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1996Final results

1996 election for Oklahoma House District 72

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Darrell Gilbert (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Leo P. Burgard (R) by 33.5 points.

Darrell GilbertDemocrat · winner
66.7%5,114
Leo P. BurgardRepublican
33.3%2,549
7,663 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+33.51996D+51.72010D+45.52012D+36.12026

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