1972 British Columbia general election

1972 British Columbia general election
August 30, 1972
55 seats to the 30th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
28 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
NDP
Leader Dave Barrett W. A. C. Bennett
Party New Democratic Social Credit
Leader's seat Coquitlam South Okanagan
Last election 12 seats, 33.92% 38 seats, 46.79%
Seats won 38 10
Seat change 26 28
Popular vote 448,260 352,776
Percentage 39.59% 31.16%
Swing 5.67pp 15.63pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
PC
Leader David Anderson Derril Thomas Warren
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader's seat Victoria Ran in North Vancouver-Seymour (lost)
Last election 5 seats, 19.03% 0 seats, 0.11%
Seats won 5 2
Seat change 0 2
Popular vote 185,640 143,450
Percentage 16.40% 12.67%
Swing 2.63pp 12.56pp
Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier after election

Dave Barrett
New Democratic

The 1972 British Columbia general election was held on August 30. Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party won a majority of seats and W. A. C. Bennett's Social Credit Party formed the opposition.

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