All four networks provide coverage of the Federal Election after polls close at 8.00pm. The election went on to see the Australian Labor Party end 23 years of conservative rule.

See also: Saturday 2 December 1972 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Source: TV Times, 2 December 1972

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM
7AM			7am Playroom 7.30 Humphrey B Bear’s Curiosity Show
8AM		8.30am Cartoons 8.45 Movie: Little Tough Guys In Society. 1938 [IMDB]	8.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday	8am The Saturday Show. Sherry Wheeler
9AM
10AM		10am Movie: You’re Not So Tough. 1940 [IMDB]
11AM		11.20 Movie: Call A Messenger. 1939 [IMDB]	11.30 The Samurai	11am Building Today. Murray Jones
12PM		12.40pm Movie: Give Us Wings. 1940 [IMDB]	12pm Wrestling	12pm Racing: Pakenham. John Russell, Keith Livingston 12.15 TV Form Guide. Clem Dimsey, Peter Lovitt
1PM	1.25pm Hit Scene. Dick Williams 1.55 Sportsview. Includes VFL Grand Final: Richmond v Carlton (Rpt)	1.50 Movie: Hit The Road. 1941 [IMDB]	1.30 Movie: Thor And The Amazon Women. 1960 [IMDB]	1pm Wide World Of Sport
2PM
3PM		3pm Movie: Tough As They Come. 1942 [IMDB]	3pm Daktari	3pm Racing (cont’d) 3.30 Wide World Of Sport
4PM	4.20 Cricket: Shieffield Shield. Victoria v South Australia. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground	4.15 Movie: Keep ‘Em Slugging. 1943 [IMDB]	4pm Tales Of Wells Fargo 4.30 Safari To Adventure	4.30 Sports Results Roundup. Keith Livingston
5PM		5.30 Jeopardy. Graham Webb	5pm Junior Bandstand	5pm Stars Of The Future. Carolyn Noble 5.30 Junior Jury. Noel O’Connor
6PM	6pm The Magic Ball 6.15 The Wind In The Willows 6.30 Timeslip 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. David Johnston 6.30 Movie: Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear. 1964 [IMDB]	6pm National Nine News 6.30 Nanny And The Professor	6pm News. Wayne Tregaskis, Peter Sharp, Clem Dimsey 6.30 Petticoat Junction
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 The Val Doonican Show		7pm Barefoot In The Park 7.30 All In The Family	7pm Young Talent Time
8PM	8.13 Election Report 8.15 Four Corners. Gordon Bick, Peter Reid, John Temple, John Sexton, Jim Downes, Caroline Jones, David Flatman, Peter Ross 8.45 Election 72. Robert Moore, James Dibble, Malcolm Mackerras, Dr Jim Prescott	8.15 Penthouse Club. Michael Williamson, Mary Hardy. Includes Tattslotto, and Election 72 Updates from Canberra	8pm The Odd Couple	8pm Special: The Everly Brothers (Half-Hourly Election Updates from 8.30 to 11pm)
9PM			9pm Federal Election. Mike Willesee, John Bailey, Alan Reid, Tony Staley, Michael Schildberger, Brian Joyce, Bill Passick, Jim Waley, Ian Ross, Jim Wall	9pm Special: Sex In The Sixties
10PM				10pm Movie: We Joined The Navy. 1962 [IMDB]
11PM		11.15 News. Peter Landy 11.30 Election Results. Brian Naylor, Norm Bennell, Maximilian Walsh		11.30 Election Summary 11.45 News 11.50 Movie: Mission To Moscow. 1943 [IMDB]
12AM	12am Close	12am Playboy After Dark
1AM		1am Movie: The Mystery Of Marie Roget. 1942 [IMDB]	1am Movie: Attack Of The Normans. 1960 [IMDB]
2AM		2.05 Close		2.05am Weather; Close
3AM
4AM			4am Epilogue 4.05 Close
5AM