1971 elections in India
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Elections in the Republic of India in 1971 included the 1971 Indian general election, elections to three state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Main article: 1971 Indian general election
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress (R) | 64,033,274 | 43.68 | 352 | +69 | |
| Indian National Congress (Organisation) | 15,285,851 | 10.43 | 16 | New | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 10,777,119 | 7.35 | 22 | –13 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7,510,089 | 5.12 | 25 | +6 | |
| Communist Party of India | 6,933,627 | 4.73 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,622,758 | 3.84 | 23 | –2 | |
| Swatantra Party | 4,497,988 | 3.07 | 8 | –36 | |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 3,555,639 | 2.43 | 3 | –20 | |
| Bharatiya Kranti Dal | 3,189,821 | 2.18 | 1 | New | |
| Telangana Praja Samithi | 1,873,589 | 1.28 | 10 | New | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 1,526,076 | 1.04 | 2 | –11 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 1,279,873 | 0.87 | 1 | New | |
| Utkal Congress | 1,053,176 | 0.72 | 1 | New | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 962,971 | 0.66 | 2 | 0 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 741,535 | 0.51 | 0 | –2 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 724,001 | 0.49 | 3 | New | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 542,662 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
| Kerala Congress | 542,431 | 0.37 | 3 | +3 | |
| Bangla Congress | 518,781 | 0.35 | 1 | –4 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 416,545 | 0.28 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vishal Haryana Party | 352,514 | 0.24 | 1 | New | |
| All India Jharkhand Party | 272,563 | 0.19 | 1 | New | |
| Shiv Sena | 227,468 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Shoshit Dal Bihar | 193,389 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 157,703 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Party of India | 153,794 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Janta Party | 139,091 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 90,772 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | |
| United Front of Nagaland | 89,514 | 0.06 | 1 | New | |
| Hindu Mahasabha | 73,191 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 72,131 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand | 66,669 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Hindustani Shoshit Dal | 65,925 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 65,622 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Lok Sewak Sangh | 62,527 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Jana Congress | 60,103 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nagaland Nationalist Organisation | 58,511 | 0.04 | 0 | –1 | |
| United Goans – Seqveria Group | 58,401 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | 55,064 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 54,597 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Proutist Bloc of India | 43,849 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Telangana Congress | 43,548 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Minorities Labour Party | 41,198 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Indian Socialist Party | 38,713 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh | 36,526 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh | 34,070 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party | 31,729 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Manipur Peoples Party | 31,029 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 24,093 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Party of India (Ambedkarite) | 22,428 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Backward Classes Mahasabha | 6,929 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 6,198 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party | 4,982 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 12,279,629 | 8.38 | 14 | –21 | |
| Appointed members[a] | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 146,602,276 | 100.00 | 521 | –2 | |
| Valid votes | 146,602,276 | 96.74 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,934,526 | 3.26 | |||
| Total votes | 151,536,802 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 274,189,132 | 55.27 | |||
| Source: ECI | |||||
- ↑ Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.
Overall Results
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–7 March 1971 | Tamil Nadu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi |  | ||
| West Bengal | President's Rule | United Left Democratic Front | Ajoy Mukherjee |  | ||||
| Orissa | Swatantra Party | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Independent | Bishwanath Das |  | |||
Legislative Assembly elections
Orissa
Main article: 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 129 | 51 | 1240668 | 28.18% |
| Utkal Congress | 139 | 33 | 1055826 | 23.99% |
| Swatantra Party | 115 | 36 | 767815 | 17.44% |
| Praja Socialist Party | 50 | 4 | 267768 | 6.08% |
| Orissa Jana Congress | 66 | 1 | 227056 | 5.16% |
| Communist Party of India | 29 | 4 | 210811 | 4.79% |
| Indian National Congress (Organization) | 50 | 1 | 79460 | 1.81% |
| All India Jharkhand Party | 14 | 4 | 72291 | 1.64% |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 15 | 0 | 53271 | 1.21% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 2 | 52785 | 1.20% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 21 | 0 | 30824 | 0.70% |
| All India Forward Bloc | 4 | 0 | 8393 | 0,19% |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 1 | 0 | 2093 | 0.05% |
| Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand | 1 | 0 | 532 | 0.01% |
| Independents | 190 | 4 | 332327 | 7.55% |
| Total: | 835 | 140 |
Tamil Nadu
Main article: 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Source: Election Commission of India[1]
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| Alliances | Party | Popular Vote | Vote % | Seats contested | Seats won | Change | |||
| Progressive Front Seats: 205 Seat Change: +26 Popular Vote: 8,506,078 Popular Vote %: 54.30% |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,654,935 | 48.58% | 203 | 184 |  47 | |||
| Communist Party of India | 364,803 | 2.32% | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| All India Forward Bloc | 268,721 | 1.71% | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Praja Socialist Party | 147,985 | 0.94% | 4 | 4 | — | ||||
| Indian Union Muslim League | 69,634 | 0.44% | 2 | 2 |  1 | ||||
| Democratic Front Seats: 21 Seat Change: -50 Popular Vote: 6,016,530 Popular Vote %: 38.18% |
Indian National Congress | 5,513,894 | 34.99% | 201 | 15 | 36 | |||
| Swatantra Party | 465,145 | 2.95% | 19 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Socialist Party | 37,491 | 0.24% | 2 | 0 | — | ||||
| Others Seats: 8 Seat Change: Popular Vote: 1,234,193 Popular Vote %: 7.52% |
Independent | 965,379 | 6.13% | 256 | 8 | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 259,298 | 1.65% | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 Political Parties | 15,756,801 | — | — | 234 | — | |||
West Bengal
Main article: 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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