1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1968 January 24 to June 20, 1972 1976 →
3,014 delegates to the Democratic National Convention 1,508 (majority) votes needed to win
Candidate George McGovern George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Home state South Dakota Alabama Minnesota Delegate count 1,319.55 371 345.85 Contests won 16 7 5 Popular vote 4,053,451 3,755,424 4,121,372 Percentage 25.00% 23.17% 25.42%   Candidate Edmund Muskie Henry M. Jackson Terry Sanford Home state Maine Washington North Carolina Delegate count 172.5 52 28 Contests won 5 1 0 Popular vote 1,840,217 505,198 331,415 Percentage 11.34% 3.11% 2.04%   Candidate Wilbur Mills Shirley Chisholm John Lindsay Home state Arkansas New York New York Delegate count 28 22 6 Contests won 1 1 0 Popular vote 37,401 430,703 196,406 Percentage 0.23% 2.66% 1.21%
First place by first-instance vote First place by delegate allocation First place by convention roll call      McGovern      Humphrey      Wallace      Muskie      Jackson      Mills      Chisholm      Uncommitted
Previous Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey Democratic nominee George McGovern

From January 24 to June 20, 1972, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1972 United States presidential election. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections, caucuses, and state party conventions, culminating in the 1972 Democratic National Convention held from July 10 to July 13, 1972, in Miami, Florida.