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Secretary of State Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/DD0000.gif) | Michael J. Howlett | Democratic |
2,360,327 |
51.69% |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/0000DD.gif) | Edmund J. Kucharski | Republican |
2,187,544 |
47.90% |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Elizabeth Schnur | Socialist Labor |
12,419 |
0.27% |
![Y](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Other (+) | - |
6,360 |
0.14% |
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| Turnout
![Voter Turnout Graph](IMAGES/VTO/pevto0.png) | ![Vote Pie Chart](img.php?type=pie&year=1972&st=IL&off=7&elect=0&fips=17) |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 11,427,409 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 79.4 | persons/km2 | 1972 Population: | 11,258,111 | Est. | 1972 Population Density: | 78.2 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 11,110,285 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 77.2 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 143,961 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.3 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois, comp, "Vote for Secretary of State," State of Illinois Official Vote Cast at the General Election of November 7, 1972 (Springfield: Unkown, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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