 | Leroy J. Kaufman · Fred Kaufman (R) | 14.9 | |
| LD-15 | Albert Gunderson · Jerome Radack (REP) | 1.2 | |
| LD-16 | Lyle Mensch · Robert E. Lyons (D) | 4.4 | |
| LD-17 | Dorothy Nepstad · Stanley Johnson (R) | 2.3 | |
| LD-18 | Philip Testerman · Burton Anderson (D) | 2.9 | |
| LD-19 | James W. Kesling · Gene Robbennolt (REP) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-20 | Dean O. Mehlhaff · James L. Rothstein (R) | 17.6 | |
| LD-21 | Leslie J. Kleven · Walter D. Miller (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-22 | Bernard Stoeser · Benny J. Gross (DEM) | 4.6 | |
| LD-23 | William M. Jensen · Marvis T. Hogen (R) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-24 | Donald Jorgensen · Harold Sieh (DEM) | 2.5 | |
| LD-25 | Charles E. Clay · Edwin K. Barkley (R) | 1.9 | |
| LD-26 | Beverly Halling · James D. Jelbert (R) | 9.1 | |
| LD-27 | Robert J. Knutson · F. Julian Cheney (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | Harold Millett · G. F. Mortimer (R) | 7.5 |
South Dakota
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