1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 South Dakota State Senate election results, district by district
Every South Dakota 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 · 35 seats
After the electionD 19 · R 16
Races28
Changed party0
Unopposed11%3 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
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 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