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Election 1972 Results

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1972 Indiana governor election

Otis R. Bowen (Republican) beat Matthew E. Welsh (Democrat) in Indiana in 1972, 56.8% to 42.5%, a margin of 14.3 points and 303,414 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Edgar D. Whitcomb won.

Republicans led in 80 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Marion, cast 309,694 votes and went to the Republican by 13.4 points. The closest was Ripley, where 10 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Otis R. Bowen won Republican 1,203,903 56.8%
Matthew E. Welsh Democratic 900,489 42.5%
All other candidates 16,455 0.8%
Total2,120,847

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 132,181 42.7% 173,754 56.1% 3,759 309,694 R+13.4
Lake 102,533 51.2% 96,910 48.4% 785 200,228 D+2.8
Allen 49,448 42.7% 65,892 56.9% 532 115,872 R+14.2
St. Joseph 47,276 44.3% 58,968 55.3% 463 106,707 R+11.0
Vanderburgh 27,458 38.7% 43,243 60.9% 337 71,038 R+22.2
Madison 25,957 43.0% 33,888 56.1% 576 60,421 R+13.1
Delaware 21,657 42.7% 28,454 56.1% 626 50,737 R+13.4
Vigo 24,114 49.1% 24,639 50.2% 377 49,130 R+1.1
Tippecanoe 18,567 39.9% 27,304 58.6% 717 46,588 R+18.8
Elkhart 15,502 35.3% 28,093 63.9% 346 43,941 R+28.7
La Porte 16,680 42.1% 22,711 57.3% 237 39,628 R+15.2
Porter 12,524 35.1% 22,946 64.2% 246 35,716 R+29.2
Monroe 16,533 46.5% 18,074 50.9% 915 35,522 R+4.3
Howard 10,005 32.2% 20,807 66.9% 278 31,090 R+34.7
Grant 10,552 36.2% 18,398 63.1% 198 29,148 R+26.9
Wayne 10,617 36.8% 17,960 62.2% 290 28,867 R+25.4
Clark 13,967 51.3% 13,152 48.3% 95 27,214 D+3.0
Bartholomew 9,626 39.1% 14,763 59.9% 243 24,632 R+20.9
Hamilton 6,676 27.5% 17,234 71.1% 327 24,237 R+43.6
Johnson 7,786 34.1% 14,732 64.6% 302 22,820 R+30.4
Hendricks 7,145 32.0% 14,928 66.8% 273 22,346 R+34.8
Floyd 10,930 49.4% 11,026 49.8% 176 22,132 R+0.4
Kosciusko 5,895 28.6% 14,676 71.1% 68 20,639 R+42.5
Henry 7,431 36.5% 12,754 62.6% 197 20,382 R+26.1
Knox 9,013 48.5% 9,489 51.0% 95 18,597 R+2.6
Cass 7,338 39.9% 10,945 59.5% 100 18,383 R+19.6
Marshall 3,997 24.4% 12,385 75.5% 25 16,407 R+51.1
Huntington 6,568 41.5% 9,152 57.9% 97 15,817 R+16.3
Lawrence 5,956 38.1% 9,594 61.4% 83 15,633 R+23.3
Morgan 5,101 32.9% 10,223 66.0% 158 15,482 R+33.1
Shelby 6,053 40.4% 8,757 58.4% 175 14,985 R+18.0
Gibson 6,884 46.2% 7,981 53.5% 45 14,910 R+7.4
Jackson 6,708 45.1% 8,088 54.4% 74 14,870 R+9.3
Montgomery 5,234 35.6% 9,337 63.6% 114 14,685 R+27.9
Wabash 5,716 39.0% 8,809 60.1% 144 14,669 R+21.1
Hancock 4,740 33.2% 8,964 62.8% 560 14,264 R+29.6
Clinton 5,824 41.2% 8,249 58.4% 62 14,135 R+17.2
Miami 5,273 39.0% 8,166 60.5% 65 13,504 R+21.4
De Kalb 5,578 41.8% 7,698 57.7% 65 13,341 R+15.9
Boone 4,712 35.8% 8,368 63.6% 85 13,165 R+27.8
Greene 5,541 42.2% 7,522 57.3% 66 13,129 R+15.1
Dubois 7,259 55.5% 5,754 44.0% 56 13,069 D+11.5
Warrick 5,358 41.3% 7,522 57.9% 101 12,981 R+16.7
Noble 5,398 43.8% 6,874 55.8% 49 12,321 R+12.0
Randolph 4,818 39.8% 7,205 59.5% 93 12,116 R+19.7
Daviess 4,724 39.3% 7,283 60.6% 21 12,028 R+21.3
Dearborn 5,795 49.2% 5,914 50.2% 76 11,785 R+1.0
Adams 5,801 49.8% 5,817 49.9% 40 11,658 R+0.1
Putnam 4,826 42.3% 6,466 56.7% 110 11,402 R+14.4
Whitley 5,120 44.9% 6,242 54.8% 38 11,400 R+9.8
Jefferson 5,230 46.8% 5,907 52.9% 39 11,176 R+6.1
Clay 4,954 45.5% 5,913 54.3% 31 10,898 R+8.8
Fayette 4,994 46.4% 5,726 53.2% 39 10,759 R+6.8
Posey 4,461 43.2% 5,853 56.7% 17 10,331 R+13.5
White 3,793 37.1% 6,374 62.4% 43 10,210 R+25.3
Ripley 4,989 49.7% 4,979 49.6% 66 10,034 D+0.1
Harrison 5,083 51.0% 4,763 47.8% 111 9,957 D+3.2
Decatur 4,235 42.8% 5,608 56.7% 44 9,887 R+13.9
Wells 4,133 42.2% 5,604 57.2% 58 9,795 R+15.0
Perry 5,149 54.3% 4,320 45.5% 17 9,486 D+8.7
Spencer 4,385 46.3% 5,082 53.6% 7 9,474 R+7.4
Jay 4,198 44.5% 5,131 54.4% 100 9,429 R+9.9
Sullivan 4,452 48.6% 4,675 51.0% 35 9,162 R+2.4
Fountain 4,062 45.3% 4,872 54.3% 33 8,967 R+9.0
Orange 3,578 40.9% 5,129 58.7% 31 8,738 R+17.8
Starke 3,483 40.4% 5,097 59.2% 31 8,611 R+18.7
Fulton 2,535 30.1% 5,874 69.7% 14 8,423 R+39.6
Vermillion 4,751 57.0% 3,550 42.6% 35 8,336 D+14.4
Jasper 2,844 34.3% 5,388 65.0% 59 8,291 R+30.7
Carroll 3,217 39.3% 4,935 60.2% 39 8,191 R+21.0
Jennings 3,650 45.3% 4,379 54.3% 36 8,065 R+9.0
Steuben 3,127 39.2% 4,814 60.3% 44 7,985 R+21.1
Washington 3,728 47.1% 4,139 52.3% 43 7,910 R+5.2
Tipton 2,780 35.7% 4,959 63.6% 57 7,796 R+28.0
Rush 2,612 33.6% 5,102 65.6% 65 7,779 R+32.0
Parke 3,072 42.4% 4,141 57.2% 25 7,238 R+14.8
Pike 3,322 47.6% 3,621 51.9% 32 6,975 R+4.3
Franklin 3,563 55.9% 2,792 43.8% 21 6,376 D+12.1
Blackford 2,981 47.6% 3,234 51.6% 48 6,263 R+4.0
Scott 3,341 53.4% 2,850 45.6% 60 6,251 D+7.9
Pulaski 2,309 37.5% 3,818 62.0% 29 6,156 R+24.5
Lagrange 2,132 36.7% 3,667 63.1% 15 5,814 R+26.4
Martin 2,965 52.9% 2,623 46.8% 15 5,603 D+6.1
Owen 2,368 42.4% 3,186 57.0% 33 5,587 R+14.6
Benton 2,261 41.5% 3,177 58.3% 12 5,450 R+16.8
Newton 1,694 33.6% 3,332 66.2% 11 5,037 R+32.5
Crawford 2,088 46.9% 2,346 52.7% 16 4,450 R+5.8
Brown 1,899 45.2% 2,241 53.4% 57 4,197 R+8.1
Warren 1,654 42.0% 2,272 57.7% 9 3,935 R+15.7
Switzerland 1,753 54.0% 1,483 45.7% 8 3,244 D+8.3
Union 1,119 39.6% 1,701 60.2% 4 2,824 R+20.6
Ohio 1,150 50.2% 1,136 49.6% 6 2,292 D+0.6

Counties as they stood in 1972; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Mike Braun (R) R+13.3
2020 Eric Holcomb (R) R+24.5
2016 Eric Holcomb (R) R+6.0
2012 Mike Pence (R) R+2.9
2008 Mitch Daniels (R) R+17.8
2004 Mitch Daniels (R) R+7.7
2000 Frank O'Bannon (D) D+14.9
1996 Frank O'Bannon (D) D+4.7
1992 Evan Bayh (D) D+25.1
1988 Evan Bayh (D) D+6.4
1984 Robert D. Orr (R) R+5.0
1980 Robert D. Orr (R) R+15.8
1976 Otis R. Bowen (R) R+14.2
1972 Otis R. Bowen (R) R+14.3
1968 Edgar D. Whitcomb (R) R+5.6
1964 Roger D. Branigin (D) D+12.7
1960 Matthew E. Welsh (D) D+1.1
1956 Harold W. Handley (R) R+11.6
1952 George N. Craig (R) R+12.1
1948 Henry F. Schricker (D) D+8.4
1944 Ralph F. Gates (R) R+2.8
1940 Henry F. Schricker (D) D+0.2
1936 Maurice Clifford Townsend (D) D+11.0
1932 Paul V. McNutt (D) D+12.3
1928 Harry G. Leslie (R) R+3.1
1924 Ed Jackson (R) R+6.6
1920 Warren T. McCray (R) R+13.4
1916 James P. Goodrich (R) R+1.8
1912 Samuel M. Ralston (D) D+20.8
1908 Thomas R. Marshall (D) D+2.1
1904 J. Frank Hanly (R) R+12.6
1900 Winfield T. Durbin (R) R+3.8
1896 James A. Mount (R) R+4.1
1892 Claude Matthews (D) D+1.3
1888 Alvin P. Hovey (R) R+0.4
1884 Isaac P. Gray (D) D+1.5
1880 Albert Gallatin Porter (R) R+1.5
1876 James Douglas Williams (D) D+1.2
1872 Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D) D+0.3
1868 Conrad Baker (R) R+0.3