United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972

frame|300px|right|South Carolina Congressional Districts, 1972 to 1980

The 1972 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 1972 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on August 29 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on September 12. Five incumbents were re-elected and the only change was in the 6th district where Republican Edward Lunn Young succeeded Democrat John L. McMillan, who was defeated in the Democratic primary. The composition of the state delegation after the elections was four Democrats and two Republicans.

1st Congressional District

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Mendel Jackson Davis of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1971, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican Sidi Limehouse in the general election.

Democratic primary

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Edward Lunn Young
votes = 60,766
percentage = 53.4
change = +18.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Jenrette
votes = 53,085
percentage = 46.6
change = -17.5Election box majority
votes = 7,681
percentage = 6.8
change = -22.4Election box turnout
votes = 113,851
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Republican gain from Democratic
-

ee also

*United States House elections, 1972
*United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972
*South Carolina's congressional districts

References

*cite book | last = State Election Commission | title = Report of the South Carolina State Election Commission | year = 1973 | publisher = State Election Commission | location = Columbia, SC | pages = pp. 575, 583